Harvard Business Review’s “Creative Index” - February 2004 placed Corvallis in the

top fifteen cities for Technology, Talent & Tolerance.

On NBC's the Today Show - March 2004, authors Pete Sambert & Burt Sperling in their book

“CITIES RANKED & RATED” recognized Corvallis in the top ten.

Mens Journal - April 2004 rated the Community as the seventh best place to live.

USAToday - January 2002 listed Corvallis as 4th in the nation for the numbers of patents issued.

OTHER RECOGNITION:

BIZ Demographics placed Corvallis as 7th in the nation for great places to do business.

BikeUSA listed Corvallis, 9th in the nation as a Bicycle Friendly City

National Arbor Day Foundation awarded Corvallis "Top Tree City" in 2002

Orange County Register picked Corvallis "Best Pac10 Campus" in 2002

MORE FACTS ABOUT CORVALLIS:

Corvallis has the highest education level in the state

Corvallis has the second highest income level in the state

Corvallis is the birthplace of computer inkjet printing technology by Hewlett-Packard

Corvallis is home of Nobel Prize winner, Linus J. Pauling

A graduate of Oregon State University invented the computer mouse