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What they are saying about us:
Asheville, NC Accolades
2011
- Trip Advisor ranks Asheville #10 for Top Food and Wine Destinations
- GMA ranks Asheville #3 for Most Beautiful Places in the US
- Best Place to Retire: #4 Top College Small Towns
- American Style Magazine ranks Asheville #1 for Top 25 Small Cities for Art
- For the third year in a row Asheville was ranked #1 In the Beer City USA poll
- Asheville Ranked #24 of 200 Metros in Best Places for Business and Careers Forbes.com, June 2011
- Included on Princeton Review's list of "Best Southeastern Colleges", UNC Asheville is listed as one of 20 institutions that have "Great College Towns" PrincetonReview.com 2011
- Named among "four scene-stealing, summertime routes around the nation" Wall Street Journal, May 2011
- Included as one of 15 Best Places for Second Homes Barron's, March 2011
- Listed as top of 2011 Best Places to Retire TopRetirements.com, February 2011
- Included among the 21 Places We're Going in 2011, Fodors, January 2011
2010
- Trip Advisor ranks Asheville #1 for Top Fall Foliage Destination
- Asheville is Beer City USA for Second Year
- Ranked #1 by American Style Magazine for Top 25 Small Cities
- Ranked #21 by Forbes.com for Best Places for Business and Careers, #10 for Cost of Doing Business
- Ranked 6th among all US cities as a place to do business Forbes.com, July 2010
- Boasts four (4) of the Top 50 Most Popular Active Adult Communities for 2010 TopRetirements.com, July 2010
- Voted #1 of Top 25 Small Cities American Style, May 2010
- Included as one of the 10 Best Places for Second Homes Barron's, March 2010
- Named as one of the five Best Small Towns to live in for Retirement ehow, March 2010
- Listed as #1 of 100 Best Places to Retire TopRetirements.com, February 2010
- Listed as top retirement destination of the top 10 places to retire MarketWatch, February 2010
2009
- Ranked #2 as One of the Nation's Top Arts Destinations - AmericanStyle Magazine
- Ranked #6 Best Metro Places for Business & Careers - Forbes.com, March 2009
- Included in 21 Best U.S. Towns for Baby Boomers' Active Retirement - bestboomertowns.com
- Black Mountain named as one of the Best Place to Live Now! National Geographic Adventure Magazine, October 2009
- Included as one of 10 Best Places to Retire US News & World Report, October 2009
- Included as a Favorite City for Business Trips USA Today Road Warriors, August 2009
- Ranked #8 of Top 10 Metro Areas for Quality of Life Business Facilities Magazine, July 2009
2008
- 11 of 20 Best Places to Retire - Black Enterprise magazine, October 2008
- 7 of Top 10 Best Midsize Cities for Doing Business - Inc.com, July 2008
- 46 of 200 Best Performing Large Cities, 2nd Biggest Single-Year Gainer - Milken Institute, September 2008
- 2 of the Top 25 Small-City Art Destinations for 2008 - AmericanStyle magazine, June Issue 2008
- 26 of 200 Large Metros Best Places for Business & Careers - Forbes, March 2008
- 41 of 100 Best Places to Live and Launch - CNN Money.com, March 2008
2007
- 5-Star Business Opportunity - Metro Expansion Management, August 2007
- Best Southern Town - Outside magazine's August edition 2007
- 7 of Top U.S. Cities to live - Frommer's Cities Ranked & Rated 2nd Edition, May 2007
- 23 of 200 Large Metros Best Places for Business & Careers - Forbes, April 2007
- 1 of the top 100 places to live in 2007 Relocate - America, April 2007
- 2 of Top 10 easy spring weekend getaways - MSNBC, April 2007
- 3 of the Top 10 up-and-coming travel destinations - VirtualTourist, Spring 2007
- 1 of 10 America's Best Eco-Neighborhoods - Natural Home, January/February 2007
