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Raleigh Hailed as One of America’s Best Cities

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Recent studies conducted by Forbes.com and RelocateAmerica.com revealed that Raleigh, NC is one of the best places to live in America. Forbes ranked Raleigh No. 3 in terms of best places for business and careers, while Relocate America ranked it No. 8 for top overall cities.

Forbes ranked America’s cities based various categories. Raleigh ranked in the upper tier in the areas of: Cost of doing business, Crime rate, Economic growth projected, Educational attainment, Job growth, Net migration and Subprime mortgages. Raleigh also ranked No. 1 on the Most Wired Cities list for 2010.

Raleigh is North Carolina’s capital and has the vitality and energy of a major metropolitan area. But what really makes it unique is its small town, friendly feel. It has continuously been ranked as one of the most livable cities and one of the top places to live, work and play.

The city is occupied by nearly 400,000 people and maintains one of the most stable and established economies of all U.S. cities. This beautiful city offers many alluring areas to live along with spectacular public parks throughout the metropolitan neighborhoods. Its schools are some of the best in the nation as well.

There is no better place to live and work than Raleigh. Give me a call and I’ll be happy to show you around the city you’ll soon be calling home.

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Bringing Jobs to Raleigh at High Speed

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Jobs are coming to Raleigh, NC by high-speed train. Well, sort of.

Governor Bev Perdue recently announced that a high-speed rail project is expected to create or maintain 4,800 jobs in North Carolina. In addition, this new transportation mode will reduce traffic congestion and improved air quality.

“These rail projects are going to have far-reaching benefits for North Carolinians,” said Gov. Perdue. “They will put people to work while providing transportation, environmental and energy benefits through reduced congestion and improved air quality.”

The state of North Carolina is receiving $545 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for further development of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.

The corridor will include a 500-mile route from Charlotte, NC to Washington D.C. and will serve as a main street for East Coast travel. For business or leisure, the train will travel at an average of 86 mph, which allows patrons to get where they’re going fast!

Some of the projects will include improving stations, upgrading private crossings, constructing new highway bridges, purchasing and rebuilding locomotives and passenger cars and building more tracks.

The projects are located throughout the state of North Carolina, namely in Durham and Wake counties. Several of the projects will start within the next few months.

This is great news for the state of North Carolina – We look forward to seeing the economic and job boost.

For more information, go to www.bytrain.org.

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