Inner City Company List Two Richmond companies recognized in Inc. magazine Top 100 Inner City Company list: University Instructors (#16) and Techead (#66)
2007
3rd Best U.S. City for Business MarketWatch.com
15th among "50 Hottest Cities for Expanding and Relocating Companies" Expansion Management magazine
8th among "Top 20 Large Metro Areas for Business Attraction and Recruitment" Expansion Management magazine
6th among "Top 50 Medium Markets for Relocating Families" Primacy Relocation and Worldwide ERC
2006
6th among "Best City to Get a Job" Forbes magazine
2005
Five-star Business Opportunity Metro Expansion Management magazine
39th among "The Nation's Most Unwired Cities for Wireless Internet" Intel survey
Building Development, Promotion and Marketing award Virginia Downtown Development Association
Best Organization Award for the Department of Economic Development Virginia Downtown Development Association
2004
10th among "Best Metropolitan Areas to Do Business" Forbes magazine
17th among "Top Cities for Doing Business in America" Inc. magazine
1st among State and Local Government for Citizens' Request System at www.RichmondGov.com FOSE 2004 Award
12th among "America's 50 Hottest Cities for Expansion & Relocation" Expansion Management magazine
One of "America's 30 Most Livable Communities" Partners for Livable Communities (awarded every 10 years)
Designated "Tree City USA" for 14th consecutive year National Arbor Day Foundation
2003
Richmond's Downtown Ranked 2nd in the South Southern Business & Development magazine
Top 10 Best Cities in North America for Independent Moviemakers MovieMaker magazine
12th for "Best Places for Businesses and Careers" Forbes magazine
11th Among "Best Cities for Corporate Headquarters" Business Facilities magazine
Recipient of the "Best Preservation of a Scenic River Corridor" Award Scenic Virginia
2002
5th Among Top 20 Places to Live and Work in America Employment Review magazine
1st Among Top 50 U.S. Metro Areas for European Business Expansion Expansion Management magazine
2nd of Top 60 U.S. Metro Areas for Singles America Online Report
One of Top 25 "Choice Cities" for Business Relocation and Expansion Business Development Outlook magazine
Among the Lowest 3rd of U.S. Metropolitan Areas in Terms of Traffic Congestion Texas Transportation Institute survey
2nd Major Southern Market for Economic Development in Last Decade Southern Business & Development magazine
RichmondGov.com Ranked 15th Among All U.S. Municipal Web Sites Brown University study
3rd in U.S. (125,000-200,000 population category) for Using Technology to Improve Customer Service Center for Digital Government
2001
20th Among Nation's "Hottest Real Estate Markets" with the 9th Lowest Construction Costs Expansion Management magazine
Richmond-Petersburg MSA Ranked 14th Among the Nation's 100 Most "Logistics Friendly" Cities Expansion Management magazine
One of America's Most Wired Cities Yahoo! Internet Life
11th Among America's "Hottest Cities" for Business Relocation and Expansion Expansion Management magazine
2000
Top 10 Places to Live and Work Expansion Management magazine
Top 20 Best Places to Live and Work Employment Review magazine
Top 15 Metro Areas for Locating a New Facility Plants, Sites & Parks magazine
Top 10 Fortune 500 Headquarters Locations (with 8 Fortune 500 Company Headquarters) Fortune magazine
Top 15 U.S. Commercial Real Estate Markets Expansion Management magazine
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