Lynchburg and the surrounding area have been recognized by Forbes Magazine once again, as one of the United States’ Top 50 Best Places for Business and Careers. The Lynchburg region was ranked 49th, which beat out urban areas like Richmond, Roanoke, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston. Lynchburg also ranked 45th in the nation for low-cost business environment.
This important distinction is due to Lynchburg’s low-cost business environment and innovative core industry clusters of energy, technology and health care, bolstered by quality higher education institutions.
Marjette Upshur, Lynchburg’s Director of Economic Development, stated that in the past seven months the office of economic development has successfully competed against other states to secure business expansions in Lynchburg that created 457 new jobs and fostered more than $36M in new capital investment.
As you can see in this post and the recent posts on, CNBC Ranks Virginia as Top Business State for 2011 and Lynchburg Schools Make The Country’s Top Public High Schools List, Lynchburg truly is the City of Opportunity! Who wouldn’t want to live here in Lynchburg?