September's Metro Denver Monthly Economic Summary had good news for Denver.

The following are just some of the highlights of Denver's successful growth.----Colorado metro areas have a greater capacity to create and sustain jobs than many cities nationwide, according to the Milken Institute’s “2008 Best Performing Cities Index.” Criteria for the ranking include job and wage growth plus measures designed to gauge the health of the technology sector.

----Denver ranks third among 50 metropolitan areas in the Beacon Hill Institute’s Metro Area Competitiveness Report 2007. The report evaluates each metro area’s long-term competitiveness based on government andfiscal policy, infrastructure, business incubation, and other criteria. Denver won particularly high ranks for its infrastructure, public safety, human capital, and business incubation.


----Mayflower Transit’s 2008 Customer Relocation Study shows Colorado had the nation’s 15th-largest share of inbound moves through the first eight months of 2008. Slightly more than 55 percent of Colorado shipmentsover that period were inbound while nearly 45 percent were outbound, which suggests the state is still gaining new residents.


See the full report here: http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-economy