4-20-10

This is some great information given by Mayor Deke Copenhaver. How does the Augusta area rate among the nation in the housing and the economic sector? Well, here it is:
-Brookings Institution Metro Monitor - 18th among the strongest performances across 4 indicators
-Miliken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners - Augusta is ranked #82 Best Performing Cities Index (components include job, wages & salary growth),
-Forbes #5 in the nation "Best Bang For the Bucks" Cities
-Forbes #22 Fastest Recovering Cities in the America
-Business Week #23 "Forty Strongest Metro Economics"
-Business Week #11 "America's 25 Next Recovering Job Markets"
-Business Week #6 "Strongest Building Markets for Housing"
-Business Week #21 "30 Strongest Housing Markets in the United States"
-Forbes #44 "100 Cities Where Americans Are Getting Richer"-Relocate America, "Top 100 Cities to Live" 2009