Wow! I live here?

The City of Huntsville has been recognized by various leading publications and surveys as the premier
place to rear a family, establish and grow a business, and to work. A sample of the city's recent headlines
follow:• Huntsville was named one of the country's Top Adventure Towns - National Geographic
Adventure, September 2007• Huntsville was named one of the country's Top 10 Metros for Business Vitality - Wall Street
Journal, June 2007• Huntsville was named one of America's Top 5 Cities for Professional Workers - Kiplinger's
Personal Finance, June 2007• Huntsville is one of the country's Top 10 Metros for Scientists and Engineers - Expansion
Management Magazine, May 2007• Huntsville was named the #1 Small City of the Future - Foreign Direct Investment Magazine, April
2007• Huntsville was named one of America's Top 100 Places to Live - Relocate-America.com, April
2007• Huntsville was named one of the Country's Top 10 Cities for Job Growth and Affordability -
MSN/Sperling, March 2007
• Huntsville was named one of the Country's Top 10 Job Growth Markets - Manpower, March 2007• Huntsville was named one of America's Hottest Cities - Expansion Management Magazine,
February 2007• Huntsville is one of the Country's 15 Great Cities for Job Seekers - Careerbuilder.com, January
2007• Huntsville was named one of the country's Top Entrepreneur Hot Spots - Entrepreneur Magazine,
September 2006• Huntsville was named one of the country's Top Metros for Business Opportunities - Expansion
Management Magazine, July 2006
iii• Huntsville was named the Number One Mid-Market in the South - Southern Business Development
Magazine, June 2006• Huntsville was named the country's Best value for Salaries and Cost of Living - Salary.com, June
2006• Huntsville is one of the country's Top 10 Communities for Best Overall Standard of Living -
Expansion Management Magazine, May/June 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the country's Hottest Midsize Cities - Inc. Magazine, May 2006• Huntsville was named the Top Mid-Sized" Military Community of Excellence" in the Country -
Expansion Magazine, Special Issue, April 2006• Financial Times' publication recognizes Huntsville's Biotech Brain Gain - Foreign Direct
Investment, April 2006
• Huntsville was named one of the Top 10 Green Cities in the U.S., The Green Guide, April 2006• Huntsville ranks as one of the country's Best Locations for Scientists and Engineers, Expansion
Management Magazine, April 2006• Huntsville was ranked among the country's Best Performing Cities - Milken Institute, February
2006• Huntsville was named America's 2nd Most Affordable City - Career World Magazine,
November/December 2005• Huntsville is one of the South's Booming Manufacturing Centers - The Manufacturer Magazine,
October 2005• Huntsville has the highest concentration of Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. - Inc.
Magazine, November 2005 and October 2004• Huntsville was named the 2nd most Cost Effective Community in the United States - Foreign Direct
Investment Magazine, June 2005• Huntsville was named one of Forbes' Leading Cities for Business - Forbes Magazine, May 2005 &
May 2007• Huntsville was named as one of the country's leading Knowledge Worker Metros and one of
America's Super Cities of the Future - Expansion Management Magazine, May 2005• Huntsville was listed as the South's 2nd ranked Metro for Quality of Life - Expansion Management
Magazine, March, 2005• Huntsville ranks in Poplar Science's list of America's Top 50 Technology Hotspots - Poplar
Science, March 2005
iv• The University of Alabama in Huntsville's graduate engineering management program was ranked
best in the U.S. by the American Society of Engineering Management, January 2005• Huntsville ranks 5th in the country for software-related employment - Software Information
Industry Association, November 2004• Huntsville leads the nation for the highest concentration of Inc. 500's fastest growing private
companies - Inc. Magazine, October 2004• Huntsville was chosen as the top city in the nation for "Best Places to Live for Black Americans"
Family Digest Magazine, March 2003• Huntsville was ranked number 4 on the list of "America's Best Places to Live and Work"
Employment Review, June 2003• NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, located in Huntsville, has been selected as the best place to
work in federal government - Partnership for Public Service, November 2003