Augusta Climbs List of Best-Performing Cities
12/8/2009
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The Augusta Chronicle
The Augusta metro area rose 39 spots in a California-based research group's annual ranking of best-performing cities.
Augusta moved from 121st in 2008 to 82nd in the Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best Performing Cities Index for 2009.
The index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. Components include job, wage and technology growth.
The category in which Augusta ranked the highest -- 23rd among large cities -- was one-year growth in high-tech output compared to gross domestic product. The area also scored well in five-year high-tech output and annual job growth.
