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Last Updated: 2012-10-22

2012

Best Town Ever: Outside Magazine

Best River Town in America: Outside Magazine

#6th Best US Historic Destinations: U.S. News/Travel

#17th Best Affordable US Destinations: U.S. News/Travel

Richmond: Top City For Keeping New Year's Resolutions: Livability.com

#49th Best Places for Business & Careers: Forbes.com

10 great neighborhoods for childless adults - Church Hill, Richmond, Va: MSN Real Estate

#3rd Best Cities For Veterans To Live And Work: AOL/Homepage for Heroes

#13th Best Cities to Find a Date: The Daily Beast

"America’s Most Underrated City": AOL.Gadling

#9th Cheapest City You’ll Want to Visit: Kiplinger

8th in Best Cities for Working Mothers: Forbes

Recognized as Bicycle-Friendly City by League of American Bicyclists; bronze level

2011

3rd Best Place for Military Retirement & Second Careers: USAA.com

12th Best City for Business: The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch.com

7th Best City for Working Mothers: Forbes.com

Richmond Named a Top Ten Best Place for Paddling Adventure: USA Today

15th Happiest City for Young Professionals: Forbes.com

19th Most Fun and Affordable City: Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Top Place to Live: Relocate America.com

Best Small City of the Future: Foreign Direct Investment fDi Magazine

3rd Top Small Cities FDI Strategy: Foreign Direct Investment fDi Magazine

5th Small Cities Business Friendliness: Foreign Direct Investment fDi Magazine

4th in the 10 best cities for commuters: Kiplinger

6th Best City to Find a Job: Ajilon Professional Staffing

Top Ten City to "live, work, and make movies": MovieMaker Magazine

2010

6th Top City for IT Professionals to Live In: Microsoft Certified Professionals Magazine

7th Best Metro Center for Business: Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch

1st Digital City with a Population Between 125,000 – 250,000: 2010 Digital Cities Survey: Center for Digital Government and Government Technology Magazine

3rd Best Tennis Town in United States: United States Tennis Association

25th among Best Cities for New College Grads: Businessweek.com

12th of America’s Top 50 U.S. cities for working mothers: Forbes.com

America’s Healthiest City and One of the Best Cities for Families: Parenting.com

One of the nation’s 50 best places for business and careers: Forbes.com

12th Healthiest Housing Market in the Nation for 2010: Builderonline.com

2nd Best Urban Park – James River Park System: Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine

2009

14th Best Metro Center for Business: Dow Jones MarketWatch.com

2nd Most Charitable City in America: Men's Health magazine

65th Among the Nation’s 100 Best Bang-For-The-Buck Cities: Forbes.com

9th Lowest Among 50 Cities for the Cost of Operating a Corporate Headquarters: Boyd Company, Inc.

One of America’s 50 fastest-recovering Cities: Forbes.com

6th Best Place in Nation to Start Over: Study by Manpower reported in BusinessWeek

One of the Nation’s Seven Top Cities for Trail Runners: Trail Runner Magazine

North America's 9th Best Small City and 4th Best in Foreign Direct Investment Strategy: Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) Magazine's North American Cities of the Future 2009/10

Carytown Named the South’s 9th Best Shopping Neighborhood: Southern Living Magazine

2008

Carytown Named the South’s 9th Best Shopping Neighborhood: Southern Living Magazine

9th Best City for Women: WomenCo.com

One of the 10 Best Cities for Commuters of the Nation's 75 Largest Metro Areas: Forbes.com

2007

One of the nation's Top 20 Places to Educate Your Child: Forbes.com

8th Best Large Metros for Public Schools: Expansion Management

4th Best Economic Development "Hot Spot," of the top 20 Mid-Sized Metros: National Policy Research Council in Expansion Management

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