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A City Of The
Future
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Foreign Direct Investment magazine’s North
American Cities of the Future 2009-10 survey lists Raleigh as the
continent’s top small city for foreign direct investment potential.
(Small cities are categorized as those with less than 500,000
population.)
-- April
2009
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Forbes: The Best Area For
Business
For the third consecutive year, Forbes names
Raleigh America’s best metro area for business and careers.
-- March 2009
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Best Place To Launch A New
Business
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A BizJournals study finds Raleigh
the best place to launch a new business. BizJournals used a
six-part formula to analyze the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan
areas, searching for the places that are most conducive to the
creation and development of small businesses. Raleigh was the only
market to rank among the top 10 in four key categories: growth
rates for small businesses and population and one- and five-years
increases in employment.
-- February 2009
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Forbes: Wired
City
Forbes.com ranked Raleigh the third most wired
city.
-- January 2009
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The best place to do
business
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Newgeography.com put the Raleigh-Cary area at
the top of its 2008 ranking of the Best Cities To Do Business In.
Raleigh was up six spots from its 2007 listing of largest metro
areas.
-- December 2008
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Men's Health: Politically Engaged
City
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Men’s Health magazine ranked Raleigh the most
politically engaged city in America. The rankings were based
on percentages of active registered voters, ballots counted,
percentage of income donated in the current presidential election,
campaign spending, votes cast in the 2008 primary and votes cast in
recent elections for governor and senate.
-- Men’s Health magazine,
September 2008
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Milken
Institute: A Best Performing City
The Raleigh-Cary
metropolitan area is ranked number two in the nation’s “Top 100
Best Performing Cities” in an annual economic performance index
released by Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate
partners. The annual study ranks metropolitan areas by how
well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The
Raleigh-Cary area rose from number 10 in 2007.
-- September
2008
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MSNBC:
America's Best City
MSNBC.com ranks Raleigh America’s best city. "Raleigh, N.C.,
it seems, is the best place to be in the U.S. right now. It ranks
No. 1 in Forbes’ 2008 list and was also top in 2007 - consistent
placement among these lists is truly rare. It ranks No. 2 in
Kiplinger’s list this year. The city is also Fortune Small Business
magazine’s No. 20 place to live and launch."
-- June 2008
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Kiplinger's:
A Top Urban Area
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance names the
Triangle the second best urban area in the U.S. It highlighted
undeniable date: population growth since 2000 of 19.9
percent; percentage of the work force in the creative class, 36.1
percent; cost of living index, 99 with 100 being the national
average; median household income of $56,150; and income growth of
10.3 percent since 200. This ranking dubbed Houston the best
in America and Omaha, Neb., the third best.
-- July
2008
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Forbes:
Recession-Proof Local Economy
Forbes magazine ranks the
Triangle’s economy as fifth on a list of 10 recession-proof local
economies.
-- May
2008
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