Austin In The News

2013 News

May 6 Texas is the Best State for Business for the 9th consecutive year.

Chief Executive
May 6 Texas is No. 6 in Top 10 States for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
May 1 The Austin Chamber is in Top 10 "Best to Invest" ranking of the top-performing economic development organizations.

Site Selection, May 2013
April 15 Texas is No. 3 in "United States of Innovation" ranking focused on entrepreneurial climate.

Fast Company
April 8 Austin is No. 3 in fDi Intelligence's American Cities of the Future ranking of 52 large cities.

fDi Intelligence, April-May 2013
April 2 Austin is the Most Business-Friendly U.S. City.

Kauffman Foundation
March 27 Austin named best place for young adults.

The Business Journal's On Numbers
March 23 Austin is 1st overall among the 100 largest U.S. metros based on amount recovered from pre-recession peak to the present based on employment, unemployment, output, and house prices.

Brookings Institution
March 19 Austin is the top large city for young entrepreneurs.

Under30CEO
March 14 Austin is the 7th most affordable home market of major metros.

ZipRealty
March 5 Austin is the Best City to be a Moviemaker.

Moviemaker
March 5 Texas wins Site Selection Magazine's 2012 Governor's Cup for Most New, Expanded Corporate Facilities.

Site Selection, March 2013
March 3 Texas is Business Facilities' 2012 state of the year.

Business Facilities, Jan./Feb. 2013
March 1 Austin ranked in the top 10 of large metros and best in Texas on the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

Gallup and Healthways, March 2013
March 1 Austin is the 3rd fastest growing tech job market.

Dice.com
February 25 Austin is No. 3 on Forbes' Best Cities for Good Jobs list.

Forbes
February 25 Austin is among Top 10 Cities for Women Entrepreneurs.

NerdWallet
February 23 Austin tops Forbes' list of America's Fastest-Growing Cities for the third year in a row.

Forbes
February 11 Austin takes two 'bests' in fDi Intelligence's inaugural Projects of the Year awards: Best High Value Project for Apple's new corporate campus and Best Expansion for Samsung's $4B boost to its fab.

fDi Intelligence
January 22 Austin is the Best City for Job Seekers

NerdWallet
January 22 Williamson County is No. 6 in the U.S. for growth in personal income over the past 25 years.

The Business Journal's On Numbers
January 17 Austin is No. 2 on the 2012 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index ranking of U.S. metro areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth.

Milken Institute
January 17 Two Austin events have made Forbes' 2013 list of must-attend conferences for entrepreneurs.

Forbes
January 15 Austin tops U.S. for largest percentage job gain over 5 years.

The Business Journals' On Numbers
January 14 The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business has one of the top 10 entrepreneurship programs in the world.

Bloomberg Businessweek
January 3 Austin has the 4th lowest crime rate among cities with 500,000 or more population.

CQ Press

2012 News

December 21 Austin is one of the Top 5 Housing Markets of 2012.

RealtyPin
December 13 Texas ranks No. 3 on Business Policy Index ranking on policy measures and costs impacting small business and entrepreneurship.

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
December 12 Texas ranks 7th on Forbes' 2012 Top States for Business list.

Forbes
November 30 Texas is No. 3 in Top U.S. Business Climate ranking.

Site Selection, Nov. 2012
November 30 Austin is one of only 5 metros in all of North America to rank in the top 70 of the 300 fastest-growing metropolitan economies worldwide.

Brookings Institution
November 20 Austin ranks 12th in Travel+Leisure's annual America's Best Cities ranking.

Travel+Leisure
October 26 San Marcos, TX is one of the 10 least expensive places to live.

Council for Community & Economic Research
October 23 Austin is one of the top 10 best performing metros in the U.S. Metro Clean Tech Index.

Clean Edge
October 18 Texas is No. 1 in annual Top States for Doing Business survey.

