Charlottesville Named Happiest City in the Nation
According to some Harvard University researchers, Charlottesville, VA is the HAPPIEST CITY in the nation. Here’s a little bit of insight as to why! HAPPIEST CITY
Keeping up with all of Charlottesville’s recgonition and accolades across the nation keeps us busy, but here is a list of just some of the things that have been attriuted to our great City.
According to some Harvard University researchers, Charlottesville, VA is the HAPPIEST CITY in the nation. Here’s a little bit of insight as to why! HAPPIEST CITY
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This is a great video produced by a local UVa law student here in town. Great overview of all that Charlottesville has to offer and the rich lifestyle that so many are drawn to!
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As someone who doesn’t really often watch the Oscar’s, one of the great parties of the year last year in Charlottesville was Oscar Night America at the Paramount. Tonight the event takes place again, and tickets are still on sale for $45. To benefit the VA film festival and the Paramount Theatre, Oscar Night is officially sanctioned by the Academy
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The University of Virginia has received yet another world-wide ranking in the eyes of Forbes Magazine; it is amongst their list of most beautiful college campuses in the world. From the Forbes website; Charlottesville, Va. Thomas Jefferson said his proudest achievement was creating this campus in 1819. Jefferson believed that real learning could only happen in an “academical village” setting,
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From the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce September 30 ChamberBits Newsletter; “Darden Ranks #7 in The Nation for Entrepreneurship The 2010 Princeton Review Ranking for Entrepreneur Magazine places Darden in the top of the class for graduate studies. Over $1 Million in entrepreneurship scholarships awarded annually; recently unveiled i.Lab rooted in multi-disciplinary thinking. Academics complemented by unwavering commitment to experience-based
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This is a cute “ranking” but is based on a ton of data that isn’t really all that conclusive, however, I’ll take it! … “#48, University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Campus dining: B Campus housing: B- Nightlife: B Graduate indebtedness (avg.): $19,016 Freshman retention rate: 97% Total clubs/organizations: 530 Sunny days: 59%” [From The 100 Happiest Colleges – The Daily Beast ]
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University of Virginia Men’s Tennis, Men’s Lacrosse, Men’s Baseball- all #1 Ranked as of March 28! It’s quite a feat to have a #1 ranked team here locally, or even 2-3 in the same year from the same school, but right now, U.Va. is boasting three #1 ranked teams all at once! It’s a great time to take the opportunity
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Thanks to the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce for this nice summary of recent rankings for the City of Charlottesville! I’ve elaborated on many of these and tried to catalogue them here already on the Charlottesville Rankings page , but I definitely missed a few along the way and will be adding more to the page soon! … From the January 21 Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce ChamberBits Newsletter; Recent other acknowledgements for the City of Charlottesville include:
4th Best Place to Live in the Country – Kiplinger’s Magazine 2009 Best Place to Launch a Business – Fortune Magazine 2009 11th Best Town to Find a Job – Forbes Magazine 2009 One of the 30 Coolest Neighborhoods, Belmont – Men’s Health Magazine 2009 18th Safest Mid-Sized Cities in the Country (populations between 150,000 and 500,000), Farmers Insurance 2009 AARP, Top 10 Healthiest Places to Retire, 2008 Best Places to Retire, Black Enterprise Magazine , 2nd in 2008 Best City for Living and Launching a Business by Fortune and Money Magazines – 18th Place in 2008. Best Small Market for Business by Forbes Magazine – 9th Place in 2008.
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Thanks to Tom Sellman with C&F Mortgage for this great find! Men’s Journal Magazine February 2010 Volume 19, Number 1 According to Men’s Journal Magazine, Charlottesville is competitive on the following items; Local Farms Short Commutes Sidewalks Low Pollution Green Spaces Good Weather The other top ranking cities were; Iowa City, IA Boulder, CO (we are often compared to this city) Logan, UT Northampton, MA
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The Blue Ridge Outdoors January Issue “Best of the Outdoors” article highlights several beautiful areas in Charlottesville. This article is reader voted- polling readers from Baltimore to Atlanta to pick their favorites of the Blue Ridge. Here are a few of the places that Charlottesville was competitive; Favorite Section of the Blue Ridge Parkway; Humpback Rock voted #3! … (biggest waterfall East of the Mississippi)- Nelson County Best Ski Runs in the Blue Ridge; Wintergreen Resort Cliffhanger mile long run voted #2! … Check out the full video interview of Tom Daly, from Blue Ridge Outdoors on the Newsplex website here and be sure to read the full article at the Blue Ridge Outdoors website here !
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The University of Virginia always seems to fare pretty well in this review, but we have once again been ranked high nationwide based on cost versus value. … We start with data from more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities, provided by Peterson’s/Nelnet, then add our own reporting. We narrow the list to about 120 schools based on measures of academic quality — including SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and four- and six-year graduation rates, which most schools reported for the class entering in 2002. … To assess costs, we look at total expenses for in-state students (tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and books); the average cost for a student with need after subtracting grants (but not loans); the average cost for a student without need after subtracting non-need-based grants; the average percentage of need met by aid; and the average debt per student before graduation. … To determine out-of-state rankings, we run the academic-quality and expense numbers again, this time using total costs for out-of-state residents and average costs after aid.”
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We all know that the John Paul Jones Arena is hugely successful and has brought lots of great attention and activity to Charlottesville, but it doesn’t hurt to have Sports Illustrated agree!
… BEST NEW ARENA: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Va. The University of Virginia spent $140 million to build John Paul Jones Arena, which opened in 2006. The arena is a perfect size (capacity 14,593), includes state-of-the-art practice, training and academic facilities, and it blends perfectly into UVA’s stately campus. [From Tyler Hansbrough, Jonny Flynn shaped decade in college hoops – 2000s: The Decade in Sports – SI.com ] Photo Credit: Wikipedia Creative Commons
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