Boulder Colorado Rocks the Best of Lists!!

So we searched for lists of Boulder and found a few were missing so combined them with a little research to make the best list of the Best of Boulder!

Daily Beast (Newsweek): America’s Most Creative Cities June 2012 – Boulder Colorado #1

Livability.com: Top 10 College Towns, 2012 – Boulder Colorado #1

Gallup Healthways: Skinniest City in America 2012 – Boulder Colorado #1

Gallup Healthways: Happiest City in America…CBS Sunday Morning clip 2011  – Boulder Colorado #1

http://www.gallup.com/poll/146645/Boulder-Colo-Leads-Metro-Areas-Wellbeing.aspx

US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Most Educated Metro Area 2011 – Boulder Colorado #1

Atlantic Cities: America’s 20 Most Economically Vibrant College Towns 2011 – Boulder Colorado #1

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: America’s 15 Most Active Cities, 2011 – Boulder #1

Portfolio.com: Best Quality of Life in America 2011 – Boulder Colorado #1

Portfolio.com: #1 City in America for Brainpower 2010 – Boulder Colorado #1

NY Times: Boulder Colorado a Magnet for Start ups

USA Today: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index 2010 – Boulder Colorado #1

Bon Appetite: America’s Foodiest Towns 2010 – Boulder Colorado #1

Business Week: America’s Best Town for Start Ups 2010 – Boulder Colorado #1

Business Week: Strongest U.S. Housing Markets 2009 – Boulder Colorado #1

Backpacker: Best Cities to Raise an Outdoor Kid: The Winning 25, 2009—Boulder Colorado #1

Forbes: America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well 2009 – Boulder Colorado #1

Forbes: Most Educated City in America 2008 – Boulder Colorado #1

American Heart Association: Top Heart Friendly Cities 2008 – Boulder Colorado #1 for City w/ population > 560K

And two more I just couldn’t resist highlighting…

Kipplingers: Best Cities for the Next Decade 2010 – Boulder Colorado #4

Business Insider’s: The Hottest American Cities of the Future – Boulder Colorado #5

Other lists highlighting Boulder Colorado…

2012

Summer in the U.S.A.: 20 Best Vacation Destinations - Frommer's, June 2012.

Nine Fittest Towns of the West (#3) - Sunset, June 5, 2012.

America's Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities (#3) - Bicycling, May 21, 2012.

Most Well-Read Cities in America (#5) - Amazon.com, May 15, 2012. 

Top 10 Cities for Affordable Vacations (#7) - Livability.com, April 20, 2012.

Tree City USA - National Arbor Day Foundation (for the 28th consecutive year).

Best Restaurant Neighborhood - 2012 (Pearl Street Mall) - Westword, March 2012.

Most bike-friendly vacation cities (#4) - Virgin Vacations, March 7, 2012.

Top 10 Foodie Cities (#3) -Livability.com, Feb. 17, 2012.

America's Healthiest Metros (#3) - The Atlantic Cities, Jan. 3, 2012.

2011

Top 10 Travel Destinations for 2012 (#7) - Lonely Planet, Dec. 2011.

America's Best Adventure Towns - National Geographic, Nov. 2011.

Best Towns 2011 (#4) - Outside Magazine, Oct. 2011. 

Tree City USA - National Arbor Day Foundation (for the 27th consecutive year).

IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Winner

Top 10 Winter Towns (#9) - National Geographic Traveler, January-February 2011

2010

Top 10 Winter Towns - National Geographic, Dec. 21, 2010

America's Top 25 Arts Destinations, AmericanStyle magazine. Boulder ranked ninth among smaller cities.

Top 25 Destinations in the US (Ranking #19) - TripAdvisory.com

Top 100 Places to Live: including Top 10 Overall Cities (Ranking #9); Top 10 Recovery Cities (Ranking #10); Top 10 Earth Friendly Cities (Ranking #4); Top 10 Recreation Cities (Ranking #1) - RelocateAmerica.com

"Healthiest Town in U.S." (Ranking #2) - Men's Health, January 2010

Traveler's Choice 2010 Best Destinations "Top 25 Destinations in the United States" (Ranking #19) - www.tripadvisor.com

2009

"Top 25 Arts Destinations" (Small city category; Boulder ranked #8) - AmericanStyle magazine, June 2009

"Best Places to Live- The 30 Coolest Neighborhoods in America"- Men's Journal, June 2009

"Top Ten Best Midsize Metropolitan Areas" (Boulder ranked #2) - Bizjournals.com, March 2009

"The West's 20 Best Small Towns" (Boulder ranked as a favorite eco-friendly small town) - Sunset magazine, March 2009

"Best Places for Business and Careers" (Boulder ranked #20) - Forbes magazine, March 2009

"Eleven Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World" (Boulder ranked # 4) - Virgin Vacations Web site, December 2009

Digital Cities Survey, 9th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category

Digital Cities 2009 Best of the Web Awards Finalist

Boulder Public Library was named a four-star public library by Library Journal, one of the nation's premiere professional publications - Feb. 2009.

2008

"8 Fabulous Winter Wonderlands" - Where to Retire magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008

"America's Best Healthy Places to Retire" - U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 2008

"Bicycle Friendly Community" (platinum level) - League of American Bicyclists, Sept. 2008

"Top 25 Arts Destinations" - (small city category; Boulder ranked #8) American Style magazine, Aug. 2008

"Top 10 Healthiest Cities to Live and Retire" - (Boulder ranked #6) AARP The Magazine, July 2008

"Cities with the Highest Ratio of Artists in the Country" - (Boulder ranked #6) National Endowment for the Arts, July 2008

"Best Cities for Cycling" - Bicycling magazine, July 2008

"Cities With a High Percentage of Workers Employed in High-Tech Work" - (Boulder ranked #2) American Electronics Association, June 2008

"Top 10 Jewish Neighborhoods in North America," - Jewish Living magazine, June 2008

"America's Top 5 Cities for Cycling" - Bicycling magazine, June 2008

"Top 25 Small Cities and Towns for Art" - (Boulder ranked #8), American Style magazine, June 2008

"The 10 Brainiest Places to Retire" - U.S. News and World Report, May 2008

"Top 10 Cities for Masters Runners" - (Boulder ranked #3), Masters Athlete magazine, May 2008

"Top 100 Destinations in the World" - Trip Advisor, April 2008

"Top 25 Destinations in the U.S." - Trip Advisor, April 2008

"Top 10 World's Greener Cities" - Urban Land Green magazine, Spring 2008

"Best Green Places to Live in America" - (Boulder ranked #5), Country Home magazine, March 2008

Digital Cities Survey, 8th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category

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