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Local Employment
There are a limited number of local offices, stores and old age homes which offer employment. The majority of Tivon residents work outside of the community in the many cities and towns in the area, including Haifa, Migdal Haemek and Yokneam.

Accessibility to Employment
Kiryat Tivon is situated near a number of hi-tech parks, such as Yokneam (15 minutes) and Migdal Haemek (20 minutes). Haifa is a 30-40 minute ride away. Access to the train is also a quick 15 minute drive to the Lev Hamifratz Haifa station, with trains connecting to Akko and Nahariya in the North, to the Tel Aviv area, and beyond.

Education / Youth
Kiryat Tivon has high quality of educational institutions for all ages. It offers private nursery schools and state kindergartens (23) of all kinds. There is also a new daycare center run by the local Matnas (Community Center) for infants and toddlers, which includes one religious class. There are 3 Mamlachti (secular, state-run) elementary schools, and Kiryat Tivon has a small but outstanding Mamlachti Dati (religious, state-run) elementary school (grades 1 through 6). Tivon is also home to a Montessori school. Mamlachti junior high and high schools are both located in Tivon, while Mamlachti Dati High Schools (Ulpanot for girls and Yeshivot for boys) are available in nearby communities.

School-aged children enjoy active chapters of youth groups, including Bnei Akiva, as well as various sports and cultural activities such as dance and music classes.

Tivon attracts many students, faculty and staff, because Oranim College is located in Tivon, Haifa University and the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) are nearby, and a number of other smaller institutions of higher-education are all within a 15-minute drive.

Transportation
Access to a private car is recommended. There is periodic Egged bus service from Tivon to Haifa, Nazeret Illit and Jerusalem.

Olim Services
In Kiryat Tivon, Olim will find friendly residents who are more than willing to help, including a sizeable, English-speaking population. Ulpan programs are available in nearby cities.

Amenities / Services
Kiryat Tivon has a quaint town center with many cafes, restaurants and small stores. There are a number of major shopping centers, supermarkets and malls within an easy 10-20 minute drive to nearby Yokneam, Ramat Yishai or Haifa.

Both Clallit and Maccabi clinics offer extended medical services locally. Dentist and optometrist services are also available in town. Major medical centers and hospitals are about a 20-minute drive.

Community and Religious Life
Kiryat Tivon has an active Matnas (Community Center) with a wide variety of activities for both adults and children, a theater/cinema, regular musical events, lectures and activities in the Memorial Center/Library, two public swimming pools (which offer separate swimming hours for the religous population, as well as “regular” mixed hours), a soccer stadium, basketball courts, and hiking paths in the Wadis surrounding the town. A drive to the beach is a short 25-minutes away. Tivon is home to numerous artists and craftspeople, many of whom hold classes for all ages. The town offers several organized networks for volunteers, including assisting in soup kitchen activities and working with disadvantaged children, single-mothers and the elderly. There are well-developed programs for the elderly population. Elderly residents who live alone receive weekly phone calls, and a senior center offers a wide variety of activities and classes.

Kiryat Tivon is known for having the highest rate of volunteerism in Israel. There are forty volunteer organizations in Tivon, with over 800 active volunteers. Tivon also has the highest number of pets per capita in the country.

Tivon has an active library, with an English-language section. There is also an English Speaker's book club.

Because of the large number of private homes, Kiryat Tivon extends over a rather large area. As a result, there are over 15 Orthodox synagogues, both Ashkenazi and Sepharadi, in its various neighborhoods, as well as Conservative and Reform services. A range of different religious groups are represented within the community. For the National Religious, there are Shiurim (Torah classes) and lectures during the week and on Shabbat. In addition, a large group of young, National Religious families in Tivon have formed a social-community network called the Garin Torani Nevia (http://sites.google.com/site/neviativon/home-1). Members of this Garin are involved in many facets of the town; for example, they volunteer in the Mamlachti Dati preschool, kindergartens and elementary school.

Real Estate
Tivon mainly consists of private homes, with a few small apartment blocks. A new neighborhood is now being planned on the outskirts of Tivon, with 67 units. Rentals are available.

A four room  apartment or house rents for 3800-5000 NIS a month.

A sampling of purchase prices:

• Private home on at least ½ a dunam plot– 2-4 million NIS
• Duplex on at least 400 square meter plot – 1.7 – 2.8 million NIS
• Duplex on 250 square meters of land – 1.5 – 1.8 million NIS
• 3-4 room apartment – 800,000 – 1.1 million NIS
• Garden apartment or larger apartments – 1.3 – 1.4 million NIS