Bizjournals, Top Market for Job Growth

(September 2007) A recent study named Phoenix as the top market for job growth, with the area’s employment base expanding by 23 percent since 2002, nearly four times the national rate.

Expansion Management Magazine

(June 2007) Phoenix was ranked first in the magazine’s list of large metro areas as the best place for recruitment and attraction. Charlotte, N.C. ranked second and Arizona was ranked as the top state. The magazine and the National Policy Research Council think tank developed the rankings.

Arizona State University's Blue Chip Growth Update

(April 2007) The university ranks the Phoenix area first among the nation's largest metro markets for employment growth between February 2007 and February 2006. The area's 4.8 percent increase in total nonagricultural employment represented 89,200 new jobs.

Cottage Living Magazine

(June 2006) The Willo neighborhood was chosen by the magazine as one of the Top Ten Cottage Communities in America. Cottage Living editors targeted metropolitan areas with 100,000 people or more and spent months querying realtors, architects, local and national preservation groups, city officials, neighborhood association leaders and editors at alternative news weeklies.

Fast Company Magazine, Top Ten List

(November 2005) The magazine named Phoenix one of the top 15 up-and-coming cities for creative people to live, work and play.

National Policy Research Council, Number One Ranking

(October 2005) The council ranked Phoenix number one in the nation for new businesses and entrepreneurs. The council, which analyzed data from more than 17 million businesses nationwide, ranked cities on their record for creating new businesses and for adding employees to existing companies over the past 14 years.

Entrepreneur Magazine, Best in Country

(September 2005) The magazine named Phoenix the best city in the country for starting a new business. According to the magazine, “Phoenix dominated on the strength of robust growth in new businesses.”

Men's Journal, Top 50 List

(April 2005) Phoenix was selected as one of the "50 Best Places to Live" by the publication, which weighed variables from the cost of living to air and water quality.