A recent sampling:

2011 Accolades for Portland

• No. 1, “Best Cities for Public Transportation” – U.S. News & World Report (February 2011)
• No. 2, “America’s Top Foodie Cities” – CNBC.com (January 2011)



2010

• Portland International Airport ranks No. 1 in Zagat Airline Survey – CNN.com (November 2010)
• "Why Portland Is America's New Food Eden" – TIME magazine (November 2010)
• Portland International Airport ranked No. 2 in the nation for on-time departures in 2009 and the first eight months of 2010 – U.S. Department of Transportation, as reported by The Oregonian (October 2010)
• No. 2, "America's Top 10 Safest Cities"– Forbes (October 2010)
• Portland International Airport voted No. 1 domestic airport by business travelers – Condé Nast Traveler (October 2010)
• Portland's Waterfront Loop named one of "America's Coolest Riverwalks" – Travel + Leisure (August 2010)
• Portland named one of the "U.S. & Canada's Best Places to Eat" – Food & Wine (August 2010)
• Portland "best tax city for travelers" – USA TODAY (August 2010)
• No. 1, "Top 3 Green Destinations" – Corporate Meetings & Incentives (July 2010)
• No. 2, "Top Sustainable U.S. Metros" – Site Selection magazine (July 2010)
• No. 1, "America's Best Cities for Summer Travel" – Travel + Leisure (June 2010)
• No. 2, "America's Top 10 Most Underrated Cities" – ShermansTravel.com (June 2010)
• No. 1, "The World's Best Street Food" – Budget Travel (May 2010)
• No. 2, "BeerCity USA" 2010 Poll – Examiner.com (May 2010)
• Portland is the only U.S. city named one of the "Best Beer Cities in the World" – Lonely Planet community blog (May 2010)
• No. 5, Best Food City in America – Budget Travel Readers' Choice Awards (April 2010)
• Oregon's Willamette Valley named No. 5 Most Beautiful Wine Region in the World – Budget Travel Readers' Choice Awards (April 2010)
• Portland International Airport named No. 6 Favorite Major Domestic Airport – Budget Travel Readers' Choice Awards (April 2010)
• No. 2, "Best Bike Cities in America" – Bicycling magazine (April 2010)
• No. 2, "Time-Saving Cities" – RealSimple.com (March 2010)
• Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton metro area named No. 1 Green City – American City Business Journals (March 2010)
• No. 6, "Top 10 girlfriend getaway destinations in the United States"– TripAdvisor (March 2010)
• "Great Bike-Friendly Cities"– National Geographic Traveler (March 2010)



2009

• World's Top 10 Biking Cities — Travel + Leisure (July 2009)
• No. 1, "5 of the Greenest Cities in the World to Visit" — TreeHugger.com (June 2009)
• No. 1, "Nation's Most Courteous Drivers" – AutoVantage (June 2009)
• No. 3, "Least Wasteful Cities in America" – Nalgene Outdoor (June 2009)
• No. 11, "Top 25 Arts Destinations in America" – AmericanStyle (June 2009)
• One of the "Top 10 Cat-friendly Cities in America" — CATalyst Council (April 2009)
• No. 6, "Fittest Cities in America" – Men's Fitness (February 2009)
• No. 2, "America's Best Airports 2008" – MSN.com (January 2009)

