Kiplinger ranks Boise as nation's 4th best city to live, work and play
Amy Becker, a financial writer for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, discovered the city of Eagle when she traveled to Boise recently to write a profile about Idaho’s capital city for its top 10 ranking of the Best Cities in which to Live, Work and Play. Boise was ranked No. 4 nationwide.
When Ms. Becker spoke with Eagle resident Lloyd Mahaffey, a former technology executive who is bullish on Eagle becoming a grape-growing region capable of producing fine wines, he revealed the city’s potential. He is developing a community with 10 homes designed in a similar fashion to Italian villas, with each one having their own 4-acre vineyard.
M3 Eagle is also contemplating the development of vineyards as part of a 6,005-acre master-planned community in the Eagle Foothills. Overall, the Kiplinger’s report puts Boise in the national spotlight as a great place to live, work and play, which will cause more favorable publicity for the area and potentially encourage people to move to the area. .
Boise’s No. 4 ranking by Kiplinger’s came just a few months after Forbes ranked Boise as the second-best place to start a business and a career, and the seventh Up-and-Coming High Tech City. The full Kiplinger's story will be out in the magazine’s July edition.
Ms. Becker wrote in Kiplinger’s that, “Mahaffey moved to the former farming town in 2004, hoping to find a laid-back place where his kids could hunt and play tennis while he dabbled in winemaking and developed real estate.”
Mahaffey told her, “When you first arrive, you have to downshift and adjust to a more relaxed pace.”
Kiplinger’s team of experts looked at factors such as population growth, percentage of workforce in the “creative” class, income growth and cost of living in coming up with their top 10 list. The creative class consists of scientists, engineers, educators, writers, artists, entertainers and others, who add economic and cultural influence to a city and make it a great place to live.
For more information, please click on the Kiplinger’s article:
http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-boise.html
When Ms. Becker spoke with Eagle resident Lloyd Mahaffey, a former technology executive who is bullish on Eagle becoming a grape-growing region capable of producing fine wines, he revealed the city’s potential. He is developing a community with 10 homes designed in a similar fashion to Italian villas, with each one having their own 4-acre vineyard.
M3 Eagle is also contemplating the development of vineyards as part of a 6,005-acre master-planned community in the Eagle Foothills. Overall, the Kiplinger’s report puts Boise in the national spotlight as a great place to live, work and play, which will cause more favorable publicity for the area and potentially encourage people to move to the area. .
Boise’s No. 4 ranking by Kiplinger’s came just a few months after Forbes ranked Boise as the second-best place to start a business and a career, and the seventh Up-and-Coming High Tech City. The full Kiplinger's story will be out in the magazine’s July edition.
Ms. Becker wrote in Kiplinger’s that, “Mahaffey moved to the former farming town in 2004, hoping to find a laid-back place where his kids could hunt and play tennis while he dabbled in winemaking and developed real estate.”
Mahaffey told her, “When you first arrive, you have to downshift and adjust to a more relaxed pace.”
Kiplinger’s team of experts looked at factors such as population growth, percentage of workforce in the “creative” class, income growth and cost of living in coming up with their top 10 list. The creative class consists of scientists, engineers, educators, writers, artists, entertainers and others, who add economic and cultural influence to a city and make it a great place to live.
For more information, please click on the Kiplinger’s article:
http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2008/05/2008-best-city-boise.html
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