3. Proven track record of sound
financial success and fiscal discipline
Budget
Balance
Percentile
76t
h
Asset
Flexibility
Percentile
34t
h
Pension
Funding
Percentile
70t
h
5. 5 Most Pro-Business City in America
(Raleigh) Market Watch, May 2015
#
9Top Metro for Job Creation
Gallup, December 2015
#
2 Life Science Cluster
JLL Life Science Outlook, July 2015
#
3 Metro for Economic Growth
Business Facilities Magazine, August 2015
#
National
Recognition
6. You’re in
Good Company
Tier 1 Research Universities
Duke University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina State University
NC Life Science Leaders
Biogen
GlaxoSmithKline
Merck
Novartis
Quintiles
BASF Plant Science
Bayer Crop Science
Medicago
Syngenta
8. 2
1
3
Don’t take our word for it:
3 recent takeaways from Forbes
Raleigh ranks 3rd in Best Cities For Young Professionals in 2016
Raleigh ranks 2nd in Best Places For Business And Careers in 2015
In the Triangle, 43% of people over 25 have a bachelor’s degree
10. Don’t worry, we know you
have a big decision ahead
for your company.
After all, North Carolina has so much to offer the life
science industry. And we apologize if we add more
time to your review process…our list of
accomplishments just keeps getting longer and
longer!