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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Best Small Places for Business and
Careers by Forbes magazine, June
Ben Epps Airport 2011 and April 2010.
• One of the Coolest Small Cities in
America by GQ, November 2010
• #1 in “Dandy Dozen: Top College
Football Towns” by AP Top 25 voters,
October 2010
• Reader’s Choice #2 “Best Local Music
Scene in the U.S.” in Budget Travel,
October 2010 [missed #1 by only 8
votes; Austin, Texas voted #1]
• #2 in Top 10 College Towns by
Livability.com, September 2010
• #10 in Top Tri Towns by Triathlete
magazine, October 2010
• One of America’s Nine Best College
Towns on MSNBC from Independent
Traveler, June 2010
• #4 in Six College Towns That Make
Us Say “Wow” by University
Language Services
• American Style readers have ranked
Athens the No. 18 Mid-Sized City
in the 2010 annual Top 25 Arts
Destinations readers’ poll, and Athens
44 Athens Area Chamber of Commerce • w w w.athensga.com • 706.549.6800