Awards & Recognitions Public Information Handout Copyrighted
March 6, 2017
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 3.
ITEM TITLE: Awards & Recognitions
SUMMARY: City Manager transmitting a list of awards and recognitions
received by the City of Dubuque.
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10th Best-Performing Small Metro 14th in the nation
"Dubuque climbed three spots to break into the Top 10. The in Forbes' annual "Best Small
secrets to its success are five-year high-tech GDP growth and
improvements in one-and five-yearjob and wage growth." Places for Business and Careers."
MILKEN INSTITUTE
CHANGING THE WORLD IN INNOVATI—a 2013 Top Metro By Number �'
of Projects
Tied for#1 in the U.S. in 2013 for metro
areas with under 200,000 population
JOB GROWTH SI50th of 179
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Dubuque County: 3.2% of Iowa's population small cities for the
Cost of Doing Business
2009-2015: 6.5% of Iowa's employment growth
(Data Sc-Iowa Work/once Development)
One of the 10 Best American Cities
to Work in Technology
Ranking based on pay for tech workers,percentage of tech workers in the workforce
(representing high levels of opportunity in the field),and low cost of living indices.
Tech workers in Dubuque make 1.86 times more than the city average,
the highest ratio on this top 10 list.
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Smart -NNECTED
#7 among the One of the seven (11Y
Top 3� "Most Connected
Locales"
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Recognizes communities whose
Dub citizens work together to identify
***** and tackle community-wide
challenges and achieve uncommon
results.
• Awarded by the National Civic
League
2007 12012 1201 • Nation's most prestigious and
oldest civic recognition program
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USA Weekend
Named the 7th in the nation
"Most Livable" Small in Forbes' annual
City in the United States
as part of the U.S.Conference of Mayors Livability Awards
Program. "Best Small PIaces"
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One of the
Best Small City "10 Great Places
to Raise a Family to Live"
Kilin er One of the world's
p 9 "Smart 21 Communities"
One of just 5 U.S.communities on the list
Dubuque Ranks #5 -
"In elligen Community Forum.
for Resiliency
Ranked 5th out of 361 cities nationwide in a study of resiliency capacity that
evaluates a community's economic capacity to bounce back
from adversity,strength of demographics,and community connectivity.
Named to RelocateAmerica.com's list of
"Top 100 Places to Live"
Communities with visionary leaders, improving
10th or or thriving economies including housing,and realization
of"green"initiatives.
Small City in the U.S.
#12 out of 50
"Most Exciting
Small Cities in America"
Dubuque's economy was the fastest-growing International Awards for
in Iowa in 2012 and the 27th fastest nationally. Livable Communities (LivCom)
Its economy grew 5.1% in 2012 over 2011,
more than double the national average. Third Place, Gold Community
(20,000-75,000 Population Category)
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1.Songdo,South Korea
Named one of the 2.Lavasa,India
10 Smartest 3.PlanIT Valley,Portugal
4,Skolkovo,Russia
Cities on the 5.Masdar,United Arab Emirates
6.Wuxi,Abdullah
Planet Kin
7.King Abdullah Economic City,Saudi Arabia
8. Dubuque, Iowa
FASTCMPAW 8.Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
10.Nano City,India