Media and Accolades
Media and Accolades
Media and Accolades

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What they are saying about us:
Asheville, NC Accolades
2011

  • Trip Advisor ranks Asheville #10 for Top Food and Wine Destinations
  • GMA ranks Asheville #3 for Most Beautiful Places in the US
  • Best Place to Retire: #4 Top College Small Towns
  • American Style Magazine ranks Asheville #1 for Top 25 Small Cities for Art
  • For the third year in a row Asheville was ranked #1 In the Beer City USA poll
  • Asheville Ranked #24 of 200 Metros in Best Places for Business and Careers Forbes.com, June 2011
  • Included on Princeton Review's list of  "Best Southeastern Colleges", UNC Asheville is listed as one of 20 institutions that have "Great College Towns"  PrincetonReview.com 2011
  • Named among "four scene-stealing, summertime routes around the nation" Wall Street Journal, May 2011  
  • Included as one of 15 Best Places for Second Homes Barron's, March 2011 
  • Listed as top of 2011 Best Places to Retire TopRetirements.com, February 2011 
  • Included among the 21 Places We're Going in 2011,  Fodors, January 2011

2010

  • Trip Advisor ranks Asheville #1 for Top Fall Foliage Destination
  • Asheville is Beer City USA for Second Year 
  • Ranked #1 by American Style Magazine for Top 25 Small Cities
  • Ranked #21 by Forbes.com for Best Places for Business and Careers, #10 for Cost of Doing Business
  • Ranked 6th among all US cities as a place to do business Forbes.com, July 2010
  • Boasts four (4) of the Top 50 Most Popular Active Adult Communities for 2010 TopRetirements.com, July 2010
  • Voted #1 of Top 25 Small Cities American Style, May 2010
  • Included as one of the 10 Best Places for Second Homes Barron's, March 2010
  • Named as one of the five Best Small Towns to live in for Retirement ehow, March 2010
  • Listed as #1 of 100 Best Places to Retire TopRetirements.com, February 2010
  • Listed as top retirement destination of the top 10 places to retire MarketWatch, February 2010

2009

  • Ranked #2 as One of the Nation's Top Arts Destinations - AmericanStyle Magazine
  • Ranked #6 Best Metro Places for Business & Careers - Forbes.com, March 2009
  • Included in 21 Best U.S. Towns for Baby Boomers' Active Retirement - bestboomertowns.com
  • Black Mountain named as one of the Best Place to Live Now! National Geographic Adventure Magazine, October 2009
  • Included as one of 10 Best Places to Retire US News & World Report, October 2009
  • Included as a Favorite City for Business Trips USA Today Road Warriors, August 2009
  • Ranked #8 of Top 10 Metro Areas for Quality of Life Business Facilities Magazine, July 2009

2008

  • 11 of 20 Best Places to Retire - Black Enterprise magazine, October 2008
  • 7 of Top 10 Best Midsize Cities for Doing Business - Inc.com, July 2008
  • 46 of 200 Best Performing Large Cities, 2nd Biggest Single-Year Gainer - Milken Institute, September 2008
  • 2 of the Top 25 Small-City Art Destinations for 2008 - AmericanStyle magazine, June Issue 2008
  • 26 of 200 Large Metros Best Places for Business & Careers - Forbes, March 2008
  • 41 of 100 Best Places to Live and Launch - CNN Money.com, March 2008

2007

  • 5-Star Business Opportunity - Metro Expansion Management, August 2007
  • Best Southern Town - Outside magazine's August edition 2007
  • 7 of Top U.S. Cities to live - Frommer's Cities Ranked & Rated 2nd Edition, May 2007
  • 23 of 200 Large Metros Best Places for Business & Careers - Forbes, April 2007
  • 1 of the top 100 places to live in 2007 Relocate - America, April 2007
  • 2 of Top 10 easy spring weekend getaways - MSNBC, April 2007
  • 3 of the Top 10 up-and-coming travel destinations - VirtualTourist, Spring 2007
  • 1 of 10 America's Best Eco-Neighborhoods - Natural Home, January/February 2007