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Ithaca Accolades - Recent “Top 10” Listings

  

  • Ithaca ranked best college town by American Institute of Economic Research, Sept. 2009

 

  • Ithaca listed a “Top Retirement City for Wine Lovers,” US News & World Report. online, May, 2009

 

  • Ithaca ranked third (again, see Dec. 07) in Farmers Insurance study, “Most Secure Places to Live — Small Towns,”: May, 2009

 

  • Ithaca ranked in top-100 American cities by RelocateAmerica.com, April, ‘09

 

  • Ithaca ranked a top-10 city for job-seeking retirees, US News, Jan. 22, ‘09

 

  • Ithaca ranked #1 “Best Middle Class Housing Markets” by Forbes.com, Dec. 4, ‘08

 

  • Ithaca’s Gimme! Coffee ranked #2 in “9 Great Coffees,” by Saveur magazine, iss. 114, Oct. 2008

 

  • Cornell University named #1 employer for people over 50 by AARP Magazine, Sept. 2008

 

  • Ithaca’s Gimme! Coffee ranked best coffee bar by Food & Wine magazine, Sept. 2008

 

  • Ithaca ranked #1 “green commuter” city by AARP Magazine, Sept. 2008.

 

  • Ithaca Beer named New York’s #1 craft brewer at the annual Tap NY Festival, Aug. 2008

 

  • Ithaca ranked #6 in “The 20 Best Towns in America” by Outside magazine, Aug. 2008

 

  • Ithaca's EcoVillage selected as a top-8 "Ecotopia" by Forbes magazine, April 2008

 

  • Ithaca chosen as a top-10 global travel destination by Gore-Tex and the Adventure Travel Trade Association, April 2008

 

  • Ithaca ranked 2nd in Smart Money magazine’s “7 Best Places to Retire in an Economic Downturn,” Feb. 2008

 

  • Ithaca ranked third among “America’s Smartest Cities,” by Forbes Magazine, Feb. 2008

 

  • Ithaca schools ranked 2nd nationwide among metro areas under 500,000 by Expansion Management Magazine, Dec. 2007

 

  • Ithaca ranked third in Farmers Insurance study, “Most Secure Places to Live — Small Towns,”: Dec. 2007

 

  • Ithaca ranked third in Relocate America’s “Top 100 Places to Live in 2007,” April 2007. Relocate-America.com

 

  • Ithaca ranked second in “Best Green Places to Live,” by Country Home magazine, April 2007.

 

  • Ithaca listed as one of the 10 “Best Places to Live” for gays and lesbians by The Advocate, March 27, 2007. The Advocate is the nation’s leading LGBT publication.

 

  • Ithaca ranked first in “12 Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of,” Mother Earth News magazine, July/Aug. 2006.

 

  • Ithaca ranked among the “12 Hippest  Hometowns for Vegetarians,” VegNews magazine, July/Aug. 2006.

 

  • Ranked eighth in "50 Smart Places to Live", Kiplingers Personal Finance, June 2006, by Sean O'Neill.

 

  • Ithaca ranked 17 nationwide among the “Best Places for Business and Careers,” Forbes magazine, April 2006.

 

  • Ithaca ranked fourth in Relocate America’s “Top 100 Places to Live in 2006,” April, 2006. Relocate-America.com

 

  • Number-One City for Knowledge Workers, “College Towns Are at the Heart of the Knowledge Sector Economy”, Expansion Management magazine, March/April 2006, by Bill King and Michael Keating.

 

  • "12 Great Places to Retire", Kiplingers Personal Finance, March 2005, by Pat Mertz Esswein, Mary Beth Franklin and Magali Rheault.

 

  • "Number-One Emerging City," in the book “Cities Ranked and Rated” by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander, 2004.

 

  • "An artist-friendly alternative to New York and Los Angeles," By Susan M. Brackney in her book, “The No-so-Lost Soul Companion,”. Oct. 2002.

 

  • “Best healthy city in the Northeast,” Organic Style Magazine, September / October 2003.

 

  • Ithaca Ranks 14 in Outside Magazine’s “40 Best College Towns Outside “U”, September 2003

 

  • "Best Lesbian Places to Live-The Ten Lesbian Friendliest Cities in the USA," Girlfriends Magazine, November 2002.

 

  • "America's Five Best Mountain Biking Towns" Bike Magazine, June 2002.

 

  • "Best Places to Vacation," Money Magazine, April 2002.

 

  • "100 Great Escapes: Top-10 Trips," Travel & Leisure Magazine, March/April 2002.

 

  • "American Values—Where to Buy a Retirement Home," Smart Money Magazine, February 2002

 

  • The Ithaca Farmers Market was named one of the "60 Best American Public Places," Utne Reader, January 2002.

 

  • "Best Fly Fishing Through North America, Fish and Fly Magazine, winter 2001.

 

  • "25 Terrific Places to Bring up a Family," Mothering Magazine, July/ August 2001.

 

  • “America’s Most Enlightened City,” Utne Reader, May 1997.