Here are a handful of quick facts from 2008 and 2009:

-Forbes ranked Bowling Green as No. 12 among the best small places for business and careers in the country for 2008.

-US News and World Report ranked Bowling Green High School in top 505 high schools nationwide – Bowling Green Daily News

-The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky at Western Kentucky University has been named to Newsweek’s 2009 list of “The Public Elites.”

-In the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings in “America’s Best Colleges 2009,”WKU is No. 10 among public master’s universities in the South.

-The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce was among 2008's Top 3 Chambers in the Nation (of its size) by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

-The Excellence Award for Best Website and the Excellence Award for Outstanding Membership Retention from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Executives. Check it out at www.bgchamber.com!

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