"Hottest Cities to do Business" - Inc. Magazine, May 2007 Boomtowns
"Top Ten Places in the South for the Creative Class" - Southern Business & Development, Winter 2007
"One of the 10 Great Streets in America" - The American Planning Association for Bull Street, Savannah
"Top 10 Hot Spots for Entrepreneurs" - Area Development Magazine
"Top 25 Arts Destinations" - National Readers Poll, American Style Magazine
"The 12th Trendy Spot in the World" - New York Times, Spring 2004
"Best Operating Cost for Office Projects" - The Boyd Company, May 2004
"Fastest Climbing Metro" - Milken Institute, June 2003
"Best Places to Retire" - CNN Money, June 2003
"One of the Top 15 Logistics Metros in the Southeast" - Expansion Management, June 2003
"One of the Most Beautiful Places in America" -USA Weekend Magazine, May 2003
"One of America's 50 Hottest Cities for Manufacturing Expansion and Relocations" - Expansion Management, January 2003
"One of America's 50 Hottest Cities for Business Relocation and Expansion" - Expansion Management, January 2000, January 2001, January 2002, January 2003
"One of America's Sweet Spots" - Hershey Food Corp, January 2002
"Number One in the Nation in Workforce Training" - Expansion Management, November 2001
"Number One in the Top 100 Cities for Logistics" - Expansion Management, October 2001
"Number One in the Nation in Workforce Training" - Expansion Management Magazine, November 2001
"One of the Top 25 Cities for Business Expansion or Relocation" - Business Development Outlook Magazine, July 2001
"One of the Top 50 Metro Areas in America with an Attitude" - Business Xpansion Journal, July 2000
"One of the Top 50 US Cities for European Expansion" -Expansion Management, June 2000
"One of 50 Best Small Metro Areas for in America for Starting and Growing a Business" - Inc. Magazine, December 1999 (ranking #4) December 2000 (ranking #12)
"One of the Top 10 Spots in the US to do Business" - US Sites and Development (combination of D&B business migration study and Development Report Card for the States 1997 by Corporation for Enterprise Development), 1998
"One of the Top 10 US Smaller Cities for Entrepreneurs" - Area Development Magazine, 1998
"One of Top 25 Places to Live and Work in the US" - Outlook Magazine, 1997
"Ranked 6th among The Top 10 cities to visit in the US" - Conde Nast
"The Most Beautiful City in America" - Le Monde
"Top 200 Places in the Country to Live" - Forbes Magazine
"3rd Most Romantic Destination" - Southern Living Reader Survey
"Best Place for a Romantic Getaway 2004" - Atlanta-Journal Constitution, 2004
"One of the Top Ten American Travel Destinations for 2003" - Condè Nast Traveler Magazine
"Top Ten Most Beautiful Places in America for 2003" - The Squares of Savannah, USA WEEKEND MAGAZINE
"Top 8 Places to Retire for 2003" - MONEY Magazine
"America's Best Places to Live for Architecture for 2003" - Robb Report
"America's Most Haunted City" - American Institute of Parapsychology