Forbes named Minneapolis the 8th-best city for young professionals in July 2007
US News and World Report ranked Minneapolis the most literate city in America in December 2008
Minneapolis Saint Paul is the 4th in the nation for small business, according to a study published in January 2006 and conducted by American City Business Journals
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked Minneapolis 2nd in their 2006 list of 50 “Smart Cities,” based on the business industry, affordability and livability
Minneapolis was named 1 of 10 of "America's Smartest Cities"
TECHNOLOGY INFO
Minneapolis tourism site ranked 8th out of 758 North American CVBs by Meetings & Conventions magazine
CONVENTIONS
The National Association for Consumer Shows named Minneapolis Boat Show the best consumer show of 2007
Minneapolis Convention Center was ranked in the top-15- most eco-friendly convention centers in the nation by Expo
Trade Show Executive named the Minneapolis Convention Center one of the world's top convention centers
AIRPORT AWARDS
NWA airlines
A
survey in 2005 by travelers from around the world ranked the Minneapolis/St.
Paul International Airport 20th in the world, the highest-ranking
airport in North America
QUALITY OF LIFE DISTINCTIONS
Woman walking around the lakes
According to Cooking Light Minneapolis ranks #4 in best cities for living well and eating good (2007)
Forbes Magazine named Minneapolis the fifth cleanest city in the world in 2007
Minneapolis was ranked 2nd-best in the nation for recycling in a national survey by BioCycle magazine and Columbia University's Earth Engineering
Women's Health magazine rated Minneapolis the 10th best city for men to live in (2008)
Minneapolis was rated one of the cities with the most courteous drivers in the country in a survey by AutoVantage
Homestore.com named Minneapolis 1 of "The Top 10 Greenest Cities in America," one reason being that 60% of downtown workers get to work some other way than driving alone
Minneapolis ranked number 1 in 2005 as the "City
That Watches the Least TV," according
to Men's Fitness magazine
SustainLane ranked Minneapolis the 7th greenest metro in the nation (2008)
Award by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2005
Named 6th smartest state by Morgan Quitno Press (2005-2006)
ARTS AND CULTURE NEWS
The Guthrie Theater
In 2007, GQ magazine named Minneapolis among the 7-best art cities (you've never heard of)
3 Minneapolis theaters have won Tony Awards: Guthrie
Theater, The Children’s
Theatre Company and Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Local theaters called
one of the “most interesting tourist attraction[s]
in America, " according to travel guru Arthur Frommer
In 2007, AmericanStyle magazine ranked Minneapolis as the 10th mid-size arts destination city
SHOPPING TIDBITS
Mall of America is the largest enclosed mall in
the U.S.
Southdale was the first enclosed mall in the U.S.
There is no sales
tax on clothes or shoes in Minnesota
RECREATION HONORS
Biking around the Grand Rounds
Minneapolis was named the 3rd-fittest city in the nation by Men's Fitness magazine in January 2009
More golfers per capita than any city in the country
More public tennis
courts per capita than any other city in the country
Home to The
Grand Rounds, one of the only national scenic byways located entirely
in an urban area
WEATHER FACTS
Annual precipitation average is 29.4 inches
Average high temperature in
January is 22° Fahrenheit
Average high temperature in July is 82° Fahrenheit
“Minneapolis
turned out to be a great location for us. We broke every record
we ever had – from registrations to exhibit booths to fundraising.
And the attendees just seemed so happy.”
Mary Ellen K. Davis
Association of College & Research Libraries
A "Top Destination" 
