Bellevue, Voted by Fortune as BEST Place to Live and Launch a Business
Winners were announced today on CNN, where the best places in the country were to live and launch a business. Out of the best 100 cities that were listed, Bellevue, WA was on the very top of that list as the #1 place to “Live and Launch!”
The rankings were based on the following: affordable housing, plentiful leisure activities, plentiful cultural options, job growth, sunny weather, short commute time, and good health care access.
The strong points, as stated for Bellevue, were a talented workforce and growing Downtown area! The con was the high priced cost of living. Also stated as a great benefit of starting a business in Bellevue was that businesses with less than $135,000 in taxable revenues don’t have to pay Business and Occupations tax (B&O).
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Michael | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
Very exciting to see Bellevue get such recognize at a National level!
Anonymous | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
Yes, couldn’t agree more. It has some negatives for sure but Bellevue is definitely one of the best places to live and work.
Jojo | Mar 26, 2008 | Reply
currently working in bellevue…and hopefully will live there soon! Looks like a lot of the negative comments were from jealous seattlites…but each to their own opinion… :/