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To put things in perspective in the Triangle wide real estate market, there were 236 homes sold in 2009 that were greater than $800,000 or 1.2% of all homes sold. In 2008, still not a great year, that number was almost double (410 homes) or 2% of the all homes sold. Gallup knows a little about polling and Healthways knows a little about well-being, so together they periodically publish their Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (WBI). Of the top 10 large cities, Raleigh/Cary ranked 3rd behind San Jose, CA and Washington, DC. See www.gallup.com for more details. The Triangle Food Tour announced the addition of a downtown Durham Walking Food Tour.
The Milken Institute completed their 2009 best cities rankings and the Triangle area has again faired well. The Durham MSA, which includes Orange County (Chapel Hill and most of RTP) is #6 and Raleigh/Cary MSA is # 10. Details The Daily Beast published their rankings of America's Smartest Cities and Raleigh- Durham made the # 1 spot. Click here for details The town of Apex was ranked number 3 in Forbes.com's listing of America's 25 Best Places to Move. See www.forbes.com Downtown Raleigh R-Line (free circulator bus) made its debut in February, linking most of the major venues and restaurants that are spread across downtown "pockets" like Seaboard, Warehouse, Fayetteville St., Convention Center, Performing Arts and City Market with service every 10-15 minutes. Cary now the 5th fastest growing city for populations over 100,000. Kiplinger.com publishes their Best Cities to Live, Work and Play for 2009 and Raleigh ranks #10. NC is the 6th fastest growing state and remains #10 in total population.. Forbes Magazine ranks Raleigh/Cary as # 1 in Best City for Jobs Survey, February 2007 Carolina News Wire features Associate Arrangements' article on attracting the best people. North Carolina ranks 3rd in Biotech industry by Ernst & Young annual survey. Associate Arrangements featured in News & Observer article. North Carolina ranks # 3 in net population migration of people 60+. Research Triangle Park Region Ranks # 8 in Most Unwired Cities Survey by Intel Associate Arrangements Featured in Cary Magazine Article on Relocation Wake County home to 70 languages
How did Triangle area towns do in the 14th edition of "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America"? Here is how North Carolina cities with 75,000 or more residents ranked, from most safe to least safe, among 378 cities nationally: 14. Cary 174. Raleigh 276. Durham 287. Greensboro 301. Wilmington 307. Winton-Salem 320. Fayetteville 329. Charlotte Source: CQ Press
Forbes Magazine ranks Raleigh/Cary as # 1 in "Best City for Jobs" Survey, February 2007. Here are the top 5. 11. Raleigh-Cary, NC 2. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3. Jacksonville, FL 4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, VA 5. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA Source: www.Forbes.com 5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.
Chapel Hill and Durham are the only Triangle communities to receive the first ever "Fit Community" designation. The criteria, developed by Active Living, a Chapel Hill based non-profit organization that consults with commuities throughout the country on health issues, involves much more than just exercise related resources. Commuinities also had to demonstrate and prove their long-term committment to the health and well-being of their residents, not just the number of parks or bike trails.
