Summit at a Glance

Summit At A Glance

Welcome to this spotlight on Summit, New Jersey where you will find an introduction to Summit and gain insight into buying and selling a home in this lovely town. As a realtor and resident in Summit, I have a comprehensive knowledge about the local neighborhoods, schools, market conditions, ordinances, etc. You've come to the right place with Lexi Ollom as your consultant and professional Realtor^® in Summit, New Jersey .

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Major Transportation Hub
With rail and bus links to Newark and Manhattan, Routes 24 and 78, the Garden State Parkway and Newark-Liberty International Airport, commuters find this thriving community a perfect place to settle. The Summit Train Station has the Mid-Town Direct train -a less than 30 minute ride - from Summit to Penn Station, as well as easy access to lower Manhattan. The City of Summit has numerous parking garages and lots supplying ample parking for resident commuters and downtown employees.

The advent of NJ Transit's Midtown Direct Train line has brought tremendous growth in home values in Summit. Depending on your lifestyle, you will find single-family homes, garden apartments and condominiums. Currently there are one bedroom condos for sale from $185,000 up to a eight bedroom home priced at $5,000,000. The average selling price for a home in Summit this past year was $977,750.

Summit Living

With a population of nearly 20,000, Summit is located in the northeast corner of Union County. The landscape has had a definite influence in the development of Summit. This tree-dense suburban community is nestled in the hills of the Watchung Reservation with six square miles of broken hills at a 450-foot elevation. Summit sits above Springfield, to the east of Millburn, and just northwest, Chatham joins Summit to pinch the broad valley of the Passaic River.

Summit is a family-oriented residential community with light industry. Many Summit settlers and current residents have attributed significantly to the world's business, industrial and government affairs. More importantly, their relentless dedication for volunteerism has made the Summit community a leader in civic mindedness.

Most residents live in single family homes. Summit is comprised of approximately five sections, the relatively historic Northside, Memorial Field Area, Franklin School, Washington Area, and East Summit.

Summit provides all the services usually found in any well-managed suburban municipality of its size . These include full-time paid police and fire departments, a city-operated refuse collection service, a sanitary sewer system, a separate storm sewer system, and a health department. Additional public works department services include shade trees, the maintenance and repair of streets and public buildings, building inspection and zoning enforcement. The City also maintains an out-standing free public library service.

Arts, Recreational, Cultural and Community Resources
Summit offers an array of programs, facilities, and events to capture and educate the community in arts, recreation, cultural and spiritual guidance.

The Summit Boards of Recreation and Education, the Summit YMCA, The Connection for Women and Families and many other non-profit organizations enable residents of all ages the ability to participate in leisure and health-related programs. Summit has numerous playing fields to include baseball, football, soccer, basketball, tennis, running track and a 3-par golf course and a municipal pool.

Summit is also diverse with an array of Houses of Worship providing churches for all and a definite spiritual life in the Summit community.

Summit has two weekly newspapers: The Independent Press, distributed free, and The Herald.

Summit grows with the times - State-of-the Art Downtown
In 1925, way a head of its time, Summit was the first city to bury utility wires underground. More recently, in 2000 the city's downtown business district underwent a complete utility infrastructure and beautification project. Upgrade of underground utility wiring, widening of sidewalks for pedestrian traffic, improved street and sidewalk lighting, festive space for markets and special events with street-lined trees and seasonal plantings.

Summit's Downtown Business District is a tapestry of retail and commercial businesses with an abundance of specialty and gift shops, clothing stores, home furnishings, restaurants, bakeries, fine wine outlets, movie theatre and ample free parking all within short walking distances. Please be sure to visit and enjoy our downtown Summit.

The Mall at Short Hills, is an unusually beautiful regional shopping center housing more than 170 fine shops, restaurants and department stores including branches of Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue , Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Macy's.

Cultural Activities
Artistic and cultural traditions are strong in Summit, with its roots in the visual arts dating back to Whorthington Whittredge, a painter of the Hudson River School who lived in Summit from 1880 - 1910. The New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts is a commitment to the arts offering cultural activities, ranging from art exhibits and jazz concerts to courses for budding artists.

The nearby Paper Mill Playhouse, located in Millburn, is a professional Equity theatre seating 1,200 and attracts approximately 425,000 theatre-goers each season. Paper Mill offers a full range of cultural events including musicals, plays, and children’s programs along with New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker during the holiday season.

For nature lovers, the Reeves-Reed Arboretum on Hobart Avenue is a great place to visit with formal gardens and woodlands on its 12.5 acres site and is a New Jersey Registers of Historic Places. Nature classes and seasonal events are available for both children and adults.

Education
The school district is made up of five elementary schools, a middle school with grades six through eight and a four-year high school. Summit parents, teachers and school administrators work together to ensure that the community provides its students with an excellent academic program. The Summit School District stresses individualized instruction and a full spectrum of academic and extracurricular activities.

Summit High School offers a full program of studies featuring eighteen Advanced Placement courses and a wide range of academic electives. Approximately 80 percent of parents are college graduates with one or more degrees and, for the past ten years, over 95 percent of each high school graduation class have attended post secondary institutions.
Summit Public Schools
Summit High School
Summit Middle School
Brayton Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Lincoln Hubbard Elementary School
Washington Elementary School

Utilities
Electricity and gas are provided by JCP&L and Public Service Electric and Gas Company respectively. Water is provided by NJ American Water Company. The Town picks solid waste up once a week, and there is an active recycling program. A drop off recycling center is located on New Providence Avenue.

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