Area Development, Fall 2012
October 17 Austin is one of the top 5 markets to watch across the country by the Urban Land Institute's Emerging Trends in Real Estate forecast.

Urban Land Institute
October 10 Austin is one of the 20 Best Cities for Working Mothers.

Forbes
October 8 Austin Holds No. 2 Ranking in the On Numbers Economic Index for October 2012

The Business Journal's On Numbers
October 8 Austin is the most "connected city" in America according to a study that ties cities' smart grid use to economic drivers.

Jones Lang LaSalle
October 3 Austin ranks 5th for the number of technology startups per capita.

American Express Open Forum
October 2 Texas is the Best State for Entrepreneurship in the South and 8th best nationally.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research
September 28 Austin earns the No. 8 spot on list of America's 50 Best Cities.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek
September 24 The University of Texas at Austin has the No. 5 graduate entrepreneurship program in the nation.

The Princeton Review

 
September 20 East Austin ranked as one of the Top 10 America's Best Hipster Neighborhoods.

Forbes
September 10 Austin is the 2nd highest-rated market in the inaugural edition of the On Numbers Economic Index, which measures the economic health of 102 major metros.

The Business Journal's On Numbers
August 25 Texas has the Best Business Climate in Business Facilities annual ranking.

Business Facilities, July-Aug. 2012
August 24 Austin is among the Top 10 Cities for Technology Start-ups according to the National Venture Capital Association.

USA TODAY
August 20 Texas has won the inaugural fDi Governor's Award for 2012 for success in attracting new investments to the state.

fDi Intelligence, Aug.-Sept. 2012
August 20 Pflugerville makes Money's list of America's Best Small Cities.

Money
August 20 Williamson County is No. 3 in Top 25 Counties for Job Growth ranking.

CNNMoney
July 30 Austin makes Top 50 Cities for Global Trade list and also receives 'Most Likely to Succeed' designation from the editors of Global Trade magazine.

Global Trade
July 25 Micro-businesses see strongest growth in Austin.

The Business Journals On Numbers
July 19 Austin will be the fastest growing major U.S. metro economy in 2012.

U.S. Conference of Mayors
July 12 Austin is No. 2 on list of Top 10 Cities Where People are Moving To.

Fiscal Times
July 10 Texas is America's Top State for Business 2012.

CNBC
July 9 Austin is one of the top 10 Cities Where a Paycheck Stretches the Furthest.

New Geography
July 5 The City of Austin is in the national top 10 Green Power Users.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
July 1 The University of Texas at Austin is No. 30 in ranking of the world's top 100 universities.

Center for World University Rankings
June 28 Austin has overtaken San Francisco to become the 13th largest U.S. city; and, among large cities, the fastest growing from 2010 to 2011 included both Round Rock at 2nd and Austin at 3rd.

U.S. Census Bureau
June 27 Austin and two other Texas metros post the nation's best records for long-term job growth by achieving private-sector employment gains in 84 of the past 100 months.

The Business Journals On Numbers
June 27 Austin is the No. 9 best city in the country for business and careers on Forbes' annual list.

Forbes
June 26 Austin is No. 2 on Area Development's Leading "Locations for 2012" ranking of the top 50 MSAs for economic and job growth (and No. 11 among all 365 MSAs).

Area Development, Summer 2012
June 21 Texas is one of 5 states recognized for innovative policies attracting new employers and catalyzing new investments by existing local businesses, driving significant job growth.

Area Development, Summer 2012
June 15 Austin makes Greenest Cities list.

Corporate Knights
June 13 Texas is 3rd on Top 10 Future Boom States list.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Enterprising States: Policies that Produce, June 2012
June 1 Austin is the 5th strongest economy among 366 metropolitan areas in annual ranking.

POLYCOM
May 31 Austin is in the top 5 U.S. metros for net migration.

The Business Journals On Numbers
May 24 Austin named one of the Best Destinations for Business Travel.

Entrepreneur
May 10 Austin is No. 2 on list of Best Cities to Find a Job in 2012.

