Awards and Recognitions

#1 Healthiest Housing Market for 2011, Builder Magazine, March 2011
#2 Brain Magnet in the Nation (Raleigh-Durham-Cary) - Forbes, February 2011
#2 Brainiest City - Durham - The Daily Beast, August 2010
#11 Brainiest City - Raleigh-Cary - The Daily Beast, August 2010
#5 City for Work and Family, Fortune magazine, November, 1996
#6 Midsize City for Small Business, Entrepreneur magazine, 1995
#12 Best Place for Smart Companies, Forbes ASAP magazine, 1995
#1 Best places to Live in America, Money Magazine, 1994
#4 Best U.S. Market for New Graduates, National Business Employment Weekly, 1994
#22 Top 100 Housing Markets in the U.S., U.S. News & World Report
One of Top 10 Places for Japanese Expatriates to Live, Newsweek, Japan, 1994
#1 Best Investment Return Potential, Ernst & Young and National Real Estate Index 1994
#1 Best City for Business, Fortune magazine, November, 1993
#6 Quality of Place, Places Rated Almanac, October, 1993
#4 Best City for International Companies, World Trade magazine, October, 1993
Top 20 Hot Spots to Start a Business, Entrepreneur magazine, September, 1993
#5 Best Places to Live in America, Money magazine, September, 1993
Top 10 Cities for Economic Growth Between 1965 & 1990, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, July 1993
Top 25 Markets Where Homeowners Will Fare Best, U.S. News & World Report, April, 1993
Top 50 Places to Raise Your Family, 50 Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family, published 1993

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