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Savannah Awards

And the winner is……………. SAVANNAH!


Yeah, we know Savannah is cool, but it really doesn’t count until others say so. Here’s a short list of what others are saying about this smart, quirky, cool coastal spot:

SAVANNAH AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• “One of 10 Great Streets in America Award” by The American Planning Association for Bull Street, Savannah

• “Hottest Cities to do Business” – Inc Magazine (May 2007 issue)

• “Top Ten Places in the South for the Creative Class” – Southern Business & Development (Winter 2007 edition)

• “Top 12 trendy hot spots in world” – New York Times Magazine

• “Top 25 Places to Live & Work” – Outlook Magazine

• “Top 10 Most Beautiful Places in America” – USA Weekend Magazine

• Top 12 Public Squares in the U.S. and Canada" award for The Savannah Squares in 2005 by the Project for Public Spaces

• “One of the top 10 American Travel Destinations” – Conde Nast Traveler Magazine

• Selected as one of “Top 25 Arts Destination” by National Readers Poll in American Style magazine

• “One of the top ten hot spots for entrepreneurs” – Area Development Magazine

• “Top 10 Places to Watch a St. Pat’s Day Parade.” – USA Today

• “Top 200 Places in the Country to Live” – Forbes Magazine

• “Top 10 Walking Cities” – Walking Magazine

• “Top 10 Southeast Cities for Family Vacations” – Family Fun Magazine

• “Top 8 Places to Retire” – Money Magazine

• Conde Nast Reader Survey voted Savannah “6th most popular destination”

• Savannah listed as “3rd most romantic destination” – Southern Living Reader Survey

• Expansion Magazine – Savannah Ranked “#1 Distribution and Logistics Location in the Nation”

• Savannah among U.S.’s best golf cities – Golf Digest named Savannah the 37th best city in America for golf, out of 330.

• “Great Parks/Great Cities Award” for The Squares of Savannah by the Project For Public Spaces

• Georgia ranks 2nd in nation in workforce training – Expansion Management

• FemaleFirst.co.uk is telling British women that Savannah is one of the three most elegant cities in the south. (Savannah Morning News 2006 April 12th)

• Orbitz.com picked us as one of it’s alternative spring break destinations.

• Hotels.com announced results of its national survey of travelers and Savannah, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, San Antonio and Ocean City are the top five road destinations for July.

• Family Fun magazine (owned by Disney World Enterprises) readers voted Savannah as the third best southeastern location for families.

• Memorial Health Named Top 100 Places to Work by Fortune Magazine
  - 54 on the seventh annual prestigious list
  - Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz of the Great Place to Work Institute in California

• Memorial Health is the only healthcare system in the country to be named a Distinguished Hospital by J.D. Power and Associates

• SCAD is the only art college selected as one of the “100 Hidden Gems” in higher education by Jay Mathews in his book “Harvard, Shmarvrd:Getting Beyond the Ivy League to College That is Best For You”

• Kevin Barry’s voted among top 10 Irish Pubs in America by America’s Best Online