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Ithaca Accolades
Recent “Top 10” Listings
“America’s Most Enlightened City,” Utne Reader, May 1997.
"25 Terrific Places to Bring up a Family," Mothering Magazine, July/ August 2001.
"Best Fly Fishing Through North America," Fish and Fly Magazine, winter 2001.
The Ithaca Farmers Market was named one of the "60 Best American Public Places," Utne Reader, January 2002.
"American Values—Where to Buy a Retirement Home," Smart Money Magazine, February 2002.
"100 Great Escapes: Top-10 Trips," Travel & Leisure Magazine, March/April 2002.
"Best Places to Vacation," Money Magazine, April 2002.
"America's Five Best Mountain Biking Towns" Bike Magazine, June 2002.
"Best Lesbian Places to Live-The Ten Lesbian Friendliest Cities in the USA," Girlfriends Magazine, November 2002.
Ithaca Ranks 14 in Outside Magazine’s “40 Best College Towns Outside “U”, September 2003
“Best healthy city in the Northeast,” Organic Style Magazine, September / October 2003.
"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.
"Number-One Emerging City," in the book “Cities Ranked and Rated” by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander, 2004.
"12 Great Places to Retire", Kiplingers Personal Finance, March 2005, by Pat Mertz Esswein, Mary Beth Franklin and Magali Rheault.
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.
Ithaca ranked fourth in Relocate America’s “Top 100 Places to Live in 2006,” April, 2006. Relocate-America.com
Ithaca ranked 17 nationwide among the “Best Places for Business and Careers,” Forbes magazine, April 2006.
Ranked eighth in "50 Smart Places to Live", Kiplingers Personal Finance, June 2006, by Sean O'Neill.
Ithaca ranked among the “12 Hippest Hometowns for Vegetarians,” VegNews magazine, July/Aug. 2006.
Ithaca ranked first in “12 Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of,” Mother Earth News magazine, July/Aug. 2006.
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 second in “Best Green Places to Live,” by Country Home magazine, April 2007.
Ithaca ranked third in Relocate America’s “Top 100 Places to Live in 2007,” April 2007. Relocate-America.com
Ithaca ranked third in Farmers Insurance study, “Most Secure Places to Live — Small Towns,”: Dec. 2007
Ithaca schools ranked 2nd nationwide among metro areas under 500,000 by Expansion Management Magazine, Dec. 2007
Ithaca ranked third among “America’s Smartest Cities,” by Forbes Magazine, Feb. 2008
Ithaca ranked 2nd in Smart Money magazine’s “7 Best Places to Retire in an Economic Downturn,” Feb. 2008
Ithaca chosen as a top-10 global travel destination by Gore-Tex and the Adventure Travel Trade Association, April 2008
Ithaca's EcoVillage selected as a top-8 "Ecotopia" by ForbesMagazine, April 2008
Ithaca ranked #6 in "The 20 Best Towns in America" by Outside magazine, Aug. 2008
Ithaca Beer named New York's #1 craft brewer at the annual Tap NY Festival, Aug. 2008
Ithaca ranked #1 "green commuter" city by AARP Magazine, Sept. 2008
Ithaca's Gimme! Coffee ranked best coffee bar by Food & Wine magazine, Sept. 2008
Cornell University named #1 employer for people over 50 by AARP Magazine, Sept. 2008
Ithaca's Gimme! Coffee ranked #2 in "9 Great Coffees," by Saveur magazine, iss. 114, Oct. 2008
Ithaca ranked #1 "Best Middle Class Housing Markets" by Forbes.com, Dec. 4, 2008
Ithaca ranked a top-10 city for job-seeking retirees, US News, Jan. 22, 2009
Ithaca ranked in top-100 American cities by RelocateAmerica.com, April 2009
Ithaca ranked third (again, see Dec. 07) in Farmers Insurance study, "Most Secure Places to Live - Small Towns," May 2009
Ithaca listed a "Top Retirement City for Wine Lovers," US News & World Report online, May 2009
Ithaca ranked in top-100 places to live, top-10 recreation cities and top-10 small towns by RelocateAmerica.com, April, ‘10
Ithaca ranked #1 among 350 U.S metro areas as the best place for recent college grads, The Daily Beast, online, June, ‘10
Ithaca ranked #7 in "America's Brainiest Metros", The Daily Beast, online, August, ‘10
Ithaca ranked #1 "Best College Town" (under 250,000 pop.) by American Institute for Economic Research, Sept. ‘10
Ithaca ranked #6 in "America's Foodiest Towns," (pop under 250,000) by Bon Appétit magazine, Sept. '10
Ithaca ranked top-10 city for "Carless Retirement" by US News & World Report, online, March 2011
Top Ithaca once again ranked in "Top 100 Places to Live" by RelocateAmerica.com, June, ‘11
Cornell ranked second in “Best Employers for Workers over 50” by AARP, Sept., 2011
Ithaca ranked #9 on AARP's list of "10 Affordable Cities for Retirement." AARP Magazine Sept-Oct, 2011
Ithaca ranked one of the “10 Best Places to Retire 2012” by US News & World Report, Oct. 2011
Ithaca ranked one of 19 “Perfect Towns” by Outside magazine, Oct. 2011
Cornell ranked #19 in “100 Best Companies” by Working Mother magazine, Oct. 2011
Ithaca ranked a top-seven retirement town in “Retire Here, Not There,” Smart Money, Nov. 2011
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