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Accolade #1
Athens, Georgia is ranked second safest city in Georgia by a national publisher of annual and monthly city and state ranking publications.

Accolade #2
Athens, Georgia is ranked as the #29 community in the United States, in a select pool of 375 communities, in the Cities Ranked & Rated Book (2nd. edition - 2007).

Accolade #3
Athens, Georgia was listed as "One of the Five Great College Towns" in the article “Attractions of a College Town” in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance special Retirement Planning issue 2007 (Fall 2007).

Accolade #4
Athens, Ga is voted in the "100 Hot-City Guide" in Cosmopolitan Magazine (July 2007).

Accolade #5
Athens Georgia was listed as "One of Five Greatest Unsung Shopping Locales" from coast to coast in Lucky Magazine (Aug. 2007).

Accolade #6
Athens was named as one of the recommended 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die by travel writer Patricia Schultz (June 2007).

Accolade #7
Athens, Ga was ranked the "#1 City out of 10 " in the Winter 2007 issue of The Out Traveler Magazine.

Accolade #8
Athens was named an "Entrepreneur-Friendly" Community by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (April 2007).

Accolade #9
Athens was named a Tree City USA for the 7th year (2007) by the National Arbor Day Foundation and given the Tree City Growth Award.

Accolade #10
Athens was named "Best College Town for Retirees" in Kiplingers Magazine Best of Everything List, 2006.

Accolade #11
Named "Best Place to Recapture Your Youth" by Fortune in June 2006.

Accolade #12
Athens was ranked #2 "Best Long Weekend Escape" by GO (AirTran InFlight Magazine) in October 2006.

Accolade #13
AmericanStyle Magazine readers have ranked Athens the No. 7 Mid-Sized City in the 2006 annual Top 25 Arts Destinations readers\' poll. Athens has moved up 17 places from 2005\'s ranking. Athens has made the list every year since 2002.

Accolade #14
PETA (People for the EthiPETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) named Athens as the #9 "Best Vegetarian-Friendly Small Cities" in the country.

Accolade #15
Athens was listed in Military Officer Magazine as the #1 "Best City for Relocating Families" of small metropolitan areas (50,00 to 250,00 population) in its March 2006 issue.

Accolade #16
Money MMoney Magazine named Athens as one of the "Top Five Best Places to Live" (2005) for retirees.

Accolade #17
Kiplingers.com named Athens as one of "Seven Cool Cities" (Sept. 2005) for young professionals.

Accolade #18
ApartmentRatings.com named Athens as the 6th most renter-friendly community in the country.

Accolade #19
Athens Georgia was named top small U.S. metro area in 2005 & 2006\'s Best Cities for Relocating families by The Worldwide Employee Relocation Council (Primacy Relocation and Sperlings BestPlaces).

Accolade #20
Expansion Management Magazine gave the Athens metropolitan area a five-star ranking for its appeal to high-tech companies.

Accolade #21
Athens was listed #30 in the "50 Best Places to Live" in Men's Journal Magazine, April 2005 issue. Athens also placed in the top 50 in the 2003 & 2004 issues.

Accolade #22
Travelocity.com named the Travelocity.com named the Tree That Owns Itself and the Twilight Criterium as two of the top ten Georgia local spots of interest in the 2005 "Local Secrets, Big Finds" International Poll.

Accolade #23
Rolling Stone Magazine named Athens the #1 "College Music Scene that Rocks" in February 2003.

Accolade #24
Rolling Stone listed Athens #8 on its "Schools that Rock" list on July 28, 2005.

Accolade #25
Southern Business & Development Magazine ranked Athens 11th among all markets regardless of size and 7th among the South’s small markets (250,000 and under) in 2003.