- Top 10 Best Cities for Relocating Families in the Mid-Sized Metro Areas Market - Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation
2006
- Top 20 Best Performing City in the Country’s 200 largest metros - Milken Institute
2006
- 4th Least Expensive City in the Nation - CNN Money
2006
- One of the South’s Top 10 Places with Plenty of Talented Labor - Southern Business & Development
2006
- 17th Fastest Growing City in the USA; 100 Fastest Growing Counties in the USA - US Census Bureau
2006
- Highest Median Household Income of all major cities in Tennessee - – 2005 American Community Survey Data Profile
2006
- Top 100 Real Estate Markets - Money Magazine
June 2005
- 4th Best Place for Affordable Living - Business Development Outlook
February 2005
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- Top Five Up & Coming City for Attracting Creative Class Jobs (under 250,000 population) - Money Magazine
June 2004
- 2003 Gold Award - Association of Metropolitan Water Works
Fall, 2003
- Top Mid-Size Market Downtown - Southern Business & Development
Fall, 2002
- 2002 All America City Finalist - National Civic League
2002
- Top 100 Most Wired Hospitals (Gateway Medical Center) - Hospitals & Health Networks
August, 2001
- 21st Most Cost-Effective Labor Growth Market - Expansion Management
July, 2001
- 90th Best City for Business and Careers - Forbes Magazine
May, 2001
- 3rd Fastest Growing City in Tennessee During the 90's (Behind Nashville and Memphis) - U.S. Census
April 2001
- Outstanding Community for 2000 - The Searchers, Inc.
April, 2000
- Top Catfishing Waters - Field & Stream
January, 1999
- 1999 Smart Choice City - National Strategy Group
January, 1999
- America's 11th Best City for Public Golf - Golf Digest
July, 1998
- 49th Best Metropolitan County for Potential Growth - Demographics Journal
October 1997
- 38th Family-Friendly City - Reader's Digest
April, 1997
- 57th Best Place to Live - Money Magazine
July, 1996
- Blue Ribbon School District - Expansion Management Magazine
Sept/Oct, 1996
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