May 8, 2013
Miami has been ranked number 10 on fDi Magazine’s list of the Top 10 Overall American Cities of the Future. Miami also ranked 8 for infrastructure, 7 for business friendliness and 8 for economic potential on fDi’s lists of the Top 10 Major American Cities of the Future. The Major American Cities of the Future category is made up of cities with an immediate city population of more than 750,000 people plus a metro area of more than 2 million, or a metro area of more than 4 million people.
Nearby Fort Lauderdale also scored highly on the magazine’s annual lists of the Top American Cities of the Future. It ranked number 7 for economic potential on the list of the Top 10 Small American Cities of the Future. The list includes cities with an immediate city population of 100,000 to 350,000 people.
“This new ranking by fDi Magazine serves as an international recognition that the city of Fort Lauderdale is continuing to move forward on the right track,” Mayor Jack Seiler stated. “The city’s sound fiscal management, progressive economic development initiatives and long-term infrastructure investment strategies have created a high level of optimism that is triggering billions of dollars in private and public investment.”
fDi’s research team created the lists by collecting data for 422 cities under six categories: economic potential, human resources, cost effectiveness, infrastructure, business friendliness and fDi strategy. Cities scored up to a maximum of 10 points under each category, which were weighted by importance in order to compile both the subcategory rankings, as well as the overall American Cities of the Future 2013/14 ranking.
Source: South Florida Business Journal
