- Best Metro Area in the nation to Start and Grow a Business
- Number Three
Cognetics, Inc., January 1999
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- Top 25 Choice Cities for Business Expansion or Relocation
- Top 25
Outlook, January 1999
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- Entrepreneurial Hot Spot
- Number One
Entrepreneur, October 1998
- State (NC) for Corporate Expansions & Locations
- Number Five
Site Selection, February/March 1998
- City for Logistics Operations
- Number Ten
Business Facilities, February 1998
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- Entrepreneurial Hot Spot
- Number Four
Cognetics Inc., January 1998
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- State (NC) for BizSites (Site Locations)
- Number One
Plants, Sites & Parks, November/December 1997
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- State (NC) for Hot Spots (Readers Choice)
- Number Five
Plants, Sites & Parks, November/December 1997
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- Most Improved City-Best Cities for Business
- Number Five
Fortune, November 1997
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- City for Work and Family
- Number Five
Fortune, November 1996
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- Best Places to Live
- Top Ten
Swing magazine, July/August 1996
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- Cities for Working Mothers
- Top 10
Redbook, June 1996
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- Places to Raise Kids
- Top Five
Child magazine, May 1996
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- Southeast’s Hottest Metro Markets
- Number Ten
Wall Street Journal, February 14, 1996
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- Most Popular Place to Retire (North Carolina
- Number One
Reuters, February 1995
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- Best Place for Nurturing Business
- Number One
Forbes ASAP, February 1996
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- Best Business Climate
- Number One
Site Selection magazine, October 1995
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- Best Place to Live
- Number One
Money magazine, September 1994
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- Best Investment Return Potential
- Number One
Ernst & Young and National Real Estate Index, 1994
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- Best U.S. Market for New Graduates
- Number Four
National Business Employment weekly, 1994
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- Workforce in Skilled Occupations
- Number Six
USA Today, March 1994
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- Most Livable Cities
- Number One
- Money, Sept 1994
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- Most Popular Place to Retire/North Carolina
- Number Five
- Reuters, Feb 1995
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- Best Place for Nurturing Business
- Number 12
- Forbes, ASAP, Feb 1994
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- America's Best Hospitals/Duke Medical
- Number Five
US News & World Report, July 1994
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- Workforce in Skilled Occupations
- Number Six
USA Today, March 1994
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- Best Cities for Business/Knowledge Workers
- Number One
Fortune, Nov 1993
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- International Companies
- Number Five
- World Trade, Oct 1993
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- Quality of Place
- Number Six
Best Places Almanac, Oct 1993
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- Top Spots to Do Business
- Number 20
Entrepreneur, Oct 1993
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- Best Places to Live
- Number Five
Money, Sept 1993
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- Highest Potential Return Real Estate Markets
- Number One
MarketScore, Fall 1993
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- Top 15 Best Places to Live
- Number 15
World Trade, June 1993
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- Markets to Buy a Home
- Number 25
- US News & World Report, April 1993
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- Best Places in the Nation to Make Money
- Number Four
Where to Make Money, Jan 1993
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- Best City for Business/Global Competitiveness
- Number Six
Fortune, Nov 1992
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- Business Startups in 1989-1990
- Number Five
Inc., Aug 1992
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- Reshaping America Report, Best Location
- Number One
Ernst & Young/NACORE, May 1992
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- Best Cities to Start a Business
- Number Nine
Entrepreneur, May 1992
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- International Business
- Number 10
World Trade, Dec 1991
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- Markets to Buy a Home
- Number 25
US News & World Report, April 1991
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- Hottest Economies in Projected New Jobs
- Number 50
American Demographics, January 1991
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- Best Cities Survey
- Number Two
Louis Harris' Business America Real Estate Monitor 1990
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- Markets of Opportunity
- Number 21
Real Estate Investment Journal, Spring 1990
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- Locations for Working Mothers
- Number Three
Working Mother, March 1990
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