Adecco
May 3 Texas is No. 1 for private sector job growth over past decade.

The Business Journals On Numbers
May 2 Texas is the Best State for Business.

Chief Executive
May 1 Annual Forbes ranking names Austin the Best City for Jobs.

Forbes
April 18 Austin tops Forbes' list of America's Fastest-Growing Cities for the second year in a row.

Forbes
April 13 Austin is best U.S. city for small businesses.

The Business Journals On Numbers
April 5 The City of Austin is the 9th largest green power purchaser overall among organizations ranked by the U.S. EPA's Green Power Partnership.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
April 5 Austin Cited for Economic Development Excellence

Business Facilities
March 31 Austin is the No. 2 Hotspot for Startup Technology Jobs.

Payscale.com
March 29 Austin is No. 2 on list of Top 10 Real Estate Markets for Investors.

National Association of Realtors
March 26 Austin is the 2nd fastest growing urban area based on both population growth and land area change over the last decade among large U.S. urbanized areas.

U.S. Census Bureau.
March 23 Austin ranks 6th on U-Haul's annual Top 50 U.S. Destination Cities.

U-Haul
March 21 Texas ranks 5th for the rate of growth of Women-Owned Businesses.

American Express OPEN
March 5 The University of Texas ranks 3rd among universities globally for patent activity in 2011.

World Intellectual Property Organization
February 29 Austin is 8th among the nation's 100 biggest metros for Economic Security afforded families.

Urban Institute
February 28 Lockhart is 2nd and Austin is 5th among America's Best BBQ Cities.

U.S. News Travel
February 27 Austin ranks in the top 10 of the Future Metropolis Index: U.S. Cities with the Best Urban Policies.

Zipcar
February 22 Austin named one of the 10 Best Places to Retire.

CBS News
February 7 Only 13 of top 100 U.S. metros have bounced back from recession and Austin is ranks third for both total jobs added and rate of growth from 2006 to 2011.

The Business Journals On Numbers
February 2 Austin is one of America's 10 Best Cities for Dating.

Yahoo! Travel
January 31 Austin is No. 8 on Best Cities to Stay Young list based on 2012 report on the 50 largest metros by RealAge.

CBS MoneyWatch
January 22 Austin ranks low (38th) on Stressfull Cities List ranking the 50 largest metros from most to least stressful.

Sperling's Best Places
January 18 Austin ranks as the 11th best performing U.S. metro according to the Brookings Institution's latest assessment of the performance of metropolitan economies.

Brookings Institution
January 17 Austin is one of the top 10 Healthiest Cities for Women.

Women's Health, Jan.-Feb. 2012
January 12 Austin is one of 10 Cities Where Real Estate is Ripe for a Rebound due to a robust labor market and only moderate price impacts from the recession.

Forbes
January 3 Austin ranks No. 3 for office investment over the next 5 years.

Grubb & Ellis

2011 News

December 15 Austin is 4th on 2011 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index ranking of the 200 largest U.S. metros based on how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth.

Milken Institute
December 13 Austin places 8th on MarketWatch's annual Best Cities for Business list, shooting up from 31st place last year, thanks to its robust economic growth.

MarketWatch
December 8 Austin has the 6th lowest crime rate among cities with 500,000 or more population and Round Rock comes in 11th safest among cities with 100,000 or more population.

CQ Press
December 5 Texas tops Forbes' list of the best states for jobs and Moody's Analytics forecasts employment will expand 2.9% annually through 2015.

Forbes
December 1 Austin and two other Texas metros and were alone among the nation's top 100 metros in increasing the number of small businesses between 2008 and 2009.

The Business Journals On Numbers
November 30 Texas is No. 3 on 2011 Small Business Survival Index ranking of state policy climates for entrepreneurship.

Small Business & Entreprenurship Council
November 3 Texas Tops 2011 State Business Climate Rankings

Site Selection, Nov. 2011
October 31 The University of Texas at Austin ranks 8th on 2011 Top 25 Graduate Entrepreneur Programs list.

