Good News For The Austin Area 2010

NOV Austin among Newsweek’s 10 Cities Best Situated for Economic Recovery. (Newsweek, 11/8/10)

NOV Austin is among America’s 10 Most Affordable Cities. ( Forbes,

11/2/10)

OCT Austin is 7th on Daily Beast’s America’s Smartest Cities list.

(The Daily Beast , 10/25/10)

OCT Austin highly ranked among 50 U.S. Real Estate Markets to Watch.

(PricewaterhouseCoopers, 10/10)

OCT Austin ranks 2nd on the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities

2010: Where America's Jobs Are Created & Sustained. (Milken Institute, 10/14/10)

OCT Austin ranks 6th among America’s Smartest Cities.

(CNNMoney.com, 10/1/10)

OCT University of Texas at Austin named 9th Best Graduate Program for Entrepreneurs. (Entreprenuer, 10/10)

SEP University of Texas at Austin named 12 th Best Executive M.B.A. Program by The Wall Street Journal. (Wall Street Journal, 9/30/10)

SEP Austin named in Travelocity’s Top 10 Fall Hotspots.

(Travelocity.com, 9/22/10)

SEP Austin among 10 metros Where You can Buy a Home for Less than $800 a Month. (U.S. News, 9/21/10)

SEP Austin continues to place among America’s Most Recession Proof Cities.

(CNNMoney.com, 9/16/10)

SEP Texas predicted to be the Place that will Lead the Country to a Solid Economic Recovery. (National Journal, 9/11/10)

SEP Texas is a Top State for Doing Business according to Area Development’s survey of site selection consultants. (Area Development, 9/10)

SEP Austin is No. 2 Mid-Size Metro College Destination.

(American Institute for Economic Research, 9/10)

SEP Austin ranks in the Top 100 Cities of the Global Innovation Economy.

(Innovation-cities.com, 9/8/10)

SEP Austin among Least Stressed in U.S. (Portfolio.com, 9/7/10)

SEP Austin is 7th Most Favorable Place to Look for Work.

(The Conference Board, 9/1/10)

AUG Austin among the top 20 Brainiest Cities in America.

(The Daily Beast, 8/27/10)

AUG Austin named top U.S. Entrepreneurial Center. (Entrepreneur, 8/10)

AUG Austin among America’s Best Music Cities. (Travel+Leisure, 8/10)

AUG UT Austin ranked No. 5 for higher education excellence based on Contribution to the Public Good. (Washington Monthly, 8/24/10)

AUG UT Austin ranks No. 45 on U.S. News’ 2011 Best Colleges List.

(U.S. News & World Report, 8/18/10)

AUG Austin tops multiple Business Facilities Metro Rankings: No. 1 for Quality of Life, No. 1 for Renewable Energy Availability, & No. 2 among Greenest Metros. (Business Facilities, 7-8/10)

AUG Austin ranks No. 3 on Top 10 Cities for Young Entrepreneurs in 2010.

(Under30CEO, 8/4/10)

AUG Texas No. 1 for U.S. Wind Power Capacity added in 2009.

(U.S. Department of Energy, 8/4/10)

JUL Austin named Top City for Young Adults. (Kiplinger, 7/23/10)

JUL Texas No. 2 Biotech Hub. (Business Facilities, 7/26/10)

JUL Austin is the 10th Fastest-Growing Exporter in U.S.

(Brookings Institute, 7/10)

JUL Austin 5th Best City for New College Grads.

(Bloomberg Businessweek, 7/16/10)

JUL ABIA selected as one of America’s Best Airports. (Travel+Leisure, 7/10)

JUL Texas ranked Top State for Business. (CNBC, 7/14/10)

JUL Round Rock among 10 Best Towns for Families. (Family Circle , 07/07/10)

JUL Austin companies make strong showing in Green Power Purchases Ranking. (Environmental Protection Agency, 7/6/10)

JUL Austin is ranked No. 1 on Kiplinger’s list of the Best Cities for the Next Decade. (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 7/10)

JUN Austin cited as one of America’s Recovery Capitals. (Forbes, 6/25/10)

JUN Austin named one of America’s Most Recession-Proof Cities.

(CNN, 6/24/10)

JUN Austin among America’s 10 Best Cities for Young Professionals.

