Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

140 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 RUTHERFORD, NJ BIG APPLE BEDROOM MMUNITY TAKES A BITE OUT OF NEW CITY-LED INITIATIVES Garden State City growing to meet its resident-focused needs W ith the Big Apple on its doorstep, the quaintly- named borough of Rutherford, N.J. is a city on the move and meeting the needs of its valued residents. Nestled in Bergen County in northern New Jersey, just a mere half an hour out of New York City and boasting just shy of 20,000 residents, the city is a charming place that is often called “the gem of southern Bergen County.”