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• Agilent Technologies is consolidating its 575 employees
  and 100 private contractors into a single building on its
  three-building, 116-acre campus at 1900 Garden of the
  Gods Road. More Information
  
  
• Colorado Springs ranked 4^th best city to live by Cities Ranked & Rated, 2nd Edition. Cities were ranked on the following 10 major criteria: economy and jobs; cost of living; climate; education; health and healthcare; crime; transportation; leisure; arts and culture and overall quality of life. More Information
  
  
• Expansion Management has rated Colorado Springs as a 5 star (top rating) Knowledge Worker Metro. Rankings compared all 362 MSAs in the area of college-education work force – scientists, engineers, medical doctors and others with graduate and post graduate degrees, providing the foundation for the knowledge sector economy. These communities share one common thread, the presence of one or more major research universities. More Information
  
  
• El Paso County ranked 5th for Midsize Counties for Recruitment & Attraction by Expansion Magazine. Rankings were based on the number of business establishments (headquarters, subsidiaries, independents) that relocated to another market during the most recent 8-year period that still survive today and the number of companies opened during the most recent 8-year period and still survive today, as a percent of all business establishments in the market.
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• Colorado Springs ranked 4^th in the 2007 Best Cities for Relocating Families by Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation for small metro areas (350,000 – 575,000 population). Metro areas were rated based on factors such as crime rate, cost of living, education, climate and housing market. Housing data evaluated ranged from affordability to property taxes and rate of appreciation. More Information