(Forbes, 6/17/10)

JUN Austin named Top City Beating the Recession, June 2010 edition of the quarterly Metro Monitor report. (The Huffington Post, 6/16/10)

JUN 14 Austin area high schools rank in the top 6% nationally.

(Newsweek, 6/13/10)

JUN The University of Texas system ranks No. 6 on Universities Patent Scorecard. (Intellectual Property Today, 6/4/10)

JUN Texas ranked Best State for Business by Chief Executive.

(Chief Executive, 5-6/10)

MAY Austin No.2 on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Innovative Cities.

(Forbes, 5/24/10)

MAY Austin among America’s Fittest Cities.

(American College of Sports Medicine, 5/24/10)

MAY Austin in top 10 for Best Quality of Life. (Portfolio.com, 5/24/10)

MAY Austin No. 3 Dog-Friendly City. (DogFriendly.com, 5/17/10)

MAY UT in Top 10 CEO Undergraduate Alma Maters.

(Bloomberg Businessweek, 5/13/10)

APR Austin ranked among Cleanest Air Cities.

(American Lung Association, 4/28/10)

APR Cyberstates: Texas 2nd-Largest in Tech Employment.

(TechAmerica, 4/28/10)

APR Austin is the Best Big City for Jobs. (Forbes, 4/20/10)

APR Austin places in Top 10 of RelocateAmerica’s Best Places to Live.

(RelocateAmerica.com, 4/20/10)

APR Austin in Top 10 of Forbes’ annual Best Places for Business & Careers.

(Forbes, 4/14/10)

APR Texas No. 1 among States that are Very Friendly to Small Businesses.

(Open Forum, 4/6/10)

APR Austin a Top 10 Destination in U-Haul’s National Migration Trend Report.

(U-Haul, 4/2/10)

APR Austin is in the Top Ten U.S cities for Hispanics to Live and Work .

(Popular Hispanics, 4/10)

MAR Austin places 3rd among 20 Cities That Are Having An Awesome Recovery. (BusinessInsider, 3/18/10)

MAR Austin is the No. 1 Place for Young Adults. (portfolio.com, 3/15/10)

MAR University of Texas at Austin included in Fortune’s 5 Schools for Entrepreneurs. (Fortune, 3/10/10)

MAR Austin selected as one of 21 Top Time-Saving Cities.

(RealSimple, 3/8/10)

MAR Austin ties for No. 1 in Forbes’ list of Cities Where the Recession is Easing. (Forbes, 3/2/10)

MAR Austin ranked third Best City for Singles. (Travel+Leisure, 3/1)

FEB Austin is the Healthiest Housing Market for 2010. (Builder, 2/25/10)

FEB Austin’s Williamson, Travis, & Hays Counties listed as the Texas’ Healthiest. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 2/17/10)

FEB Austin’s is the Best Airport in North America & the 2nd Best in the World in its Size Class. (Airports Council International, 2/16/10)

FEB Austin ranks No. 9 among U.S. Cities with the Most Unique IP Addresses.

(Akamai Technologies, 2/20/10)

FEB National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2010 Distinctive Destinations includes Bastrop, TX. (National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2/3/10)

FEB Best Local Music Scene. (Budget Travel, 2/10)

JAN Austin metro rated the Most Conducive to Creation & Development of Small Businesses. (Portfolio.com, 1/18/10)

JAN Austin is 5th Best City to Live, Work & Make Movies.

(MovieMaker, 1/18/10)

JAN Austin ranks low for Rate of Foreclosure Filings. (RealtyTrac, 1/28/10)

JAN Texas ranks among Lowest for Debt Burden. (Forbes, 1/21/10)

JAN Texas ranks low for Rate of Foreclosure Filings. (RealtyTrac, 1/13/10)

JAN Austin No. 2 among Best Places to Retire & Row in the U.S.

(RowingandSculling.com, 1/11/10)

JAN Austin ranked Best City to Invest in Commercial Real Estate.

(Grubb & Ellis, 1/4/10)

JAN Austin is home to the No. 3 Cleantech University.

(The Cleantech Group, 1/4/10)

JAN Austin is 9th Easiest City to Find a Job. (Juju.com, 1/10)

*source: Austin Chamber of Commerce