Entrepreneur, Oct. 2011
October 26 Austin is one of the top 5 Real Estate Markets to Watch according to 2012 forecast from PwC and the Urban Land Institute.

Urban Land Institute
October 18 Austin is in the top 10 of U.S. "Innovation Cities" in an annual global ranking.

2thinknow
October 14 Chamber Initiative Hopes to Become Startup Catalyst

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is working on an initiative called Startup Austin it hopes will be a resource, coordinator and catalyst for entrepreneurs in Central Texas.
September 20 Austin places 12th on new "America's Best Cities" list focused on quality of life metrics.

BusinessWeek.com
September 19 Texas Leads Nation in Veteran Employment

Texas Veterans Commission
September 18 Austin is No. 2 on Parenting's 2011 Best Cities for Families list.

Parenting
September 14 Austin ranked 5th on a list of U.S. metros with the most healthy employment outlooks.

Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
September 11 "America's 20 Can-Do Capitals" puts Austin at No. 10 among the 200 largest cities based on business development, sustainability, livability, and transportation and infrastructure.

Newsweek/The Daily Beast
September 1 Texas named Most Favorable Business Climate among the 50 states in annual survey of corporate site selection professionals.

Development Counsellors International, Sept. 2011
September 1 Texas is the Top State for Doing Business.

Area Development, Fall 2011.
August 31 Round Rock makes list of Top 10 Perfect Suburbs.

CNBC
August 30 Austin's favorable employment and housing market conditions put it among Top 10 Towns for Working Towards a Home Purchase

Move.com
August 26 Austin is one of top 10 markets in the U.S. for Realtors--it has the highest per capita sales, the fastest moving inventory, and the greatest median price gain.

Inman News
August 9 Texas metros set the pace for private-sector employment growth: Austin is the third fastest growing over the last 5 years

The Business Journals’ On Numbers
August 2 Austin takes top spot out of 100 best places to live

Relocate America
August 2 America's 20 Geekiest Cities: Austin places 12th for percentage of workers with jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Forbes
July 31 Austin tops the list of metro leaders in Economic Growth Potential ranking.

Business Facilities, Jul/Aug 2011
July 13 Brookings places Austin as One of the Top Generators for Green Jobs

The Brookings Institution
July 13 Austin places in top 20 for population growth over the last decade, adding nearly 467,000 metro area residents

Rice University
July 6 Forbes calls Austin America's No. 1 "boom town"

Forbes
July 1 Austin is the No. 1 Hottest Spot to Start a Small Business

The Fiscal Times
June 30 Austin named a top 10 emerging commercial real estate market

Real Estate Forum, June 2011
June 27 Texas is No. 2 on America's Best States for Business 2011 list from CNBC

CNBC.com
June 24 10 Best States for Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Texas ranks 5th

The Atlantic
June 21 Austin distinguishes itself by topping Area Development's "100 Leading Locations" list

Area Development, Spring 2011
June 10 Lone Star Jobs Surge: The Texas model added 37% of all net U.S. jobs since the recovery began

Wall Street Journal
May 24 Texas adds 732,800 jobs over the last 10 years, no other state tops 100,000

The Business Journals On Numbers
May 24 Austin No. 5 on "Cities on the Edge" list of American cities poised for greatness in sports, arts, music and culture

Spearling's Best Places
May 20 Austin is No. 4 in annual "economic strength" ranking

POLICOM Corp.
May 18 Austin ranks among nine metropolitan areas with a strong supply of IT talent, low competition and favorable employment costs.

