#3 Best Places to Launch a Small Business (Raleigh, NC) CNNMoney.com, October 2009
#1 Best Place for Data Centers (North Carolina) Tishman Technologies October 2009
#1 America’s Smartest Cities (Raleigh-Durham, NC) The Daily Beast, October 2009
#8 Next Hot Youth-Magnet Cities (Raleigh-Durham, NC) The Wall Street Journal September 2009
3rd Highest Percentage of Adults with at Least a Bachelor’s Degree
4th Highest Percentage of Adults 25 and Over with a Master’s Degree or Higher
6th Highest Percentage of Adults with a Doctorate/Professional Degree (Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA) U.S. Census Bureau September 2009
#5 Metro for Best Quality of Life (Raleigh-Durham, NC) Business Facilities, August 2009
Favorite Destination for Retirees (North Carolina) Kiplinger.com, August 2009
#9 America’s Top States for Business (North Carolina) CNBC, August 2009
#4 MSA with Highest Concentration of Employment - Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Raleigh-Cary, NC) Business Facilities, August 2009
#4 “Nano Metro” in the United States(The Triangle, NC) The Project on Emerging Nano Technologies, August 2009
#18 Best Cities for Working Mothers(Raleigh, NC) Forbes.com, August 2009
#10 Overall Biotechnology Strength(North Carolina)Business Facilities, July 2009
#2 Best Sports Franchise (Carolina Hurricanes) ESPN The Magazine, July 2009
#18 Sports-Obsessed City in the U.S. (Raleigh, NC) Men’s Health, July 2009
Best Places to Live and Work for Young Professionals: #6 (Cary, NC) - Mighty Micros
#12 (Raleigh, NC) - Midsized Magnets Next Generation Consulting June 2009
Strongest Metro Area in North Carolina (Raleigh-Cary, NC) Brookings Institution, June 2009
#20 Most Fit MSA (Raleigh-Cary, NC) The American College of Sports Medicine, May 2009
#10 Best City (Raleigh, NC) Kiplinger’s, May 2009
#5 Leading Life Sciences Clusters in the U.S. (Raleigh-Durham, NC) Milken Institute, May 2009
#10 High-Tech Centers in the U.S. (Raleigh, NC) American City Business Journals May 2009
#5 Fastest-Growing Metropolitan in the Country (Raleigh-Cary, NC) Easy Analytic Software, May 2009
#8 Best Big Cities for Jobs(Raleigh-Cary, NC) Forbes.com, May 2009
#1 City with Best Economic Potential(Raleigh, NC) fDi Magazine, April 2009
#1 City Where Americans Are Relocating (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, April 2009
#1 Best Place for Business and Careers (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, March 2009
2nd Best State to Do Business In (North Carolina)Chief Executive Magazine March 2009
~ #1 Fastest-Growing Metropolitan Area in the Country (Raleigh-Cary, NC) U.S. Census Bureau, March 2009
#6 Healthiest Housing Market (Raleigh, NC) Builderonline.com, February 2009
#18 MSA with Highest Rate of House Price Appreciation (Raleigh-Cary, NC) Federal Housing Finance Agency February 2009
#1 Top City for Small Business (Raleigh, NC)Bizjournals, February 2009
#4 Best City in America for Dating (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)Sperling’s BestPlaces, January 2009
#15 Most Wired City (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, January 2009
2008
#1 Top Business Climate (North Carolina)Site Selection, November 2008
#2 Metro Entering Slow Period with Most Positive Momentum (Raleigh, NC)Bizjournals, November 2008
#1 Most Political City (Raleigh, NC)Men’s Health, October 2008
#2 Best Performing City (Raleigh-Cary, NC)The Milken Institute September 2008
#1 Best City for Doing Business (Raleigh-Cary, NC)Inc.com; newgeography.com July 2008
#2 Best City to Live, Work and Play (Raleigh, NC)Kiplinger’s, July 2008
#2 State with the Best Business Climate (North Carolina)Development Counsellors International, July 2008
#4 Best State for Business (North Carolina)Forbes.com, July 2008
#3 Most Educated Work Force (Raleigh, NC)
#4 MSA With Highest Concentration of Employment – Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (Raleigh-Cary, NC)Business Facilities, July 2008
#10 U.S. City with the Largest Numerical Increase (Raleigh, NC)U.S. Census Bureau, July 2008
#1 Best Place to Live in the U.S. (Raleigh, NC)msnbc.com, June 2008
#1 Pro-Business State (North Carolina)Pollina.com, June 2008
#8 Best City for Recent College Grads (Raleigh-Durham, NC)Forbes.com, June 2008
#6 Largest Concentration of Drug and Pharmaceutical Jobs (Raleigh-Durham, NC)Technology, Talent and Capital: State Bioscience Initiatives 2008 June 2008
#12 Highest Concentration of Tech Workers (Raleigh, NC)AeA’s Cybercities 2008, June 2008
#5 Best Medium-Sized City for Families with Children (Raleigh, NC)Who’s Your City?, May 2008
#1 Best Place for Young Adults (Raleigh, NC)Bizjournals, May 2008
Top 15 Place for Cultured Retirement (Raleigh, NC)Smithsonian.com, April 2008
#5 Recession-Proof City (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, April 2008
#23 Best Place in the South to Locate Your Company (Raleigh, NC)Southern Business & Development Spring 2008
#1 Best Place for Business and Careers (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, March 2008
#20 Best Place to Live and Launch (Raleigh, NC)CNNMoney.com, March 2008
#3 Most Romantic City for Baby Boomers (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)Sperling’s BestPlaces, March 2008
#6 Medium-Sized Metro (Raleigh-Cary, NC)Site Selection, March 2008
#2 Best City for Bargain House-Hunters (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, February 2008
#10 Least Miserable Airport (Raleigh-Durham Intl.)U.S. News & World Report February 2008
The Best American City for Singles (Raleigh, NC)Every Day with Rachael Ray January 2008
#9 Best City for Jobs (Raleigh, NC)Forbes.com, January 2008
Top Five Strongest Real Estate Market (Raleigh-Cary, NC)Veros.com, January 2008
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