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The Employee Relocation Council is an industry group for corporate relocation and real estate management service providers. Founded in 1964, the council helps its members overcome the challenges of workforce mobility. Members come from many professions including human resources, recruiting, government, military, real estate, financial services, moving, counseling, and consulting.
Best Cities for Relocating Families focuses on the ease with which a family can move to a city and the ease of settling into a new life. Utilizing current data on 150 metropolitan statistical areas and encompassing nearly 50 factors important to relocating families, the report provides businesses, families, and the national media with one convenient resource for authoritative information. The study is conducted in collaboration with Bert Sperling’s BestPlaces.
New categories for 2008 include recent job growth, nearby top-ranked colleges, in-state tuition for four-year public colleges, population growth since 2000, pediatricians per 100,000, and a Green Living index. The final rankings represent one of the most sophisticated comparative research studies available on how location affects a family’s relocation success.
In October, ERC identified cities with the most to offer relocating singles. Buffalo ranked number 41. The study combined statistical profiles of the largest 100 U.S. metro areas with the quality-of-life priorities of unmarried professionals – criteria that directly impact the success of a professional relocation.
Primacy handles more than 43,000 relocations and global assignments annually, processing more than a billion dollars worth of transactions.
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flyguy
First sentence shouldnt it be 3rd best?
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WCPerspective
Yes, should have been 3rd best Fly. Corrected. Thanks!
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Marti
How very true...thanks for finding and posting this! It speaks to why we Buffalo Homecoming folks are so anxious to get people here on June 26-29 -- Buffalo Niagara has a great deal to offer both families and young professionals. It's the bad rap that puts people off. If we can just get them here, they fall in love.
Invite a few friends to come to Buffalo during the last weekend in June. It's easy and it's FREE at www.BuffaloHomecoming.com. Let's Bring Home the Herd!
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