KLG Advisors
May 12 NEW YORK TIMES Business Blog Provides Reasoning Behind Why Austin Leads in Small Business Creation

New York Times business blog: You’re the Boss
May 3 Chief Executive magazine ranks Texas Best State for Business for 7th consecutive year

Chief Executive
May 2 Best Cities for Job Growth 2011: Austin is No. 1 among 65 large metros

New Geography
April 27 Austin has some of the cleanest air in the country: it ranks among the cleanest metropolitan areas for 24-hour partical pollution

American Lung Association, State of the Air 2011
April 22 Austin ranks No. 3 on Best Cities for Staying Young list based on health assessment survey of the 50 largest metros.

RealAge
April 14 Austin is in the Top 10 American Cities of the Future 2011/12

fDi Intelligence, April/May 2011
April 14 Texas offers the No. 2 Best State Tax System for Entrepreneurship & Small Businesses

Small Business & Entreprenureship Council
April 12 Austin leads the nation in Small Business Vitality rankings

The Business Journals On Numbers
April 7 Austin ranks as America's Fifth Strongest Job Market

The Business Journals On Numbers
March 25 Austin No. 3 Cleantech City in the United States

CleanTechies
March 15 Austin has the second highest well-being of any metropolitan area with more than one million residents

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
March 15 Austin named one the the top 20 strongest performing metropolitan areas

Brookings Institution
March 15 Austin is the 2nd Best City to Find a Job.

Ajilon Professional Staffing
March 7 Austin was ranked the 8th Most Socially Networked City in the U.S.

Men's Health
March 4 Site Selection's Governor's Cup returns to Texas: the state won the most new projects and expansions in 2010

Site Selection, March 2011
March 3 Austin is the No. 2 Healthiest Market for Home Builders

Builder
February 28 Texas has 6th lowest state-local tax burden

Tax Foundation, February 2011
February 22 Austin picked for national Startup America: Reducing Barriers roundtable

U.S. Small Business Administration
February 15 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport No. 3 in North America and No. 5 globally in its size class according to annual Airport Service Quality Awards

Airports Council International
February 10 Texas Leads Nation in Ozone Reduction

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
February 10 Austin is 3rd Biggest Brain Magnet

Forbes
February 8 UT Austin ranks high on Kiplinger's Best Values in Public Colleges 2011

Kiplinger's Personal Finance, February 2011
February 7 Austin is No. 4 Best City to Live, Work and Make Movies

MovieMaker, Winter 2011
January 31 Austin is one of the Best American Cities to Live and Work

Business Review USA
January 27 Austin is the No. 2 IT Startup Hotspot

PayScale
January 13 Austin among Top Markets for Restaurant Expansion

QSR
January 6 Austin is America's 3rd Best Job Market

Forbes
January 3 Austin is among 10 Best Cities to Invest in Office Real Estate

Grubb & Ellis

2010 News

December 31 Austin is the Best Place to Buy a Home in 2011

AoL's WalletPop
December 30 Austin No. 26 among Top U.S. Cities by Number of Industrial Jobs

Manufacturers' News
December 30 Samsung's $3.6-billion expansion of Austin semiconductor fabrication facility named Economic Development Deal of the Year.

Business Facilities
December 16 Austin places 4th on Farmer's Insurance Group's Most Secure Place to Live

Spearling's BestPlaces
December 13 Austin is Lonely Plant's No. 4 Best Place to Go in the U.S. in 2011

Lonely Planet
December 13 Austin is No. 12 on America's 25 Best Cities for Shopping list

Forbes
December 6 Austin ranks as 3rd Best Place for Military Retirement

Military.com
December 2 Austin named Best City for Telecommuters

AOL DailyFinance
November 30 Austin ranks as the Best Performing U.S. Metro in the Recovery

Brookings Institution
November 22 Austin has the 6th lowest crime rate among large cities.

