Portland Creative Conference

Here are just a few of the kudos given to Portland recently (courtesy of list created for Inverge: the interactive convergence conference):

• A Top 12 travel destination in the world for 2007 (Frommer’s Travel Guide)
• 2008 Distinctive Destination – one of 12 cities chosen in the United States (National Trust for Historic Preservation) 2008
• Best U.S. airport for business travelers (Conde Nast Traveler) 2007 & 2006
• #1 Greenest City in America for 2008 (Popular Science magazine)
• Top 10 Cities to Beat / “Portland: Leader of the New Urbanism” (BusinessWeek) 2008
• Top 10 Cities for Independent Moviemakers (MovieMaker Magazine) 2008
• Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Community (League of American Bicyclists) 2008
• Best place to live in the U.S. (Men’s Journal magazine) 2006
• #1 America’s most sustainable big cities (SustainLane.com) 2006
• #1 Best Cities in America in which to Have a Baby (Fit Pregnancy magazine) 2008
• A Fast 30 City – Green Leader (Fast Company magazine) 2007
• America’s Best Eating Destination (The Food Network) 2007
• #5 most walkable city in the U.S. (Brookings Institute) 2007
• Cleanest U.S. city (Reader’s Digest) 2005
• Best U.S. city for walkers (Prevention magazine) 2006
• Best U.S. city for cyclists (Bicycling magazine) 2006
• Best U.S. city for seniors (Bankers Life and Casualty Co.) 2005
• Best U.S. city for dogs (Dog Fancy magazine) 2006
• Most courteous drivers in the U.S. (AutoVantage Club Members) 2007
• #2, Greenest Cities in the World (Grist Magazine: Environmental News & Commentary) 2007
• #2  10 Greenest Cities in America (MSN.com City Guides) 2007
• #2  Healthiest U.S. cities (Cooking Light magazine) 2007
• #3 Top City in the U.S. (Cities Ranked & Rated, Wiley Publishing) 2007
• #3 Top 10 Cities for Independent Moviemakers (MovieMaker Magazine) 2006
• #8 Top 10 underrated cities in U.S. and Canada (MSNBC) 2007
• #9 Top 25 Fittest Cities in the U.S. (Men’s Fitness magazine) 2007
• #10 Best Arts City in America (American Style magazine) 2006
• One of the world’s nine most successful cities (European Institute for Urban Affairs) 2006
• One of the 10 Greenest Cities in America (Move.com) 2007
• One of the 10 Best Places to Retire – Hillsboro, a Portland suburb (US News & World Report) 2007
• One of the 20 most inventive U.S. cities (The Wall Street Journal) 2006
• One of the 10 New American Dream Towns (Outside magazine) 2005
• America’s 10 Best Places to Live and Work for Those Under 40 (Monster.com) 2005
• Top 10 Best Walking Cities (American Podiatric Medical Association) 2005