Why Durham?
L I V E :
Durham, NC MSA ranked #5 most smokefree in the nation
US News and World Report
2008 December
Durham ranked #1 on list of 20 Best Places to Retire
Black Enterprise
2008 October
#3 Best City to Ride out a Recession
BusinessWeek
2008 October
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Durham, #3 Best Small City for Relocating Families
Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation
2007 May
Durham, the 15th Best Place to Live in the USA
Bert Sperling's City's Ranked & Rated
2007 May
Duke University Hospital, reverified as a Level I Trauma Center, one of only 108 nationwide
American College of Surgeons
2007 May
Durham, #37 Best Walking City
Prevention
2007 March
Durham, #16 Best Green Places in America
Country Home
2007 March
Durham, one of "100 Best Communities for Young People"
America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth
2007 January
B U Y :
Downtown Durham one of Businessweek's 15 Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods
BusinessWeek
2008 September
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Durham MSA ranked 21st among the nation's "Top 100 Best Performing Cities" and third in the state on the Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Economic Index
Milken Institute
2008 September
Durham, NC, MSA is one of four North Carolina cities ranked in the top 20 hottest housing markets by MSNBC and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
MSNBC and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
2008 January
W O R K :
Durham, NC MSA ranked #11 in the nation for keeping jobs
American City Business Journal
2009 February
Ranked #11 medium sized MSA for Best Places to Do Business
Newgeography
2008 December
Ranked by CEO Update In Top Places To Work in nonprofits
CEO Update
2008 October
Burt's Bees #2 Top Greenest Brand
ImagePower Green Brands Survey
2008 July
#12 Top 100 places to live and launch your own business
Fortune Small Business
2008 March
Durham, NC, #26 City Where Business Opportunity Is Greatest For Growing Companies
Expansion Management.com's 2007 Mayor's Challenge
2007 August
Duke University Health System, one of the Top 100 Places to Work in IT
ComputerWorld
2007 June
Durham, #7 for Business and Careers
Forbes
2007 April
Durham, #45 Hottest Business Market in the Country
Inc. Magazine
2007 April
#1 MSA in the nation for percentage of workforce in the "Creative Class"
Catalytix
2007 January
P L A Y :
Duke Gardens named #6 best public garden
Southern Living
2009 January
Hamilton Hill ranked as one of the top 5 America's Coolest Stores
InStore Magazine
2008 December
"El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III" exhibit ranked #3 on Time Magazine's Top 10 Museum Exhibits of 2008 list
Time Magazine
2008 December
Durham, together with Chapel Hill, named America's Foodiest Small Towns
Bon Appetit
2008 October
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Cameron Indoor Stadium - "one of the ten Great Places to Get Pumped for NCAA Action"
USA Today
2008 January
Durham Bulls Athletic Park, #1 minor-league Vegetarian-Friendly Ballpark
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
2007 August
Highlighted Duke Diet & Fitness Center as the #1 facility for a fitness vacation
Arthur Frommer
2007 August
L E A R N :
Duke ranked #5 on list of 100 Best Values in Private Colleges for 2008-2009
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
2009 January
Duke ranked the 5th greatest college basketball program of all time
NBC Sports
2008 December
Durham MSA ranked #8 best educated city on Forbes' list of America's Best Educated Cities
Forbes
2008 November
Duke University - #13 best university on the planet
U.S. News and World Report
2008 November
Duke's Fuqua School of Business was ranked 28th in the world for its master of business administration program. The newspaper also ranked Fuqua 14th on the list of top MBA programs in the US
Financial Times
2008 January
Duke University, one of 26 campus leaders in environmental sustainability
Sustainable Endowments Institute
2007 January