Source: NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund
North Carolina ranks 3rd in Biotech industry by Ernst & Young annual survey. The Triangle area has the most critical mass of Biotech related activities in the state, but NC trails Massachusetts and California. Source: Ernst & Young
Cary designated #7 of the "Top 10 Places to Raise Your Family in 2006" by Frommers Cary is the only city in North Carolina making the top 10 list in Frommer's first addition of "Best Places to Raise Your Family: The top 100 Affordable Communities in the US". The factors compared in the study included affordability, education, health and safety, standard of living, lifestyle and family population profile. So what does the top 10 look like? See below: 1. Lousiville, CO 2. Gaithersburg, MD 3. Roswell, GA 4. Lakeville, MN 5. Flower Mound, TX 6. Fort Collins, CO 7. Cary, NC 8. Sugar Land, TX 9. Columbia, MD 10. Noblesville, IN Source: www.frommers.com For the 2nd year in a row, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group ranks the Triangle as the most attractive of the top technology areas in the US. In a recently published report entitled "Projections 2007, this group concluded the Triangle was #1 in overall attractiveness compared to several other major technology areas. Here is how the areas were ranked: 1. Raleigh-Durham 2. Seattle 3. Denver 4. Austin 5. Portland 6. Greater Philadelphia 7. Washington 8. Chicago 9. Boston 10. New York 11. San Diego 12. Silicon Valley Source: Silicon Valley Leadership Group, San Jose, CA
North Carolina ranks # 3 in net population migration of people 60+ during the period 1995-2000. As you would expect, NC trails far behind FL (#1) and AZ (#2), but ahead of NV (#4) and TX (#5). Source: "Retirement Migration in America", Dr. Charles F. Longino
Triangle Biotech industry ranks 5th overall In a study by the Milken Institute, a California think tank, the Triangle area ranked 5th in overall attractiveness for life-science companies and research. The Triangle bested regions such as San Diego, Seattle and Chicago, but trailed Boston, Philadelphia, New York and San Francisco. The Triangle stands out with it's skilled work force that grew 20% faster than the national average and only Boston has more graduates with doctorate degrees. Source: Milken Institute
Wake County home to 70 languages In a study by the US English Foundation, Wake County was found to be the most linguistically diverse county in the state of NC, with 70 languages spoken. During the past decade, the county's foreign born population has reached 500,000. Most common languages spoken: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Arabic 6. German 7. Vietnamese 8. Korean 9. Hindi 10. Gujarathi Source: News & Observer NC now ranks #9 in population growth rate NC population grew 1.4% from July 2003 to July 2004, adding more than 120,000 people. The top 10 states are ranked below: TOP-GROWING
STATES (7/03-7/04)
Business Week sites Chapel Hill and Asheville in their retirement guide. Click here for Chapel Hill and here for Asheville
Fortune Magazine's 2005 annual List of The 100 Best Companies to Work For has four area companies that have made this prestigeous list- Kimley Horn (#20), Cisco Systems (#25), Network Appliance (#27) and SAS Institute (#30). In 2004, SAS was the only NC company that made the list. Congratulations to Cisco Systems and Network Appliance who are also supscribers to the Triangle Gateway web resource for all their local employees. Source: Forbes Magazine Home sales in October 2009 in Wake County increase by 5% compared to October 2008. The average price declined by 10%. Wake county home sales in October 2009 were 1,216, 5% higher than October 2008. The average price of $244,000 was 10% lower than the prior year. The inventory of homes for sale, 8,153 declined slightly. At the October sales pace, this inventory is equivalent to a 6 1/2 months supply.
Source: Triangle Multiple Listing Service
2 area high schools, Raleigh Charter and East Chapel Hill, were ranked among the nation's top 100 (gold medal recognition) by US News & World Report in their 2009 list of the nations top high schools. In the 2009 report, a total of 7 Triangle area schools were recognized as being among the top 1.942 schools in the country. A total of 21,000 schools were evaluated in 48 states. Green Hope HS in Cary was the only area school to receive "silver medal" recognition. NC as a whole ranked #25 among all states. Click on link below for full listing Source: US News & World Report
Forbes ranks Raleigh #1 overall for the second time in Best Places for Business & Careers in 2008 survey. This annual survey conducted by Forbes, includes criteria on income and job growth, cost of doing business, (the cost of such things as labor, energy, taxes and office space) and other characteristics such as qualifications of the available labor pool, crime rates, housing costs and net migrations. Source: Forbes Magazine