CQ Press
November 11 UT-Austin is No. 25 in Bloomberg's Best U.S. Business Schools 2010

Bloomberg Businessweek
November 9 UT Austin is 38th on Academic Ranking of World Universities

Center for World-Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
November 8 Austin among Newsweek's 10 Cities Best Poised for Recovery

Newsweek
November 4 Dell ranks No. 1 in Newsweek's 2010 Green Rankings

Newsweek
November 2 Austin is among America's 10 Most Affordable Cities

Forbes
October 31 Austin highly ranked among 50 U.S. Real Estate Markets to Watch

PricewaterhouseCoopers, October 2010
October 31 University of Texas at Austin named 9th Best Graduate Program for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur, October 2010
October 25 Austin is 7th on America's Smartest Cities list

The Daily Beast
October 14 Austin ranks 2nd on the Milken Institute's Best-Performing Cities 2010: Where America's Jobs are Created and Sustained

Milken Institute
October 1 Austin ranks 6th among America's Smartest Cities

CNNMoney.com
October 1 Austin is one of the 10 hottest cities for Clean-Tech Job Activity

Clean Edge, Clean Tech Job Trends 2010
September 30 University of Texas at Austin named 12th Best Executive M.B.A. Program by the Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal
September 30 Texas is a Top State for Doing Business according to survey of site selection consultants

Area Development
September 29 Austin is No. 2 Mid-Size Metro College Destination

American Institute for Economic Research
September 22 Austin named in Travelocity's Top 10 Fall Hotspots

Travelocity.com
September 21 Austin among 10 metros Where You Can Buy a Home for Less than $800 a Month

U.S. News
September 16 Austin continues to place among America's Most Recession Proof Cities

CNNMoney.com
September 11 Texas predicted to be The Place that will Lead the Country to a Solid Economic Recovery

National Journal
September 8 Austin ranks in the Top 100 Cities of the Global Innovation Economy.

Innovation-cities.com / 2thinknow
September 7 Austin among Least Stressed in U.S.

Portfolio.com
September 1 Austin is 7th Most Favorable Place to Look for Work

The Conference Board
August 31 Austin named Top U.S. Entrepreneurial Center

Entrepreneur, August 2010
August 31 Austin aming America's Best Music Cities

Travel+Leisure, August 2010
August 27 Austin among the Top 20 Brainiest Cities in America

The Daily Beast
August 24 UT-Austin ranked No. 5 for high education excellence based on Contribution to the Public Good

Washington Monthly
August 18 UT-Austin ranks No. 45 on U.S. News' 2011 Best Colleges List

U.S. News & World Report
August 4 Austin No. 3 City for Young Entrepreneurs

Under30CEO
August 4 Texas No. 1 for U.S. Wind Power Capacity added in 2009

U.S. Department of Energy
July 31 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, July-August 2010
July 26 Austin 10th Fastest-Growing Exporter in U.S.

Brookings Institute, July 2010
July 26 Texas No. 2 Biotech Hub

Business Facilities
July 23 Austin named Top City for Young Adults

Kiplinger.com
July 19 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is one of America's Best Airports.

Travel+Leisure, July 2010
July 16 Austin 5th Best City for New College Grads

Bloomberg Businessweek
July 14 Texas ranked Top State for Business

CNBC
July 7 Round Rock among 10 Best Towns for Families

Family Circle
July 6 Austin companies make strong showing in Green Power Purchases Ranking

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
June 25 Austin cited as one of America's Recovery Capitals

Forbes
June 24 Austin named one of America's Most Recession-Proof Cities

CNN
June 17 Austin among America's 10 Best Cities for Young Professionals

Forbes
June 16 Austin named Top City Beating the Recession.

