2001

• Ranked number one, "Kid-Friendly” smaller city (100,000 to 2 million metro) for quality of life in Zero Population Growth

2000

• One of the "50 Best Places to Live” in Maturity Magazine
• One of “America's Ten Fittest Cities for Women” in Health Magazine

1999

• Ranked number one, "Top Ten Cities to Have it All" by Arts & Entertainment TV. Runners-up: Chapel Hill, NC and Austin, TX.
• One of the 10 "College Towns Worth a Visit" in Princeton Review’s "The Best Colleges"
• Ranked number one for "Families that love outdoor sports" by Outdoor Explorer magazine, premier issue.

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