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You do not have to take our word for it, Raleigh has been recommended by many studies in the national media and those who create professional surveys. Here is a list of some of the recommendations that say this is one of the finest places to live, one of the best places to do business, and a top area for education.
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 2005) -- North Carolina’s Capital City area certainly makes the grade when it comes to positive accolades. Over the past five years, numerous third parties have praised Raleigh for its quality of life, excellent education, entertainment options and business climate. After all, Raleigh embodies, “City Life, Carolina Style.” Among Raleigh’s most notable accolades:
#8 Places for Wireless Connections
Intel, June 2005
#17 Best Place for Running in the United States Runners World, July 2005
Five Star Quality of Life Metro (Raleigh-Cary) Expansion Management, April 2005
Top 50 Five Star City for Quality of Life (Raleigh-Cary) Expansion Management,
March 2005
#4 Best City for Dating (Raleigh-Durham, NC) Sperling's Best Places, May 2004
#4 City That Rocks Esquire Magazine, April 2004
Hottest Town in the East (Cary, NC) Money Magazine, January 2004
#6 Most Fun City Cranium, January 2004
#1 College Town (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) – Tier II USA TODAY, August 2003
#10 Lowest Rents-CBD Expansion Management, August 2003
#1 Best Place to Live MSN House & Home, July 2003
#1 Best Place to Live & Work Employment Review Magazine, June 2003
#9 Best City for Singles Forbes Magazine, June 2003
#3 Best Place to Reinvent Your Life AARP Magazine, May/June 2003
#10 Low-Stress City (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) Sperlings Best Places, 2003
Top 20 Best Urban Trails (Raleigh's Umstead Park) Runner's World, October 2001
#4 Healthiest Metro Area in the US Demographics Daily, June 2001
#2 Best Place to Live and Work Employment Review, June 2001
#2 Most Educated City US Census
Bureau-American Community
Survey, 2003 (Released April 2005)
#2 Best Public Education System (Raleigh-Cary) Expansion Management, April 2005
#2 Most Educated City US Census Bureau-American Community
Survey, 2002 (Released May 2004)
#6 Best Public School System Expansion Management’s MSA Education
(Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill MSA) Quotient Rankings, April 2004
2005 National Superintendent of the Year American Association of School
(Bill McNeal, Wake County Public Schools) Administrators, 2004
#3 Best Education In The Biggest Cities Forbes, February 2004
(Wake County Schools)
Gold Ribbon School District – Wake County Expansion Management, December 2003
# 2 Best Place for Education Forbes Magazine, June 2003
#1 Best City for Education Places Rated Almanac, Millennium Edition
#7 Top Metro for Scientists & Engineers
per capita (Raleigh-Cary) Expansion Magazine, May 2005
#10 Top Metro for University Spending (Raleigh-Cary) Expansion Magazine, May
2005
# 7 Best Educated Workforce (Raleigh-Cary) Expansion Magazine, May 2005
#2 Best Place for Business and Careers (Raleigh-Durham, NC) Forbes, May 2005
#4 Best City for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Gold Guide Rankings, May 2004
Top Five Most Innovatiove Entrepreneurial Regions (Raleigh) US Small Business
Administration, April 2005
#8 High Tech City (Raleigh) Popular Science, Febrauary 2005
#5 Best City for Economic Dynamism Gold Guide Rankings, May 2004
#2 Best Place for Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC) Forbes, May 2004
#1 City with the Happiest Workers Hudson Employment Index, March 2004
#3 High Value Labor Market Quotient 2005 Expansion Management, March 2004
#6 Least Expensive Midsize Metro Area for Businesses KPMG LLP, February 2004
#1 Hottest Job Market (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) Business 2.0, March 2004
#4 Top State for New Business Sites and Facilities Plants Sites and Parks,
January 2004
#13 Hottest Cities (Raleigh-Durham, NC) Expansion Management Magazine, January
2004
#11 Choice City for Biotechnology Business Development Outlook, December 2003
#9 Hottest Job Growth Market 2003-2013 Business 2.0, September 2003
#7 High Value Labor Market Quotient 2003 Expansion Management, July 2003
#4 Top High-Tech City Business Facilities, May 2003
#9 Best City for Corporate Headquarters Business Facilities, April 2003
#3 Best Place for Business and Careers Forbes Magazine, May 26, 2003
#10 Real Estate Market Expansion Management, August 2002
#3 in New Biotechnology Companies in the 1990's. Signs of Life: The Growth of
the Biotechnology Centers in the US. Brookings Institute, June 2002
Top 60 Cybercity Site Selection Magazine, March 2002
#2 City in the US for Relocation Expansion Management, January 2002
#3 Hottest Metro Plants, Sites & Parks, March 2002
Fastest Growing State in Venture Capital Investment Plants, Sites & Parks,
January 2002
5-Star Ranking for Best Economic Metro Demographics Daily, January 2002
#1 Fastest Growing Local Online Population Nielson/Netratings Report, February
2003
#3 Highest Mobile Phone Penetration Telephia Report, February 2003
#5 for access to venture capital Progressive Policy Institute, April 2001
#3 for access to high-tech jobs Progressive Policy Institute, April 2001
#8 Most Wired City Yahoo! Internet Life, March 2001
#3 for percentage of households using the Net Yahoo! Internet Life, March 2001
#4 for broadband use and interest Yahoo! Internet Life, March 2001
#7 State (NC) for New Facilities/Expansions in 2000 Site Selection, March 2001
#4 Best City to Start and Grow a Company in Now Inc., December 2000
#3 Best City in the Nation for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur, October 2000
#6 for Directory Density (sites per 1000 capita) Yahoo! Internet Life, March
2000
#5 for Hosts Per Capita Yahoo! Internet Life, March 2000
#6 Hottest City Expansion Management, January 2000
