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Colorado Now #8 best state to do business in!

We all know how beautiful Colorado is. The rocky mountains, the snow, the Bronco's! Last year the awards just kept coming in. #1 Best place to live Fort Collins Colorado. #5 best place to be in business. This year we fell to #8 best place to be in Business but top ten still works! I love it here! As a native i can tell you there is no place like home for Business or Pleasure!

Overall rank	2006 rank	State	Business Costs Rank¹	Labor Rank²	Regulatory Environment Rank³	Economic Climate Rank⁴	Growth Prospects Rank⁵	Quality of Life Rank⁶	Population	Gross State Product ($bil)	Five-Year Change (%)	Governor
1	1	Virginia	17	5	1	11	8	6	7,644,230	335	3.8	Tim Kaine
2	4	Utah	12	11	17	9	16	12	2,514,200	81	3.9	Jon Huntsman
3	3	North Carolina	6	22	2	27	5	30	8,783,550	336	3.9	Michael Easley
4	2	Texas	21	26	7	10	2	28	23,261,060	888	4.1	Rick Perry
5	12	Washington	33	4	5	16	4	32	6,369,300	256	4.4	Christine Gregoire
6	6	Idaho	11	10	30	3	23	27	1,462,790	45	4.1	C.L. Otter
7	9	Florida	31	15	12	1	3	35	18,138,140	616	4.1	Charlie Crist
8	5	Colorado	35	2	15	33	1	23	4,736,630	206	3.4	Bill Ritter
9	13	North Dakota	5	37	16	11	42	14	636,480	22	3.7	John Hoeven
10	14	Minnesota	32	13	19	23	26	1	5,171,890	224	2.1	Tim Pawlenty
11	8	Delaware	7	14	32	39	14	15	854,950	52	3.5	Ruth Ann Minner
12	11	Maryland	41	3	24	8	15	21	5,642,140	228	3.1	Martin O'Malley
13	20	Tennessee	3	39	13	15	21	37	6,011,440	215	4.2	Phil Bredesen
14	18	New Hampshire	39	1	42	14	13	5	1,320,830	54	7	John Lynch
15	10	Georgia	23	25	4	34	17	29	9,228,230	345	4.9	Sonny Perdue
16	22	Missouri	14	20	8	44	37	17	5,831,010	199	2.2	Matt Blunt

Don't take my word for it check out the article.

http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2007/07/10/washington-virginia-utah-biz-cz_kb_0711bizstates.html

Posted by Marcus Valdez on 07/12/2007 04:04 PM

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