Greater Reno-Tahoe ranks high in many categories that contribute to overall quality of life.
2008 Rankings
08.15.2008
National Geographic Adventure (Sept. 2008) Names
07.31.2008
Nevada is the19th best state for business, up from 22nd last year, according to the annual Forbes magazine ranking.
05.20.2008
Reno Ranks Among Top 100 Best Places to Raise a Family
What’s the best city to raise a family? According to editors at Best Life, Honolulu, Hawaii tops the list at No. 1 for its education spending and, of course, its beaches! Reno comes in it at No. 31 right after Ann Arbor, MI (30) and before Las Vegas (32). The worst place to raise a family – Clarksville, Tenn. The editors evaluated 257 cities weighing a variety of data including education and student-teacher ratios, safety and plenty of quality of life components such as museums, parks and pediatricians in the area.
05.09.2008
Reno ranks 39th out of 50 small-sized cities in a study of “Best Places for Relocating Families."
03.24.2008
Reno ranked 54th out of 296 metros in the report: 100 Best Places to Live and Launch a Business, according to Fortune Small Business.
03.19.2008
Reno ranked 137 out of 200 metros in Forbes “Best Place for Business and Careers.”
03.13.2008
The American Legislative Exchange Council has ranked Nevada as the 11th best state in country for "economic competitiveness."
03.05.2008
Reno ranks number one in Nevada and 69th out of more than 500 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention Magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association.
02.01.2008
Reno Ranks in the "20 Best Places to Live in the West", American Cowboy Magazine, February/March 2008.
2007 Rankings
11.01.2007
Nevada ranks second-best in the nation for small business and entrepreneurship in the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's "Small Business Survival Index 2007."
10.10.2007
Nevada ranks third in the nation for its business-friendly climate according to the 2008 State Business Tax Climate Index.
10.01.2007
Reno-Sparks ranks second among the Top 20 Small Metros for Best Economic Development Hot Spots for a company to grow and prosper according to Expansion Management magazine/October 2007.
09.26.2007
The Reno-Sparks economy ranks 26th in a study of Best-Performing U.S. Cities developed by Milken Institute and Greenstreet Partners.
07.11.2007
Forbes ranks Nevada as the 22nd-best state for business. The magazine gives Nevada high marks for its economic climate and growth prospects, but low marks for its quality of life and regulatory environment
05.09.2007
Reno and Minden rate among the 20 Best Affordable Suburbs in the West by BusinessWeek.com
05.03.2007
Blue Rhino, known for propane tanks, says Reno ranks No. 2 among U.S. cities as great place to grill. It trails only Sacramento in a study based on summertime weather conditions.
05.01.2007
Reno-Sparks-Fernley Ranks 25th Best in the Nation for Cleanest Cities for Particle Pollution
05.01.2007
Reno-Sparks ranks 8th among The Top 20 Midsize Cities for Doing Business by Inc. magazine
03.21.2007
Carson City, Nev ranks third in the nation as one of the best places for artists according to BusinessWeek.com.
02.20.2007
Reno-Sparks is ranked in the 2007 America’s 50 Hottest Cities by Expansion Management magazine
2006 Rankings
11.08.2006
Reno Ranks 6th Among Top Cities for Jobs
10.31.2006
Nevada Loves Small Business, Ranks 2nd Among States Who Love Small Business Best
10.24.2006
Nevada Ranks 4th Among the Ten Best States in the Tax Foundation’s 2007 State Business Tax Climate Index
08.10.2006
Nevada ranked #1 in "Strongest States for Manufacturing" by Business Facilities Magazine in the 2006 Business Facilties Ranking Report.
08.10.2006
Nevada ranked #5 in "Financial Services Top 10 by State" by Business Facilities Magazine in the 2006 Business Facilities Ranking Report.
05.03.2006
Reno-Sparks Ranks 5th Among Best Mid-Size Cities for Business in America in Inc. Magazine
02.01.2006
Reno was Ranked 21 in the Best Performing Cities, According to the Milken Institute
01.26.2006
Reno Ranked One of America’s Top 50 Hottest Cities for 2006
01.01.2006
Nevada Ranked Number Two as the Best State for Business According to Chief Executive Magazine
2005 Rankings
11.14.2005
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn Named One of the Nation’s Top Five Governors by TIME Magazine
09.29.2005
Nevada in the top five of the “Best States for Business survey” by Development Counsellors International of New York
09.09.2005
University of Nevada, Reno considered most affordable public university in the U.S. According to a recent survey compiled by the College Board.
08.01.2005
Reno ranked number 9 on Sperling’s Ten Best Places list.
07.11.2005
Reno, NV was ranked as one of Expansion Management Magazine’s “5 Star Business Opportunity Metros.”
05.09.2005
Reno ranked 57th out of 150 metros on Forbes 2005 list of Best Places for Business and Careers.
04.20.2005
The May 2005 issue of Inc. Magazine ranks Reno, Nev., the nation’s top city for doing business in its annual ranking of the “Best Places for Doing Business in America 2005.”
04.01.2005
The Innovation-Entrepreneurship NEXUS, a national assessment of entrepreneurship and regional economic growth and development, found Reno NV one of the top 20 entrepreneurial places in America.
03.28.2005
Lake Tahoe ranks as the second-ranked spring break hot spot according to Stuff Magazine.
03.16.2005
Reno Ranks #3 Among Nation's Best Places to Live According to Men's Journal
03.10.2005
Reno Ranks #4 in the Nation for the Highest Per Capita Propensity for Credit Card Ownership According to MapInfo
01.03.2005
The Chief Executive Group choose Nevada as No. 2 state for business
2004 Rankings
12.07.2004
POLICOM Corp., a national economic research firm, ranked the Truckee Meadows 33rd out of 361 metropolitan areas in the United States for economic strength.
11.17.2004
Forbes/Milken Institute ranks Reno 26th out of 200 cities in their study “Best Performing Cities: Where America’s jobs are being created”
05.13.2004
Men’s Journal Ranked Reno Eighth among America's "50 Best Places to Live"
05.10.2004
Forbes Magazine Ranks Reno 25th Out Of 150 Cities for Doing Business
04.28.2004
Nevada Ranks Third In the Nation for Growth in Women-Owned Firms by the Center for Women's Business Research
03.30.2004
“Cities Ranked and Rated” Named Reno Ninth Out of 331 Cities among the Best Places to Live
03.10.2004
Reno Ranks among the Top Three Hot Residential Markets in Fortune Magazine
03.04.2004
Reno Named Sixth out of 89 Mid-size Cities for Doing Business by Inc. Magazine
