Best Performing Cities

Raleigh has recently been named the #2 Best Performing City by the Milken Institute. You can see that Wilmington came in at #6.


On a side note, in the Small Metro category, Burlington, North Carolina came in at #57. Burlington is not too far from where I grew up. I'm sure in the Super Small Metro division, Mebane was #1.

Here's a little more about what the cities were judged on...

The Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary and technology growth.

The Best Performing Cities ranking depicts those U.S. metropolitan areas that are recording the top economic performance.

HT: Marlow

Raleigh Bike Plan

Do you ride a bike? Or, do you know someone that rides a bike?

Do you live in Raleigh? Or, do you know someone that lives in Raleigh?

If you answered 'Yes/Yeah/Uh.../Maybe/Yayer/Si' or anything else closely resembling an affirmative, then you have an opportunity to make life better for bike riders in Raleigh.

The City of Raleigh Bike Plan is in the final planning stages and and your input is desired and would be greatly appreciated. The City of Raleigh has hired Greenways Inc. "to conduct extensive fieldwork, evaluating the current bicycling conditions and creating a Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS) for Raleigh roadways. The goal of the inventory and analysis will be to identify gaps in the bicycle network and opportunities for bicycle facility development."

Part of their process is to allow residents and others to provide input via an online survey. The online survey is available now through October 3, 2008. You can find the survey and more information on the Raleigh Bike Plan here. Click the Comment Form link in the upper right hand corner of the page to take the survey.