2008

• "Gold Service Award" for CVB excellence / induction into M&C's Gold Awards Hall of Fame - Meetings & Conventions magazine (November 2008)
• "20 Best Places to Retire" - Black Enterprise Magazine (October 2008)
  Portland International Airport named "Nation's Best Airport" for the third year in a row - Condé Nast Traveler magazine (September 2008)
• No. 1, "Most eco-friendly big cities in America" - SustainLane.com (September 2008)
• No. 5, "Top 10 Cities for Design in America" - BusinessWeek / RMJM Hillier (July 2008)
• No. 1, "Best Gay Cities in America" - Gay and Lesbian International News Network (July 2008)
• Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Community designation (one of only two cities in the United States to currently hold this rating) - League of American Bicyclists (May 2008)
• No. 5, "Top Cities for Architecture and Design" - Independent survey conducted by New York-based RMJM Hillier, the North American division of the worldwide architecture firm RMJM, ranking the top 10 American cities leading the way in design policy and practice.
• No. 25 "World's Most Livable Cities" (one of only two U.S. cities listed) - Monocle (UK-based magazine)
• No. 2 "Top 25 Green Cities in America" - Country Home (March 2008)
• No. 5 "America's 10 Cleanest Cities" - Forbes.com (March 2008)
• No. 1 "Greenest City in America" — Popular Science (February 2008)
• No. 1 "Best Cities in America in which to Have a Baby" — Fit Pregnancy magazine (February/March 2008)
• No. 5, "Fittest Cities in America" - Men's Fitness (February 2008)
• 2008 Distinctive Destination (one of 12 cities chosen in the United States) — National Trust for Historic Preservation (February 2008)
• "Top 10 Cities for Independent Moviemakers" — MovieMaker Magazine (Winter 2008)
• Top 10 Cities to Beat / "Portland: Leader of the New Urbanism" — BusinessWeek (January 2008)

2007

• No. 1, Cityscape / No. 1, "Environmental Awareness" - CNN/Travel + Leisure (October 2007)
• No. 2, "10 Greenest Cities in America" - MSN.com City Guides
  Portland ranks first in nation for biking to work: The U.S. Census Bureau finds that more people bike to work in Portland than any other city in the United States.
• America's "Best Eating Destination" — The Food Network (April 2007)
• No. 9, "Top 25 Fittest Cities in the United States" — Men's Fitness (February 2007)
• No. 2, Cooking Light's 20 Best Cities Awards — Cooking Light (January-February 2007)
• One of the World's Top Travel Destinations for 2007 — Frommer's Guidebooks/Frommer's.com (January)

2006

• Portland was No. 1 on SustainLane.com's 2006 list of America's most sustainable big cities. No. 1, "Most sustainable big cities in America" - SustainLane.com (June 2006)
• "Top 10 Cities for Independent Moviemakers" — MovieMaker magazine (Winter 2006)
• Oregon named "Top Dog in the USA " for mountain biking — Annual International Mountain Biking Association's "Report Card" (Winter 2006)
• Visiting Asia Without Crossing the Pacific in Portland, Ore. — New York Times (December)
• Frommer's Top Travel Destinations for 2007 — (November)
• No. 10 Best Arts City in America — AmericanStyle (June)
• Best Place to Live in the U.S. — Men's Journal (April)
• "Welcome to the playland for adults." — Men's Journal (April)
• Best Walking Town in America — Prevention (April)
• Best Cycling City in the U.S. — Bicycling (March)
• No. 3, "Top 10 Cities for Independent Moviemakers" — MovieMaker magazine (Winter)
• "Rare Gay Destinations, First Stop: Portland" — Cybersocket (August)

2005

• "In Oregon's metropolis, the arts, night life and fashion are thriving." — The New York Times (November)
• "Newsflash: When we weren't looking, Portland got hip." — San Francisco Chronicle (October)
• "For a place its size, there might be no better eating city in the world than food-obsessed Portland." — Sky (October)
• "The sweet smell of meetings success" — Meetings West (October)
• "The offerings of Portland provide a crash course in cool..." — Cottage Living (September)
• "One of 18 Perfect Towns that have it all: Hip, smart and packed with adventure." — Outside (August)
• Portland is "...so green you could serve it as a side dish." — Outside (August)
• "Three Perfect Days in Portland" — Hemispheres (August)
• "Can a Place Be Too Perfect?" — Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel (July/August)
• "America's Cleanest City" — Reader's Digest (July)
• No. 2 in U.S. for Sustainable Cities — SustainLane.com (June)
• No. 15 on the list of America's "Top 25 Arts Destinations" — AmericanStyle magazine (Spring)
• "Top 10 Best Walking Cities for 2005" — American Podiatric Medical Association (March)
• "America's 10 Best Places to Live and Work for Those Under 40" — Monster.com (January)