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The most visited homepage for the world’s business leaders recently released its 2009 listings of the best places for jobs, business and careers. | Based on job growth over the past year in 333 regions across the United States, Forbes.com ranks Shreveport-Bossier City as the eighth “Best Mid-Sized American City for Jobs” an impressive jump of 51 spots since last year’s ranking. | 2009 Forbes ranking: # 8 | 2008 Forbes ranking: #59 | Joel Kotkin, Forbes analyst and executive director of newgeography.com says the economic and job stability of Shreveport-Bossier’s natural gas industry and accessible port will help it survive the recession. Forbes.com identifies the Port of Shreveport-Bossier and low utility rates as a link between regional businesses and domestic and international markets. | For the first time, Forbes also ranks Shreveport-Bossier among the country’s top 100 mid-sized cities as one of the “Best Places for Business and Careers” another significant increase of 69 points over last year. |
2009 Forbes.com ranking: # 93
| 2008 Forbes.com ranking: #162
| “To break the top 100 is quite significant,” says Shreveport Mayor Cedric B. Glover. What Forbes is seeing is the commitment and unyielding hard work of city leaders, business leaders and our citizens to make Shreveport-Bossier a more attractive and valuable place to live and prosper. In spite of what’s happening in the national business and career markets, this is a clear indication that we as a region are meeting the challenges head-on and investing in ourselves and our infrastructure to position ourselves to become The Next Great City of the South.”
| “The Forbes ranking is certainly good news for our area, given the country’s current economic climate,” says Bossier City Mayor Lorenz Walker. “It’s an indication of how our diverse job market and business friendly environment is helping our area weather the storm during economic hard times.”
| Forbes.com rounds out its 2009 rankings surveying the overall job market and for the first time pegs the river-cities at thirty-third, listing Shreveport-Bossier among the top 40 mid-sized “Best Cities for Job Growth” again, charting a momentum in rankings from 2008.
| 2009 Forbes.com ranking: #33
| 2008 Forbes.com ranking: #51
| “We will continue to work diligently with our partners at the Northwest Louisiana Economic Development Foundation, Biomedical Research Foundation, Bossier City, the Port and others to provide the environment that will allow our local businesses to survive these tough times and position our area to take full advantage of the business and economic opportunities that a recognition such as this can bring,” says Mayor Glover. “We should all be encouraged that the Forbes rankings show we definitely have something to build upon.”
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