• Title
• Year
• Organization
• Ranking

• Nation's Top Ten Economic
  Development Organizations
• 2012
• Site Selection magazine
• Top 10

• Twenty-five Best Places to Retire in 2013
• 2012
• Forbes
• Top 25

• Best Mid-Sized Metro Area for New and Expanded Corporate Facilities
• 2012
• Site Selection magazine
• 4th

• Best Places to Live in America
• 2012
• Areavibes
• 8th

• Hardest Working Town
• 2012
• Parade magazine
• 11th

• Healthiest Small Business Climate in the South
• 2012
• The Business Journals
• 8th

• Best Performing City for Construction Hiring
• 2012
• Associated General
  Contractors of America
• 11th

• Highest Output (GDP) among Metro Areas
• 2012
• The Brookings Institution
• 10 out of 100

• Nation's Top Ten Economic
  Development Organizations
• 2011
• Site Selection magazine
• Top 10

• Best Mid-Sized Metro Area for
  New and Expanded Corporate Facilities
• 2011
• Site Selection magazine
• 1st

• Top Ten Cities for Young Adults
• 2011
• The Business Journals
• 10th

• Nation's Top Ten Economic
  Development Organizations
• 2010
• Site Selection magazine
• Top 10

• Best Mid-Sized Metro Area for
  New and Expanded Corporate Facilities
• 2010
• Site Selection magazine
• 1st

• Best Performing Metros
  Third Quarter 2010
• 2010
• The Brookings Institution
• Top 20

• 2011 Q1 Economic Outlook Survey
• 2010
• Manpower
• 1 out of 372

• 2010 Best Performing Large Cities
• 2010
• Milken Institute
• 26 out of 200
  metros

• Per Capita Income Growth Rate
• 2010
• Portfolio.com
• 2 out of 100
  metros

• Best Performing Metros Q2 2010
• 2010
• The Brookings Institution
• Top 20

• Low Business Bankruptcies
• 2010
• Equifax
• In top 15

• Americas Strongest Job Markets
• 2010
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek
• 11 out of 22

• Best Mid-Sized City for Business Growth
• 2010
• Southern Business & Development
• 1st

• Small Business Vitatlity
  100 Largest Metros
• 2010
• Portfolio.com
• 2 out of 100

• Best Performing Metros 1Q 2010
• 2010
• The Brookings Institution
• Top 20

• Best Performing Metros 4Q 2009
• 2010
• The Brookings Institution
• Top 20

• Small Business Vitality
• 2010
• Portfolio.com
• 2nd in nation

• Best Mid-Sized Cities for Jobs
• 2010
• Forbes
• 2nd out of 10

• Top Ten Mid-Markets of the Decade
• 2010
• Southern Business & Development
• 2nd out of 10

• Best Places for Business and Careers
• 2010
• Forbes
• 129 out of 200

• Best Cities for Young Adults
• 2010
• Portfolio.com
• 2nd in nation

• Projected Employment Growth
• 2010
• The Daily Beast
• 3rd in nation

• Lost Construction Jobs
• 2010
• The Associated General Contractors of America
• 6th among states including D.C.

• Most Economic Development Wins
• 2010
• Site Selection magazine
• 3rd in nation
  (metros with pop. 200k-1mil)

• Nation's Top Ten Economic
  Development Organization
• 2009
• Site Selection magazine
• Top 10

• Best Performing Metro Areas During
  the Recession
• 2009
• The Brookings Institution
• Strongest 20
  metro areas

• Best Bang-for-Your-Buck Cities
• 2009
• Forbes
• 16th in nation

• Fastest Recovering Metros
• 2009
• Forbes
• 10th in nation

• Best Performing Metros 2009
• 2009
• Milken Institute
• 18th in nation

• Best Places to Launch a Small
  Business 2009
• 2009
• CNN Money
• 9th among
  mid-sized metros

• Top Job Markets in the Country
• 2009
• The Business Journals
• 3rd in nation

• Top Markets for Income Growth
• 2009
• The Business Journals
• 8th in nation

• Best Performing Metro Areas During
  the Recession
• 2009
• The Brookings Institution
• 8th in nation

• Places Where Homebuyers Are Most Likely to See an Investment From Buying a House (Hottest 10 Buyers' Markets)
• 2009
• Housing Predictor
• 7th in nation
  (up from 9th)

• America's Most Robustly Growing
  Medium Sized Cities for Jobs
• 2009
• New Geography
• 7th in nation

• America's Twenty-Five Strongest Housing Markets
• 2009
• Forbes
• 18th in nation

• Best Cities for Riding Out a Recession
• 2008
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek
• Top 10 City