The Huffington Post
June 13 14 Austin area high schools rank in the top 6% nationally

Newsweek
June 4 The University of Texas system ranks No. 6 on Universities Patent Scorecard

Intellectual Property Today
May 26 Austin is ranked No. 1 on Kiplilnger's list of the Best Cities for the Next Decade

Kiplinger's Personal Finance, July 2010
May 24 Austin No. 2 on Forbes' list of America's Most Innovative Cities

Forbes
May 24 Austin among America's Fittest Cities

American College of Sports Medicine
May 24 Austin in top 10 for Best Quality of Life

Portfolio.com
May 20 Austin among Top 20 Destinations for Memorial Day

Priceline
May 17 Austin No. 3 Dog-Friendly City

DogFriendly.com
May 13 UT in Top 10 CEO Undergraduate Alma Maters

Bloomberg Businessweek
May 3 Texas ranked Best State for Business

Chief Executive, May-June 2010
April 30 Austin is in the Top 10 U.S. Cities for Hispanics to Live & Work

Popular Hispanics
April 28 Austin ranked among Cleanest Air Cities

American Lung Association
April 28 Cyberstates: Texas 2nd Largest in Tech Employment

TechAmerica
April 27 Texas has one of the country's Best State Tax Systems for Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
April 20 Austin is the Best Big City for Jobs

Forbes & NewGeography.com
April 20 Austin places in Top 10 of RelocateAmerica's Best Places to Live
April 14 Austin in Top 10 of Forbes' annual Best Places for Business & Careers

Forbes
April 6 Texas No. 1 among States that are Very Friendly to Small Business

Open Forum
April 2 Austin a Top 10 Destination in National Migration Trend Report

U-Haul
March 18 Austin places 3rd among 20 Cities that are Having an Awsome Recovery

BusinessInsider
March 15 Austin is the No. 1 Place for Young Adults

Portfolio.com
March 10 University of Texas at Austin included in Fortune's Schools for Entrepreneurs

Fortune
March 8 Austin selected as one of 21 Top Time-Saving Cities

RealSimple
March 2 Austin ties for No. 1 in Forbes' list of Cities Where the Recession is Ending

Forbes
March 1 Austin takes the 3rd spot among America's Best Cities for Singles

Trave+Leisure
February 25 Austin is the Healthiest Housing Market for 2010

Builder
February 22 Austin voted Best Local Music Scene in the U.S. in Budget Travel readers poll

Budget Travel
February 20 Austin ranks No. 9 among U.S. Cities with the Most Unique IP Addresses

Akamai Technologies
February 17 Austin's Williamson, Travis, & Hays Counties listed as Texas' Healthiest

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
February 16 Austin's is the Best Airport in North America & the 2nd Best in the World in its Size Class

Airports Council International
February 3 National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2010 Distinctive Destinations includes Bastrop, TX

National Trust for Historic Preservation
January 31 Austin is the 9th Easiest City to Find a Job

juju.com
January 28 Austin ranks low for Rate of Home Foreclosures

RealtyTrac
January 26 Texas installed the Most Wind Power in 2009

American Wind Power Association
January 21 Texas ranks Lowest for Debt Burden

Forbes
January 18 Austin is the 5th Best City to Live, Work & Make Movies

MovieMaker
January 18 Austin metro rated Best Place for Creation & Development of Small Businesses

Portfolio.com
January 13 Texas ranks low for Rate of Foreclosure Filings

RealtyTrac
January 11 Austin No. @ among Best Places to Retire & Row in the U.S.

RowingandSculling.com
January 4 Austin ranked Best City to Invest in Commercial Real Estate

Grubb & Ellis
January 4 Austin is home to the No. 3 Cleantech University

The Cleantech Group

2009 News

December 18 Austin is the Most Secure Large Metro

Farmers Insurance Group
December 12 Austin 7th on list of Cities with the Best Water

Environmental Working Group
December 1 Texas ranked as Top State for Entrepreneurs

Small Business & Entreprenurship Coucil
November 30 Texas No. 2 in State Business Climate Ranking & No. 1 in Corporate Survey

Site Selection
November 25 Austin No. 5 Lowest Crime Rate

CQ Press
November 25 Austin ranked 17th Fittest City

Men's Fitness
November 19 Austin metro ranked 3rd among Fastest Recovering Cities

Forbes
November 11 Austin No. 1 on Milken Institute Best Performing Cities Index

Milken Institute
November 6 Austin ranked as 4th Least Toxic City

Forbes

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