What We Already Knew...Winston-Salem "Open for Business" according to Yahoo!

Great news from Yahoo! Real Estate! In the online article dated March 26, 2009 Raleigh and several other NC towns are listed as being very attractive to businesses. As the headline indicates, this is something that any of us that have lived in NC any length of time are well aware of. So in this 11th annual ranking of the Best Places for Business and Careers, Raleigh grabs the top spot, while Winston-Salem turns up #18. The study looks at job growth over the past five years and future projections. It also looks at living cost data and well as income growth and migration trends according to the Yahoo! article. The article goes on to state that these areas all have "high tech" investments which tend to be one of the first things that comes back once we begin to see economic recovery. Winston-Salem leads the nation in bio-technology research and is making waves in nano-technology.