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How is Athens Georgia Ranked by the Press?
“The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2009″ (1 of 3 Georgia cities along with Warner Robins and Marietta), Business Week, November 11, 2008.
University of Georgia named a “Best Value in Public Colleges” (#4 out of 100), Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, December 2008.
Five and Ten named one of “Georgia’s Top 10 Restaurants” by Georgia Trend (2008 Silver Spoon Awards, November 2008 issue)
University of Georgia’s mascot Uga VII named “Best College Mascot” by Fox Sports, October 2008.
“Best Sports Cities” (#51 out of 400), Sporting News
Ranked A “Top 25 Arts Destination” among midsized cities (#9) - AmericanStyle Magazine, June 2008 (ranked each year since 2002)
“Best Small Places for Business and Careers” (#13), Forbes, March 2008.
One of America’s 50 Greenest Cities (#33), Popular Science, February 2008.
Georgia’s second safest city, according to the 14th annual “City Crime Rankings,” CQ Press (a unit of Congressional Quarterly), November 2007
Five & Ten, named “Restaurant of the Year” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 2007
One of five ‘great college towns,” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance special Retirement Planning 2007 issue, “Attractions of a College Town,” Fall 2007
“Top 10 Most Popular Retirement Towns,” Topretirements.com, August 2007
Athens and AthFest recommended in 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die, by Patricia Schultz
Athens, Georgia: one of Lucky magazine’s five greatest unsung shopping locations
Readers’ Choice Award – ConventionSouth, December 2006
Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event – AthFest, June 2005, June 2006, and June 2007; Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival, March 2006 & March 2007
“Best College Town for Retirees” – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Nov. 2006
Ranked second safest city in Georgia, 136th safest in the country – Morgan Quitno Press, October 2006 (crime statistics analysis of cities with 75,000 or more people)
Ranked #2 “Best Long Weekend Escape” – GO, AirTran InFlight Magazine, October 2006
“Best Place to Recapture Your Youth” – Fortune magazine, June 26, 2006
Ranked #1 Small City for Relocating Families, 2005 and 2006, Worldwide Employee Relocation Council
Athens Ranks 34th Nationally in Quality-of-Life by ‘Cities Ranked & Rated’ at BestPlaces.net.
Best Veg-Friendly City Award (#9 in Small City category), GoVeg.com, March 2006
Top Five “Best Places to Retire 2005,” Money magazine, Oct. 11, 2005
One of seven “Cool Cities,” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Oct. 2005
“Top Small U.S. Metro Area,” 2005′s Best Cities for Relocating Families (study commissioned by Worldwide Employee Relocation Council, www.primacy.com)
“50 Best Places to Live” -Men’s Journal, Ranked 49 in May 2004, 30th in May 2005
Athens is “Live Music Central.” – The New York Times, 5/10/02
Top Ten “Great College Towns” – The Princeton Review, 2002
“Best Places to Retire” – Where to Retire – Winter, 1996; Spring, 2002
“Best Places to Live and Work in America” — Employment Review – June, 2002
Georgia’s “Most Enlightened City” – Utne Reader, April 1997
One of America’s “Top 15 Cities for Vegetarians” – Vegetarian Times – June, 1995
“Top 12 Places to Retire in America” – Your Money magazine – August, 1999
“The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America” (#81), John Villani, 1998
UGA’s Bulldog Mascot, Uga V: “Best Team Mascot” – Sports Illustrated – April, 1997
“Best Places to Live Now” – Top metropolitan area in Georgia, Money Magazine, 1991 and 1992
Founded
Clarke County was founded in 1801.
The city of Athens was chartered in 1806.
Size and Location
Georgia’s smallest county, at 122 square miles, is located 61 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Government
In 1991, the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County became the 28th consolidated city-county government in the U.S. and the third in Georgia.
Mayor: Heidi Davison, elected 2002; re-elected 2006
http://www.athensclarkecounty.com
Population
112,760 (2007 U.S. Census estimate, includes UGA students residing in Clarke Co.)
Industry According to Employment
- Government 29%
- Manufacturing 14%
- Retail Services and Tourism 23%
- Other Services 14%
- Health Care 12%
- Finance / Insurance / Real Estate 3%
- Wholesale Trade 3%
(Source: Georgia Department of Labor, Clarke County Labor Profile.)
Tourism Work$ for Athens-Clarke County
- Hotel/motel tax: 7%
- Sales tax: 7%
- Athens has 21 hotels with 2,045 rooms.
- Tourism expenditures for 2006 contributed $198.84 million to Athens- Clarke County’s economy, generated 2,400 jobs and supported a $43.16 million payroll.
- Visitors to Georgia spent $17.7 billion in 2006, directly supporting 219,300 jobs and adding $1.34 billion in state and local tax revenue.
- Tourism saves each Georgia household $367 in taxes on the local and state level.
- Each motorcoach of travelers that overnights in Athens spends an estimated $156 per person, per night.
- In 2006, the Athens Welcome Center greeted 12,034 visitors from 51 different countries and made 3,878 referrals for lodging, food, shopping, and attractions.
- In FY 07, the Athens CVB distributed 160,000+ brochures to individuals, hotels, and other welcome centers. www.visitathensga.com has had over 1.6 million page views, and averaged 60,000 visits each month.
Statistics and Facts thanks to the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is funded primarily by hotel and motel tax and functions as a destination management agency promoting Athens as the destination of choice for travelers and conventions.
More facts and figures are available at:
Subdivision Map of the Greater Athens Area Including Oconee County.
About hankbailey
Member of the Athens Area Association of REALTORS®, Georgia Association of REALTORS®, and the National Association of REALTORS®. I grew up in Athens and graduated from UGA with a BBA from the Terry College. I serve as a Residential Real Estate Listing and Buyer Services through Prudential Georgia, one of the largest real estate companies in the State of Georgia. Working with first time home buyers, step-up buyers, and Relocations in Jackson, Barrow, Oconee, and Athens-Clarke Counties.
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Represents Prudential Georgia Property Management in the acquisition and marketing of properties for lease in the Greater Athens area.
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