What The Media Has to Say
About Corvallis!
Orange County Register:
" If I hit the jackpot tomorrow", writes
Gary Warner, in the Orange County Register," I'd quite the rat race and
move to Corvallis. You'd find me at the New Morning Bakery with a big mug of
coffee and a cinnamon roll, scanning the local real estate listings."
Life 2.0, How People Across
America are Transforming Their Lives by
Finding the Where of Their Happiness
(Book)...Corvallis is ranked as one of
America's Top 25 family friendly enclaves. "This category," the book explains,
"is designed for families and others in search of that Norman Rockwell hometown
feeling.
Corvallis one of only three
cities in the nation to be a "Green Power Community." Corvallis Gazette Times
Corvallis is one of only three cities
in the nation to meet the EPA's challenge to become a Green Power community. The
Renewable Energy Challenge called for the city to increase the purchase of
renewable energy to 15%. Corvallis is the first City on the West Coast to
receive this designation.
Men's Journal Magazine:
Men's Journal Magazine voted Corvallis
"the 8th best place in the nation to live"
Seattle Times:
Brier Dudley wrote in the Seattle Times,
"Corvallis is a country place with a collegiate feel that's also a high tech
center and a hippie haven."
Frommer's Travel Guides,
Cities Ranked & Rated:
Frommers' the top travel guide publisher
wrote: "Each city is ranked on 10 major criteria: Economy
& Jobs, Cost of
Living, Climate, Education, Health & Healthcare, Crime, Transportation, Leisure,
Arts & Culture and overall quality of life.
Corvallis ranked 10th of all cities of all sizes in the
nation."
Harvard Business Review:
The creativity index of the
February 2004 Harvard Business Review placed Corvallis 15th in the
nation for
creativity. "For a country or a region to achieve growth", says the Review, "it
must have three Ts: Technology, Talent and Tolerance. The national creativity
index is based on objective measures of these factors."
