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Recent rankings and awards for the Buffalo Niagara Region

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #10 Best Low Cost Manufacturing Region
            - Business Facilities - July/August 2010

• Genesee/Livingston Counties Awarded as #2 Area for Food Processing Industry Growth
            - Business Facilities - July/August 2010

• New York State Named #4 Best Transportation Infrasturcture, #5 Wind Power Generation Leader and #6 for Workplace Health and Safety
            - Business Facilities - July/August 2010

• CNN Money Names Buffalo Niagara 5th Most Affordable Housing Market
            - CNNMoney.com - August 2010 

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked Among Most Affordable Major U.S. Housing Markets
            - National Association of Home Builders - August 2010

• Amherst Named Among Best Places to Live
            - CNNMoney.com - August 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #10 Best City for Working Mothers
            - Forbes Magazine - July 2010

• BusinessWeek lauds Buffalo Niagara as 7th Strongest Job Market
            - BusinessWeek - July 13, 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #5 Most Recession Proof Metro
            - CNNMoney.com - June 24, 2010

• Buffalo City Honors School Ranked #10 in the Nation 
            - Newsweek Magazine - June 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #10 Best Place to Raise a Family
            - Forbes Magazine - June 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Named Among Best Cities for Running a Business Based on Fun
            - Portfolio.com/BizJournals - May 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Given High Marks for Fitness
            - Ameican College of Sports Medicine - 2010 American Fitness Index 

• Buffalo Niagara Named 20th Best Big City for Jobs
            - Forbes Magazine - April 20, 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked Among "Greenest" Metro Areas
            - American City Business Journal - March 11, 2010

• Buffalo-Niagara Falls Named 2nd Best MSA for Commuters
            - Forbes Magazine - February 2010

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked Among the 20 Strongest Performing Metros in 3Q 2009
            - Brookings Institute - December 2009

• Buffalo-Niagara Falls MSA Named #16 Fastest-Recovering Cities
            - Forbes Magazine - November 2009

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked 17th Among "Best Bang for the Buck" Areas
            - Forbes Magazine - November 2009

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked 21st Strongest Metro Economy
            - BusinessWeek - November 2009

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #2 Most Livable Bargain Real Estate Market
            - MSN Real Estate - November 2009

• Buffalo Niagara Named Among Best Performing Cities
            - Milken Institute - November 2009

• Buffalo Again Ranked #1 Arts Destination for Mid-Size Cities
            - American Style Magazine - April 2009   

• Batavia Ranked Nation's #4 Micropolitan
            - Site Selection Magazine - March 2009

• Buffalo Named to 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations List
            - National Trust for Historic Preservation - January 2009

• Buffalo Named One of the "Top 44 Places to Go in 2009" Worldwide
            - The New York Times - January 11, 2009

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #5 Best Medium Market for Relocating Families
            - Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation - 2008 Report

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked #1 in Hospital Value
            - Data Advantage Hospital Value Index - June 2008

• Buffalo Ranked #3 Cleanest City in America 
            - Readers Digest - June 2008

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked Among Smartest Metro Areas
             - Bizjournals - May 2008

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked Among Most Competitive Metro Areas
            - Beacon Hill Institute - May 2008

• Buffalo Niagara's Carbon Footprint 16th-Lowest Among Metro Areas
            - Brookings Institution - May 2008

• Buffalo Niagara Named a "5-Star Logistics Metro"
            - Logistics Today - Novemeber 2007

• Buffalo Niagara Ranked a "4-Star Quality of Life Community"
            - Expansion Management Magazine May/June 2007