Rankings & Recognition
- Rivers & Spires Festival Awarded Silver Grand Pinnacle Award by International Festival & Event Association, Fall 2012
- Rivers & Spires Festival named a TOP 20 Event by Southeast Tourism Society, Spring 2011
- Montgomery County Earns Three Star Certification by the State of Tennessee, 2011
- 8th in Low Cost Manufacturing Centers with less than 500,000 in population according to Business Facilities Magazine’s 2010 State Ranking Report
- 10th in Top 10 Metro Best Cost of Living for cities with less than a 350,000 population according to Business Facilities Magazine’s 2010 State Ranking Report
- Ranked #4 nationwide for Alternative Energy Industry Leaders by Business Facilities Magazine’s 2010 State Ranking Report
- Best Place in Tennessee To Raise Your Kids; Business Week Magazine, 2010
- Business Facilities Magazine Silver Award for 2009 Economic Deal of the Year
- 9th Fastest Growing City in the nation, U.S. Census Bureau, July 2008
- 10th Fastest Growing Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the nation, U.S. Census Bureau, March 2008
- Clarksville was singled out as the most promising real estate appreciation market in the country, Fiserv, January 2008
- Rivers and Spires Festival awarded Gold Grand Pinnacle, International Festival & Events Association, 2007
- Top Small Metro for Recruitment & Attraction, Expansion Management, July 2007
- Ranked #9 for 2006 Best Cities for Relocating Families in the mid-sized metro market, Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation, May 2006
- Ranked #4 in US as Most Affordable City by CNN Money, March 2006
- One of the SouthÃs Top 10 Places with Plenty of Talented Labor, Southern Business & Development, Spring 2006
- Ranked # 20 as a 2005 Best Performing City in the country’s 200 largest metros, Milken Institute, February 2006
- Rivers & Spires Festival named a TOP 100 Event by American Bus Association, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009
