There have been several recent national and regional rankings featuring Douglas County and Castle Rock, highlighting the reasons why many of us live and do business here.

Douglas County ranks fourth in the nation in job growth over the last 10 years. (4.12.2011) http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/moneymag/1108/gallery.best_places_job_growth.moneymag/4.html

Castle Rock ranks 19th in the country on best small towns to live. (8.03.2011) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2011/snapshots/PL0812415.html

Douglas County ranks No. 7 in wealthiest counties in the U.S. based on median annual household income. (8.18.2011) http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2011/04/12/douglas-co-no-7-on-forbes.html?ed=2011-04-12&s=article_du&ana=e_du_pap

In addition, the Town of Castle Rock received an award from CIO (a national magazine/training organization for technology), which annually selects 100 companies from across the world for “technology innovations that advance business results.”  The Town was among the 100 recognized for its our technology enhancements in Development Services including In Your Backyard GIS mapping and other GIS applications, electronic plan review, CRW system for permitting and planning, etc. Most awardees were private sector companies (ex. Capital One Financial, Dell, Dow Chemical, Fed Ex, IBM, Intel, Marriott International, Standard & Poor’s) and Castle Rock was the only governmental entity selected in the US.