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Columbus is regularly recognized as a gay mecca by various national media outlets. In 2011, we were named a Top Gay Travel Destination by NewNowNext.com, and ranked #1 as the “Up and Coming” location by GayCities.com. While we assume that… [Read More]
The Milken Institute just released their ranking of the largest 200 metropolitan areas in The United States in terms of economic growth and sustainability. Columbus shot up the list from #108 in 2010 to #55 in 2011. According to the index,… [Read More]
Another week, another Forbes list. This one ranks US cities on high-tech job growth using both short term and long term metrics. Seattle topped the list, but Columbus took a strong third place following Baltimore. Job growth in Columbus was… [Read More]
The Intelligent Community Forum produces an annual listing of the top 21 smart communities in the world, and Columbus Region has appeared on the list for the first time (Dublin, Ohio has been on the list twice prior) alongside other… [Read More]
The US News & World Report publishes an annual list of the nation’s best colleges, and The Ohio State University has climbed in their 2012 edition into 17th place on the list of public schools. It’s also ranked as the… [Read More]
USA Today, along with the help of KaBOOM!, a national playground non-profit, recently compiled a list of the country’s best cities for children’s playgrounds. Columbus ranked #2 on the list, topped only by San Francisco. Our city has a total… [Read More]
If you’re looking to start a business that needs to be located within the closest proximity to the majority of the American market, then look no further than Columbus. Three Scale Research, a public resource for Ohio business, just released… [Read More]
Creative Cities International recently release their Vitality Index report that measures and evaluates both qualitative factors and quantitative factors to produce a sort of “quality of life” scale. A description from the report says: “It brings to life a city’s… [Read More]
Bloomberg Businessweek recently featured an article about the findings of a Brookings Institution report that compiled a list of US Metro Areas that have already seen economic rebounding to near-prerecession levels. Some of the criteria examined in the report include… [Read More]
Yahoo Finance just compiled a new list of US Cities based on the strength of local job markets and affordable housing and Columbus turned up at #4 on the list. The article goes on to praise our city’s arts community,… [Read More]
Somehow we missed it, but back in January, Columbus was named “Up-and-Coming GayCity of 2011″ by GayCities.com in their annual reader survey. Little else was said about our city at the time, but more recently, the recognition was reignited at… [Read More]
NewGeography.com just released their annual ranked list of “Best Cities for Jobs” and Columbus came in at number 19 on their large cities list — up seven spots from 26th place last year. This study measures the robustness of a… [Read More]
Via XingColumbus: Columbus Ranks as 2nd Best City for Commuters March 3, 2011 by John According to Kiplinger.com, Columbus is a great place to commute. They included metro areas with more than 1 million people and ranked them based on… [Read More]
According to an article in today’s Dispatch, Columbus added more construction jobs in 2010 than any other metro area in the US. 2,700 construction jobs were added on various projects around the region. In December, we published a long list… [Read More]
A new Forbes ranking revealed earlier this week ranks Columbus as the 4th Best Shopping City in the US. As with any Forbes list, the metrics used are usually called into question. This list bases their rankings on number of… [Read More]
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