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Article: Accolades nice, but Colorado Springs leaders focused on getting better

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Colorado Springs Business Journal
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March 16, 2007
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Folks who live in Colorado Springs might be getting a bit light- headed as of late - not because of the lack of oxygen at 6,000-plus feet but because of the abundance of statistical compliments that have come their way.

*Best place to live (Money Magazine)

*Third fittest city in the United States (Men's Fitness)

*Best place to chill (medium-size cities, Sperling's Best Places)

*Seventh best city to have a baby (Fit Pregnancy)

*Fourth smartest city (Bizjournals.com), 16th smartest city (CNNMoney.com)

*Ninth safest driving city (Allstate Insurance Co.)

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