• The Orlando-Kissimmee metropolitan statistical area ranks 28th among 43 U.S. metropolitan areas in a report on America’s green cities compiled by the Business Courier of Cincinatti. The study ranks metro areas on a variety of environmental factors, including traffic congestion, transit use, water quality, carbon emissions, LEED-certified projects and number of green jobs. –March, 2010
   
• Forbes.com ranked Orlando ninth among the nation's top 20 "most wired cities" which acknowledges cities that have the greatest access to and usage of broadband. --March, 2010
   
• Orlando International Airport ranked highest in the large airport category in the State of Florida and one of the top four best airports in the United States in the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates North American Airport Satisfaction Study. The criteria for ranking including: airport accessibility, baggage claim, check-in, terminal facilities, security checkpoints and food and retail services. -February, 2010
   
• Orlando's Thornton Park neighborhood was named a "Best Old House Neighborhood" by This Old House, citing Thornton Park's brick-paved, oak tree shaded streets and its restaurants, pubs, cafes and shops where locals go to kick back and relax. This Old House describes Thornton Park as a hip urban area attracting young homeowners looking for a friendly, walkable community in which to live and raise their families. - February, 2010
   
• Orlando was named the number one spot for convention, trade show, conference and seminar meetings according to Metropoll, a national bi-annual study which surveys factors such as quality of hotel meeting and convention center facilities, destination support and image, overall value and green practices. Orlando also ranked highest on corporate planners’ top destinations list for most events. - February, 2010
   
• The 2009 Zagat Airline Survey named Orlando International Airport as one of the top five airports nationwide for overall airport quality. -November, 2009
   
• Forbes.com ranks Orlando 35th on their list of America’s Safest Cities.
   - October 2009
   
• The Sporting News has ranked Orlando 27th in its 16th annual "Best Sports Cities" rankings which features 399 cities and towns across the United States and Canada. Rankings were based on each city's number of teams, regular season records, playoff berths, bowl appearances and fan fervor among other things. - October 2009
   
• U.S. News & World Report's 2010 "America's Best Colleges" guide named the University of Central Florida as a top 5 national university to watch. UCF, which ranked No. 7 on the list last year, is the only Florida school listed in the category "Top Up-and-Coming Schools." - August 2009
   
• Entrepreneur Magazine listed “Orlando” as one of the “10 Best Cities to Start a Business.”  Entrepreneur Magazine touts Orlando as being “one of the most highly coordinated entrepreneurial engines in the country” and credits this success to our region’s “intergovernmental and private sector’s ability to cooperate and sidestep development turf wars that often hobble other metro areas.”  - August 2009
   
• Forbes Traveler named Orlando North American's Number 1 vacation spot in its ranking of destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean - July 2009
   
• Orlando ranked number one for medical meetings, hosting more medical meetings than any other destination in the United States for the 12th consecutive year, according to a report from the Healthcare Convention & Industry Association. – March 2009
   
• Bizjournals ranks Orlando as the seventh “Best Place to Start a Small Business” noting it’s weathering the recession better than most Florida cities. It was the only Florida market to add jobs between the third quarters of ’07 and ’08. – February 2009
   
• According to Yahoo!, Orlando is a "Great City for Salary Growth", in large part due to our emerging 'medical city'- January 2009
   
• Orlando ranks as the 4th most popular city, based on where people want to live, according to Pew Research Center – January 2009
   
• Forbes Magazine ranks Metro Orlando fourth on their annual list of "Most Wired Cities."  The City Beautiful ranked one spot higher than it did last year. - Jan 2009

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