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Experience Columbus has got a new blog post up today featuring a listing of the various “#1″ moments that Columbus had throughout 2009. Their list includes national rankings of our Library System, COSI, The Columbus Zoo, Huntington Park, OSU President Gordon Gee, and our status as a “sports town”.
Additional national rankings can be found here, which include the following in 2009:
- Columbus is 2nd Most Affordable Rental Market in US
- Columbus is 7th most ‘Manly’ city in America
- Columbus is 7th Best “Bargain” City Says Forbes
- Columbus a Top 10 City for Business Expansion
- Columbus is Top 10 Best City for Finding Jobs
- Columbus is 15th “Smartest” City in US
- Columbus is 17th Best Arts Destination in 2009
- Columbus is 18th Fattest City in 2009
- Columbus is 27th Top Twitter City in the World
- Columbus a Top 60 city for small businesses
Found this great list about Columbus in the Comments Section of the recent Dispatch article:
Tourism funding sought — now
A moment on Google resulted in finding the following list of rankings (and their sources), courtesy of the Experience Columbus website –
#1 The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was voted the favorite zoo of
America by USA Travel Guide/February 2009
#1 Columbus Metropolitan Library rated the #1 library in the nation
for 2008 by Hennen’s American Public Library Ratings.
#1 Best Place in Ohio to Raise Children,
Business Week/ November 2008
#1 Sports Town in the U.S.
Scarborough Sports Marketing analysis
#2 Most Affordable U.S. City to Hold a Tradeshow In
Tradeshow Week/September 2008
#1 COSI in Columbus was named the #1 Science Center in the country
for families according to Parents Magazine/August 2008
Among “Top 25 Arts Destinations”
American Style/June 2008 (3 straight years)
#1 Most Affordable Place to Retire
Forbes,/September 2008
#25 Best City for Young Professionals by Forbes,/July 2008
#1 on a list of “Top Ten Up-and-Coming Tech Cities”
Forbes/March 2008
#9 Most Affordable Places To Live Well
Forbes/December 2007
#9 Top city in the U.S. for African Americans
Black Enterprise Magazine/May 2007
#3 Top “Cities of the Future” in North America
fDi Magazine (Foreign Direct Investment)/April 2007
#2 Best city in the U.S. for African American families
BET.com/February 2007
All-America City (one of 10 in the U.S.)
National Civic League/2006
#8 Best big city in which to live
Money magazine/July 2006
#11 Top city for singles
Forbes Magazine/July 2006
One of 10 places in the world to “admire the bloom on the
rose” – Park of Roses in Whetstone Park USA Today/
June 2006
One of the best places for meeting and vacationing in
the Midwest
Black Meetings & Tourism/August-September 2005
#4 Cleanest city in the United States
ReadersDigest.com/June 2005
#1 Stadium experience in professional sports (Nationwide
Arena/NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets)
ESPN the magazine/February 2004
#11 Best American places to live and work
Employment Review/June 2003
#10 Best place for business and careers in metro areas
with population of more than one million
Forbes/May 2003
#8 Pet healthiest city
Purina/May 2003
#24 Best place for business and careers
Forbes/May 2003
#10 City in the nation for campus scenes that rock
Rolling Stone/February 2003
#1 Arts festival in the U.S.; fine crafts division
(Columbus Arts Festival)
Sunshine Magazine/September 2001