North Bergen, New Jersey

6 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 TOWNSHI P OF NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY With an employee base of approximately 500 people, many residents commute to work, but there are lots who work locally as well. The area has a diverse mix of businesses with several large corporations headquartered in North Bergen. Castro believes, “It’s more cost effective to bring headquarters into New Jersey than being based out of New York City.” But there is a varied assortment of smaller retail shops and restaurants too, with an even busier area of mid-sized business and restaurants on Bergenline Avenue. Most of the big-box stores like Target, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and a recently opened Chick-fil-A location are on Tonnelle Avenue, referred to as ‘Tonnelle Corridor’ by locals. It’s also where other well-known chains such as Taco Bell, Wawa, and Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors are located. According to Schwartz, “LaFrieda moved to North Bergen in 2010 from New York. They love it here. Enough that they’re building a second 50,000