When Dun & Bradstreet vice president of Analytical Services Jan Rowland ran the numbers for Entrepreneur and Dun & Bradstreet's 8th annual ranking of the best cities in the nation for entrepreneurship, one thing stuck out: Metropolitan areas in the South—from Texas to Florida and up through North Carolina—dominated the top 10. But it's the way that the South achieved its lofty position that she found intriguing. "There are a significant number of new businesses [in the South] each year," she says. It's a trend that makes the area attractive to entrepreneurs. Having other young companies nearby represents an opportunity to grow business-to-business relationships, she notes, as they aren't yet locked into long-term supplier contracts. In the South region rankings, RTP and the Charlotte area were ranked 5th and 6th respectively. Source: entrepreneurship. COM
North Carolina Business Climate Rated Best by Site Selection Magazine Spearheaded by the growth of the Charlotte and Research Triangle metro areas, North Carolina now enjoys the nation's best business climate, according to Site Selection Magazine, a trade publication for corporate relocation specialists. The state was ranked third last year and climbed to the top of the magazine's rankings largely on the strength of business expansions and relocations during 2000, before the current economic slowdown hit. The magazine said North Carolina barely edged out California, Texas, Virginia and Florida for the top spot. The rankings are determined from five criteria that include total new and expanded corporate facilities for 2000; total new and expanded corporate facilities for 1998-2000; total new and expanded facilities per one million residents for 1998-2000; total new and expanded facilities per 1,000 square miles for 1998-2000; and results from the magazine's annual survey of corporate real estate executives who work for companies with nationwide operations. Source: www.CEDNC.org
The Town of Cary has been ranked the 8th safest of 371 large cities in the nation in the 13th Annual Morgan Quitno Safest (And Most Dangerous) City Award. Once again, Cary is the only North Carolina municipality listed in the top 10 as well as the only southern city in the top 25. This is 8th the year in a row that Cary has been ranked in the top 10 safest cities in the U.S. Each year the Kansas-based Morgan Quitno Press analyzes crime data submitted to the FBI by city and metropolitan governments representing at least 100,000 residents. The group looks at the number of murders, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts to create their list. The complete list of the top 10 safest cities is shown below: 1. Brick Township, NJ 2. Amherst, NY 3. Mission Viejo, CA 4. Newton, MA 5. Troy, MI 6. Colonie, NY 7, Irvine, CA 8. Cary, NC 9. Greece, NY 10. Coral Springs, FL Source: Morgan Quinto Press
Forbes Magazine Ranks Raleigh Area (Wake County Schools) Number 3 The annual study is based on 3 factors-H.S. Graduation Rates, Affordability of Housing and Access to Educational Resources. TOP 10 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 1. Boston Boston School System 2. Salt Lake City Granite and Jordan school districts 3. Raleigh Wake County School System 4. Baltimore Baltimore County Public Schools 5. New Orleans Orleans Parish School Board 6. Philadelphia Philadelphia City Schools 7. Atlanta Cobb County Schools 8. Austin Austin Independent School District 9. Charlotte Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System 10. San Diego San Diego City Unified School District To
see the Forbes article, go to www.forbes.com/2004/02/13/cx_bs_0213home.html.
Business 2.0 Ranks Raleigh-Durham Area #1 in High Skilled Job Creation The March 2004 issue of this publication gave high marks to The Triangle Area for it's past and expected continued ability to create and grow high-skill, innovative, high wage work. A quick look at the top 10 follow: Rank
By Job growth % and 2008 Median Salary ($) Source: Business 2.0 Magazine Research Triangle Park Region Ranks # 8 on the List of Most Unwired Cities Intel's 3rd annual survey for 2005 ranks the top 100 cities based on the number of commercial and public hot spots. The Research Triangle Region ranks #8. For the complete list click on Most Unwired Cities List Source: Intel Corp
Raleigh-Durham "slips" to #6 overall in Forbes 6th Annual Listing of America's Best Cities for Singles-2006 The rankings measure each of the 40 largest metropolitan areas across 6 different categories. Raleigh-Durham was #6 overall, but ironically the rankings showed the area was weakest when it comes to singles and nightlife: Singles #23 Nightlife #11 Culture #5 Coolness #20 Job Growth #8 Cost of Living #4 The top 10 on the list is shown below: (Incidently, nearby Greensboro came in dead last) 1.
Denver-Boulder Source: Forbes
NC remains #10 in total population as the 6th fastest growing state. The move into the top 10 spot happened much quicker than most forecasters predicted. . The Top 10 States Population- 2007 (in millions) 1. California- 36.6 2. Texas- 23.9 3. NY- 19.3 4. Florida- 18.3 5. Illinois- 12.9 6. Pennsylvania- 12.4 7. Ohio- 11.5 8. Michigan- 10.1 9. Georgia- 9.5 10. North Carolina- 9.1 See earlier long range forecast Source: US Census Estimates
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