#7, “Best College Campuses in America,” Business Insider, March 2018
2018 Live, Work, Play City Award Winner (Large cities category) – Georgia Municipal Association, in association with Georgia Trend magazine, February 2018
“50 Best (smaller) College Towns with the Best Music Scenes,” GoodDeedSeats.com, February 2018
“Athens, Georgia: A Romantic College Town that Sports a Thriving Arts, Culinary & Music Scene,” DatingAdvice.com, February 2018
“Best College Football Towns in America” (ranked #2), USA Today Sports, Nov. 17, 2017
“7 U.S. Cities that are Hipper Than you Think,” Jetsetter, Nov. 1, 2017