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Bergen County, good investment for real estate
Bergen County towns better their websites
Events scheduled in Fort Lee
Celebration of Dumont Day in Bergen County
Open Space taxes of Bergen County
Bergen County, good investment for real estate
Bergen County is one of the richest counties in New Jersey and the housing market in the various regions of Fort Lee, Cresskill, Englewood, Tenafly and Teaneck can be described as fairly stable. Those interested in purchasing a house now, can also benefit from good interest rates in the lending market. These rates range at 6% for a fixed period of thirty years. The market is also stable for home sellers and if the home is priced right, houses are still selling at a good pace in the market. One of the main reasons for the success of Bergen County as a housing community is attributed to its good schools that adopt high standards of teaching. Also the proximity and excellent transport facilities to major cities make Bergen County a chosen home for many.
Bergen County towns better their websites
Cresskill and various other towns of Bergen County are now in the process of updating and enhancing their websites. This came through as many municipal websites failed to score well in a review made by The Record. Thus while Cresskill plans to totally revamp its website with useful information, Alpine, which does not have a site till now, plans to create a new website. Construction of Alpine’s website is scheduled to approximately take one year. Many other towns have either modified their sites or added links to help find information easily. In this regard, Fort Lee has added a link to its borough code and Clifton has linked its 2007 budget policies and objectives to its home page. Some towns like Fairview do not have municipal websites; instead they have a website put up by the police department. This site has newly added an emergency e-mail notification system that people can use for receiving useful information. Many residents and officials of Bergen County towns are now of the impression that a website with useful and timely information is a must for all towns.
Plenty of events are all set to happen for the residents of Fort Lee in the upcoming days. Here is a gist of them. The Tour de Fort Lee would take place on October 7. This is an annual bicycle tour of the area and those interested in participating and knowing their neighborhood better can register themselves at the Community center early on October 7. The tour begins at 9 am and registration for the event starts at 7:30 am. October 7 is also the date for the Historic Jitney tour of Fort Lee. This tour is scheduled to begin at 11 am and would go on to 3 pm. Those interested can reach the plaza area of the community center of October 7 at the scheduled time as the tour commences from that region. A fundraising dinner dance is also being planned for November 2 by the Fort Lee Film commission.
Celebration of Dumont Day in Bergen County
The Dumont Day was celebrated on September 8, 2007 amidst much excitement. The day’s events included a ‘Fall run for fun’ in the early hours of 7am. Many residents, including both grown ups and children, participated in this event held at the Honiss school. Good food, fun rides and a grand range of entertainment was the order of the day at the Memorial Park festival, which was held from 10am onwards and went well into the evening up till 6pm. The late evening hours were marked with fireworks and a concert that was held at the Dumont high school. Many residents of Dumont joined in the celebrations and enjoyed the display of color and enjoyment.
Open Space taxes of Bergen County
From the upcoming month of November, many residents in the various towns of Bergen County will need to pay double the amounts in taxes than they are already paying for open space preservation. However, many people state that a large segment of towns is already paying high sums since years, and this sum is seen to be at double the normal amount. What is more alarming is that many taxpayers are unaware of the large sums they are paying. The advertised tax rate of Bergen County stands at 1 cent per $100 of property. However many residents in various towns of Bergen county are paying much more. Extra funds are levied from residents and are added to the municipal tax bill. One such town is Bogotá where the Mayor expressed concern on the doubled amount of tax money. Experts reveal that the discrepancy has also occurred because instead of calculating tax on the assessed value of property, it is being taken at the equalized value (a figure that raises the value of property further). While some argue that the practice is fraudulent, many state that assessed values in towns that have not taken up recent revaluations does not give the real figure. In towns like Englewood where recent revaluations have taken place, however, people may end up paying less in open space taxes this year.
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