Area Accolades

The Triangle area has received praise and recognition from many sources
over the years. I've listed just a few samples from the last several years.
You can click on a year below to view examples.

2003   2004   2005   2006

2006 Rankings:

Named #1 Area for Tech Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Silicon Valley Leadership Group, September 2006

Named #3 Most Educated City (Raleigh, NC)
American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2004 (Released January 2006)

Named #3 Top Metro Overall (Raleigh-Cary, NC)
Expansion Management Mayor's Challenge, August 2006

Named #6 Best City for Singles (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Forbes.com, July 2006

Named 5-Star Quality of Life Metro (Raleigh, NC)
Expansion Management "Quality of Life Quotient," May/June 2006

Named #2 Best Place for Business & Careers (Raleigh, NC)
Forbes, May 2006

Named Top 10 Projected Home Appreciation Market (Raleigh, NC)
MSN.com, April 2006

Named #6 Brainiest Mid-sized Metro (Raleigh, NC)
Bizjournal, June 2006

Named #10 Best Walking City (Raleigh, NC)
Prevention, March 2006

Named #3 Best US City for Bargains (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Hotwire Travel Value Index, January 2006

2005 Rankings:

Named #7 Richest City (Raleigh, NC)
Forbes, November 2005

Named #5 Best Inner City for Small Businesses (Raleigh, NC)
Small Business Administration, November 2005

Named #1 Area for Tech Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Silicon Valley Leadership Group, September 2005

Listed in the Top "Seven Cool Cities" for Young Professionals (Raleigh, NC)
Kiplinger's Personal Finance, October 2005

Named #3 Hottest City for Entrepreneurs (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Expansion Management, August 2005

Named #4 Best City for Singles (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Forbes, July 2005

Named #2 Best Public Education System (Raleigh-Cary, NC)
Expansion Management, April 2005

Top 20 Business Opportunity Metro (Raleigh-Cary, NC)
Expansion Management, July 2005

Named #2 Best Place for Business and Careers, (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Forbes, May 2005

2004 Rankings:

Named #2 Best Place for Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Forbes, May 2004

Named #4 Best City for Entrepreneurs and Small Business
Gold Guide, May 2004

Named #1 City with the Happiest Workers (Raleigh, NC)
Hudson Employment Index, March 2004

Named #4 City That Rocks (Raleigh, NC)
Esquire, April 2004

Named #3 Best Education In The Biggest Cities (Wake County Schools)
Forbes, February 2004

Named #1 Hottest Job Market (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC)
Business 2.0, March 2004

Hottest Town in the East (Cary, NC)
Money magazine, January 2004

Named #6 Most Fun City
Cranium, January 2004

2003 Rankings:

Named #1 Best Place to Live (Raleigh, NC)
MSN House & Home, July 2003

Named #1 Best Place to Live & Work (Raleigh, NC)
Employment Review, June 2003

Named #3 Best Place to Reinvent Your Life (Raleigh, NC)
AARP magazine, May/June 2003

Named #1 Best City for Education (Raleigh, NC)
Places Rated Almanac, Millennium Edition

Named #1 Fastest Growing Local Online Population (Raleigh, NC)
Nielson/Netratings Report, February 2003

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