Awards And Honors

2024, TimeOut - #4 Best Christmas Cities in the USA
2024, Georgia Tree Council - Outstanding Urban Arboriculture Grand Award
2024, Travel + Leisure - # 3 Best Places to Retire in Georgia
2024, Esri User Conference - Special Achievement in GIS Award
2024, Niche - #9 Top 10 Best Cities to Retire in America
2024, Niche - #14 Best Cities to Live in America
2024, Niche - #16 Best Places to Raise a Family in America
2024, Insurance Services Office (ISO) - Public Protection Classification (PPC) of 1
2023, Smart Asset - #10 Top Cities Millennials are Moving to
2023, Georgia Business Journal - Sandy Springs Farmers Market, Best of Georgia
2022, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings - AAA Credit Rating
2021, Appen Newspapers, Best Performing Arts/Theatre, Best of Perimeter
2021, City Named Bee City USA
2021, RetailMeNot - #15 Best Cities to Work from Home
2021,Niche - #19 Best Places to Live in the US.
2021,Tree City USA and Tree City in the World designation by Arbor Day Foundation
2021, Porch - #13 - Youngest Cities in America (as a combine DMA with Atlanta and Alpharetta)
2021, MoneyGeek - #19 - Safest Cities in America
2021, MoneyGeek - #8 - Best Cities for Black Women to Financially Flourish
2021, OverHeardConferenceCalls - #5 - Best Cities for Black Owned Businesses
2021, Filterby.com - Cities Where People Are Prepared to Work From Home
2020, Georgia Recreation and Parks Association, Marketing for a Single Event | Sparkle Sandy Springs & COVID Signage campaign
2020, Southeast Tourism Association - Top 20 Festivals and Events around the Southeast - Sparkle Sandy Springs
2020, Georgia Department of Community Affairs - PlanFirst, Statewide Distinction
2020, Home Snacks - #3 -Top Ten Cities to Live in Georgia
2020, Money Inc. - #16 - 20 Safest Cities
2020, Safewise - #21 - 50 Safest Cities in Georgia
24/7 Wall St - #12 - Top 20 Cheap Cities People are Moving to
2020, RetailMeNot, #15 - Best Cities for Working From Home
2019, WalletHub - 2nd most Diverse Midsize City in America
2019, Niche - 23rd Best City to Live in the U.S.
2019, Niche - #22 Best Cities for Young Professionals
2019, Niche - #19 Best Cities for Retirees
2018, Value Penguin - #5 Best City for Young Families
2018,Livability.com - #4 Top Cities For Recent College Grads
2018, International Festivals & Events Association - Bronze, Best Parade - Lantern Parade
2018, Kids Out & About.com - #2 Best Park
2016, Sandy Springs, combined with Atlanta and Roswell, ranks 9th for STEM Employment Growth and 18th among metro areas for STEM professionals.
2015,Money.com ranks the metropolitan area of Sandy Springs, Atlanta and Roswell as the second Best City in the U.S. For Millennials.
2015, Value Penguin ranks Sandy Springs among the top ten (#9) for Safest Places in Georgia among big cities.
2015, Sandy Springs ranked 36 among the top 100 Best Places to Live as determined by Livability.com.
2014, Red Tricycle names Morgan Falls Overlook Park as one of Atlanta’s ten best.
2014, Atlanta Magazine names Abernathy Greenway Best New Park.
2014, Ranked number 1 by Credit Donkey for the Best City to Retire in Georgia.
2014, Ranked 36 by City Biz as Most Livable Mid-Sized Cities in the U.S.
2014, Ranked number 2 by Nerdwallet for Best Small Cities for Working Women.
2014, Ranked number 8 by Nerdwallet for Cities On The Rise in Georgia (based on population growth, employment growth and income growth).
2014, Ranked 33 in the SafeWise Report: The 50 Safest Cities in Georgia.
2014, Sandy Springs ranked 4th by Motley Fool as one of the five best cities for early retirement
2013, Ranked number 8 by Nerdwallet for The Best Places in Georgia for Job Seekers (based on these questions: Is the city growing? Is it affordable to live in the city comfortably? Are most people employed).
2013, Kiplinger rated Sandy Springs as the 4thBest City in the Country for Early Retirement.
2012, The Chattahoochee River was designated as the country’s first National Water Trail. Twenty-two miles of the Chattahoochee River shoreline fall within Sandy Springs, part of which is in the National Parks Service.
2012, CNN Money rated Sandy Springs as the 7th best place in the country for the Rich & Single.
2011, Morgan Falls Overlook Park received the Keep Georgia Beautiful Award for New Park Development.
2011, The City receives the American Heart Association “Mission Award” for a forward-thinking outlook in identifying new ways to help educate community on CPR.
2010, Sandy Springs named Runner Up in the Pioneer Institute’s Better Government Competition.
2010, Sandy Springs named a Government Trailblazer by the Center for Civic Innovation.
2010, Sandy Springs named a Heart Safe Community by International Association of Fire Chiefs.
2010, Sandy Springs receives the National Council for Public Private Partnerships, Innovations Award.
2010, Money Magazine ranked Sandy Springs as the 9th wealthiest community in the country
2010, Sandy Springs ranked 4th in CNN / Money’s list of Best Places to Live. The City was also named by Forbes as one of America’s Top 25 Towns to Live Well.
The City was named a Crown Community on two separate occasions – 1) Start up of Sandy Springs Fire Rescue (2007) and 2) Heart Safe Sandy Springs Initiatives aimed at increasing cardiac arrest survival rates (2010) – by American City and County.

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