Minnesota's Top Ranked Eco Cities

ST. PAUL (ranked #4) & MINNEAPOLIS (ranked #19), MN

Voted in the Top 25 Greenest Cities in National Geographic's Green Guide, www.thegreenguide.com

MINNEAPOLIS (ranked #11) & ST. PAUL (ranked #12), MN

Voted in the Top 50 of America's Greenest Cities in Popular Science Magazine (February, 2008), www.popsci.com/environment

DULUTH, MN

Voted by Outside Magazine as a Top Ten Dream Town, outside.away.com

DULUTH-SUPERIOR, MN

Voted top ten clean air cities by the American Lung Association, www.lungusa.org

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Voted Top Ten of "America's Best Cities" in Outside Magazine, outside.away.com

MINNEAPOLIS & DULUTH, MN

Voted in Top 25 of "the Best Cities to Raise an Outdoor Kid" in Backpaker Magazine (August 2009), www.backpacker.com

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, MN

Voted Top Ten "Best Running Cities in America" in Runner's World (August 2004), www.runnersworld.com

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Voted in the Top 25 "Best Cities for Walking" and in the three for "Best Cities for Fitness Walkers," "Safest Cities for Walkers," and "Best Cities Families" in Prevention Magazine (2009), www.prevention.com

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Voted in the Top 10 for "Best Cities for the Outdoors" in Forbes Magazine (June 2008), www.ci.mpls.mn.us

CHANHASSEN, MN

Voted in the Top 10 "Best Small Cities to Live In" in CNN Money Magazine (2009), money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Ranked Second in Bike-Commuting Cities in the Census Bureau story in the Star Tribune (Sept. 25, 2009), www.startribune.com/local /61336467.html