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National Awards & Rankings
No. 1 ‐ U.S. News and World Report—”The most desirable place to live in the U.S.A.”—2018
No. 1 ‐ Money, “Big Cities to Live In” ‐ 2017
No. 1 ‐ US Bureau of Labor and Statistics ‐ “Lowest Unemployment rate in the country”—2017
No. 1 ‐ Outside Magazine, “Best Town”
No. 1 ‐ Forbes, “America’s Most Pet‐Friendly City”
No. 1 ‐ Men’s Health, “Best Cities for Dogs”
No. 1 ‐ Zillow.com, “Santa’s Top 10 Favorite Cities”
No. 2 ‐ US News and World Report—”Colorado Springs Best Places to Live in the U.S.”—2018
No. 2 ‐ US News and World Report—”The 25 Most Desirable Places to Live in the U.S.” — 2017
No. 2 ‐ Livability, “Pet Cities”
No. 2 ‐ Men’s Fitness, “Finest City in America”
No. 2 ‐ Women’s Health, “The Best Places to Live for Women”
No. 2 ‐ MSN.com, “Cities of Convention Wisdom”
No. 2 ‐ Livability, “Cities for Veterans”
No. 2 ‐ InsuranceProviders.com, “Safest City in the United States”
No. 3 ‐ Hellawella, “Fitness‐Focused Cities”
No. 3 ‐ Men’s Fitness, “Top Sports Town”
No. 3 ‐ Earth Day Network, “Best Places to Live”
No. 3 ‐ Car and Driver, “Top 10 Best Drivers’ Cities”
No. 3 ‐ FedSmith, “Best Southwest City for Defense Jobs”
No. 4 ‐ Friendliest City for Small Businesses—2018
No. 4 ‐ Thumtack.com, “Nation’s fourth friendliest city for small business in the 7th annual survey” ‐ 2018
No. 4 ‐ Frommer’s Travel Guide, “Cities Ranked and Rated”
No. 5 ‐ WalletHub—”5th Best City for Job Seekers” 2019
No. 5 ‐ US News and World Report, “Best Place to Live and Work”
No. 5 ‐ Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, “Best Cities to Live, Work and Play”
No. 5 ‐ Kiplinger, “Great City for Young Adults”
No. 5 ‐ MSNBC, “Best Cities to Live, Work and Play”
No. 6 ‐ Realtor.com monthly index “hotness index” 6th out of 300 metro areas—2018
No. 6 ‐ Realtor.com—”6th out of 300 metro areas nationwide in a survey of hot housing markets” ‐ 2018
No. 6 ‐ U.S. News & World Report, “Best Weekend Getaway”
No. 6 ‐ Forbes, “America’s Most Wired Cities”
No. 6 ‐ SustainLane, “Top Ten Alternative Fueled City Fleets”
No. 7 ‐ American Lung Association, “ Cleanest U.S. Cities”
No. 7 ‐ Backpacker Magazine, “Best Places to Raise an Outdoor Kid”
No. 8 ‐ Business Week, “Best Places to Start Over”
No. 8 ‐ Sunset Magazine, “Finest City in the West”
No. 9 ‐ Realtor.com, “Hotness Index of top 20 cities” ‐ 2018
No. 9 ‐ Forbes, “America’s Best Bang‐for‐the‐Buck Cities”
No. 9 ‐ Livability.com, “Best Downtown”
Top 10 ‐ Trip Advisor ‐ Garden of the Gods ‐ “Top 10 most popular attractions in the US”
No. 10 ‐ Forbes, “Best Places for Business and Careers”
Top 10 ‐ Outside Magazine, “Best Big Cities for Active Families”
Top 10 ‐ Fox News, “Least Obese Metro Areas”
Top 10 ‐ Kiplinger, “Great Cities for College Grads”
Top 10 ‐ Trip Advisor ‐ Garden of the Gods ‐ “Top 10 most popular attractions in the US”
No. 10 ‐ Forbes, “Best Places for Business and Careers”
Top 10 ‐ Outside Magazine, “Best Big Cities for Active Families”
Top 10 ‐ Fox News, “Least Obese Metro Areas”
Top 10 ‐ Kiplinger, “Great Cities for College Grads”
Top 10 ‐ U.S. News and World Report, “Green Places to Retire”
Top 10 ‐ Men’s Health, “Best Teeth”
Top 10 ‐ Budget Travel, “The 10 Coolest Small Towns” (Manitou Springs)
No. 10 ‐ GALLUP ‐ 2012 Least Obese Metro Area
No. 11 ‐ University of Toronto, “Best Places to be a Kid on Christmas Morning”
No. 11 ‐ ERC & Primacy Relocation, “Best Places to Relocate”
No. 11 ‐ The Boyd Company, “Best Places to Build a Data Center”
No. 13 ‐ The Advocate “Gayest City”
No. 12 ‐ Cooking Light Magazine, “America’s Healthiest Cities”
No. 14 ‐ FreeBackgroundChecksUSA.com, “Safest Cities in America for 2010”
No. 15 ‐ Porolio Magazine, “America’s Top 25 Smartest Cities”
No. 15 ‐ Partenting.com, “Best City for Families”
No. 17 ‐ Farmer Insurance Group, “Most Secure Places to Live”
No. 17 ‐ RelocateAmerica, “Top 100 Places to Live”
No. 18 ‐ Bicycling Magazine, “America’s Top 50 Bike‐Friendly Cities”
No. 18 ‐ TripAdvisor, Travelers’ Choice 2010 “The Best Destinations”
No. 24 ‐ The Daily Beast, “Funniest Cities”
Top 20 ‐ Blue Rhine, “Top Cookout Capitals”
Top 25 ‐ American Style, “Mid‐Sized U.S. City Art Destination”
No. 27 ‐ USA Today, “Most Literate City”
Silver Award ‐ League of American Bicyclists, “Bicycle Friendly Community Award”
CNN Money’s ‐ 10 Best Places to Retire 2013
