The Asheville area has been recognized by a wide range of print and on-line publications.
2005
One of the Five Best Places to Retire Money Adviser, Consumer Reports September 2005
8 of 10 Best Places to Live MSN/Sperling's Best Places July 2005
19 of Top 25 Most Secure U.S. Places to Live
Farmers Insurance Group June 2005
31 of 168 Small Metros Best Places For Business And Careers
Forbes May 2005
31 of 394 Regions, Entrprenerial/Innovation Index Small Business Administration April 2005
8 of America’s Top 25 Small Town Arts Destinations
AmericanStyle, Summer 2005
11 of 50 Best Places To Live Men's Journal April 2005
2004
One of Ten Great Adventure Towns National Geographic ADVENTURE Magazine, September 2004
One of "Five Cities That Are Special" USA TODAY, July 2004
10 of America’s Top 25 Arts Destinations AmericanStyle, Summer 2004
Best Place to Live, Number 8 of 331 Metros
CitiesRanked and Rated, March 2004
2003
Top Ten Towns for a Second-Home Investment MSN Money, October 2003
Best College Towns (#4 Warren Wilson College)
Outside Magazine, September 2003
Best Places To Retire MSN July 30, 2003
Top 15 Dream Towns (Best Places to Reinvent Your Life)
AARP Magazine, May/June 2003
18 of America’s Top 25 Arts Destinations AmericanStyle Summer 2003
Top Family Getaways Parents Magazine, April 2003
Top Safe & Cheap Getaways (One of Five) USA TODAY, April 4, 2003
2002
Mountain Biking: Where To Ride (1 of 4 Cities) National Geographic ADVENTURE Magazine, Dec 2002/Jan 2003
America's Happiest City for Women Self Magazine, October 2002
Top 15 Most Popular Cities to Live Harris Poll, September 2002
Grade A- for Twenty-Five Years of Economic Strength
POLICOM Study of U.S. Metros July 2002
One of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations
National Trust for Historic Preservation July 2002
13 of America’s Top 25 Arts Destinations AmericanStyle Summer 2002
One of America's 5 Best Biking Towns Bike Magazine June 2002
Ranked 14 of 200 Metros for One-Year High-Tech Output Growth Forbes-Milken Institute Best Places May 2002
Ranked 3rd in Top 10 Great Literary Trips in the Nation
Book Magazine May/June 2002
The 20 Best Places to Retire in the World Barron’s March 2002
One Urban Haven in the World
The Wallpaper Magazine Annual Round-up Jan/Feb 2002
29 of Top Fifty Hottest Cities for Manufacturing Expansions & Relocations Expansion Management Magazine, January 2002
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Asheville Metro Business Research Center (828) 258-6137, email: econdev@ashevillechamber.org
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