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Calendar of Events, Fun Activities, Historical Articles
Calendar of Events- Ithaca area
Kitchen Theatre Company
Hangar Theatre
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"Ithaca is Among the Enlightened" (Utne Reader 1997)
Great Homes and Destinations - NYTimes Online
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Ithaca's many Top 10 listings
according to the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Best Middle-Class Housing Market - Yahoo Real Estate
Best Place to Retire - MSN/Smart Money Online
"America's Most Enlightened City", Utne Reader, May 1997.
"25 Terrific Places to Bring up a Family", Mothering Magazine, July/ August 2001.
"Best Fly Fishing Through North America", Fish and Fly Magazine, winter 2001.
"60 Best American Public Places", Utne Reader, January 2002.
"American Values-Where to Buy a Retirement Home", Smart Money Magazine, February 2002.
"100 Great Escapes: Top-10 Trips", Travel & Leisure Magazine, March/April 2002.
"Best Places to Vacation", Money Magazine, April 2002.
"America's Five Best Mountain Biking Towns", Bike Magazine, June 2002.
"Best Lesbian Places to Live-The Ten Lesbian Friendliest Cities in the USA", Girlfriends Magazine, November 2002.
"Best healthy city in the Northeast",Organic Style Magazine, September/October 2003.
"An artist-friendly alternative to New York and Los Angeles", By Susan M. Brackney in her book, “The No-so-Lost Soul Companion,”. Oct. 2002.
"Number-One Emerging City", in the book 'Cities Ranked and Rated'; by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander, 2004.
"12 Great Places to Retire", Kiplingers Personal Finance, March 2005, by Pat Mertz Esswein, Mary Beth Franklin and Magali Rheault.
"Ranked eighth in "50 Smart Places to Live", Kiplingers Personal Finance, June 2006, by Sean O'Neill
"Number-One City for Knowledge Workers, College Towns Are at the Heart of the Knowledge Sector Economy",
Expansion Management magazine, March/April 2006, by Bill King and Michael Keating.
"Ithaca ranked 17 nationwide among the 'Best Places for Business and Careers'", Forbes magazine, April 2006.
"Ithaca ranked among the '12 Hippest Hometowns for Vegetarians'", VegNews magazine, July/Aug. 2006.
"Ithaca ranked first in '12 Great Places You've Never Heard Of'", Mother Earth News magazine, July/Aug. 2006.
"Ithaca ranked second in 'Best Green Places to Live'", by Country Home magazine, April 2007
"Relocate America's Top 100 Places to Live", 2007
"Most Secure Places to Live - Small Towns", by Farmers Insurance study, December 2007
"Ithaca Schools ranked 2nd nationwide among metro areas under 500,000", by Expansion Management Magazine, December 2007
* Listings obtained from The Ithaca Journal.com and Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce



