Business View Magazine | December 2020

340 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 ENGINEERS • SURVEYORS • PLANNERS • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS Consulting & Municipal ENGINEERS Parlin • Howell • Monmouth Junction • Camden • Pleasantville • Barnegat www.cmeusa1.com • P: 732.727.8000 TOWNSHI P OF BELLEV I LLE , NEW JERSEY often say Belleville is uniquely situated. We can see the 9th largest city in the world from our hilltops, which is New York City, and then we border the largest city in New Jersey, which is the city of Newark, and those two interconnections provide us with great proximity to all the major highways and thoroughfares. So, as a geographic choice there’s actually no doubt that Belleville would be an asset to any business or company looking to locate here, even to people that work outside the surrounding area, we always tout our geographic location.” The township has a very rich history dating back to the 1700s. Its early settlers were not loyal to England and that’s where their French name, Belle Ville or ‘beautiful village’ comes from. In its more modern history, Belleville was a haven for slaves on the Underground Railroad, was home to many abolitionists, a supreme court justice who freed a slave from Burlington County, and even more recently the home of many famed