2007

• “Top 25 Small Cities and Towns” Arts destinations by readers of American Style Magazine
• Ranked #5 among “Top Ten Places to Retire Young” in Money Magazine
• Burlington ranked as “Greenest City” in the country in survey of 379 metropolitan areas nationwide.  Based on air and watershed quality, mass transit use, power use, and umber of organic producers and farmers’ markets
• Ranked 2^nd out of 72 cities (50 largest cities in the country plus largest cities in each state) nationwide by The Earth Day Network on its Urban Environment Report

2006

• Ranked 4^th among “Top 10 Cities for Beer Lovers” on ShermanTravels.com
• Ranked 5^th in “America’s Healthiest Places for Women” in Self Magazine
• Burlington’s Five Sisters neighborhood on the list of “Top Cottage Communities” in Cottage Living Magazine
• One of the “Top 25 Cities for Art” in the small cities and towns category in American Style Magazine
• Burlington named “Best of the Best” places to live (top 5 of their “50 Best Places to Live”) in Men’s Journal Magazine
• Ranked in “The Top 10 Greenest Cities” on homestore.com (AOL Real Estate)

2005

• One of “50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live” by author Gregory Kompes
• Burlington was number 12 among the top 25 small cities in American Style Magazine’s “Top Arts Destinations” for 2005
• Ranked as “Third-Funkiest City in the World” by British Airways’ Magazine – Highlife
• Economy.com ranked Burlington #1 in the U.S. on its index of business vitality
• “One of America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Ranked No.3 ‘Best State for Healthy Kids” in Child Magazine
• Ranked No. 2 “Happiest “and No. 4 “Healthiest Place to Live in the U.S.’ in Self Magazine

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