Ann Arbor is a dynamic and progressive town with an active cultural environment and a vibrant downtown. Anchored by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a high-tech center with employers such as Google, Internet2, and Barracuda Networks. It’s the location of the corporate headquarters of Borders Books and Domino’s Pizza. The University has 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students and features top-rated law, medical, and business schools. Portfolio.com says that Ann Arbor is the second-most educated city in the country, and it was ranked among the top ten Digital Cities (population 75K-125K) by the Center for Digital Government. Amazon.com lists Ann Arbor as the fourth Most Well-Read City in America.

In 2006 Money magazine listed Ann Arbor among the top 25 Best Places to Live, BusinessWeek listed it as one of the Best Places to Raise Your Kids, Kiplinger named it as one of the 10 Great Cities for Raising Families, and Parenting Magazine named Ann Arbor one of the Fourth Best City for Families. Gaywired.com (now defunct) noted how gay friendly Ann Arbor is. If you’re single you’ll want to know that Sperling’s Best Places listed Ann Arbor as one of the top ten Best Cities for Dating and Match.com named it as one of the Top 10 Cities to Date a Nerd. The American Planning Association named Ann Arbor’s South Main Street as one of the Top Ten Streets in America. Sperling’s Best Places listed Ann Arbor in its list of The Ten Best Places to Live. Fortune magazine named Ann Arbor one of the 100 Best Places to Live and Launch and Forbes named us the Fourth Smartest City in America, the Nation’s Best College Sports Town, and the Fourth Most Livable City in the US. The Daily Best rated Ann Arbor as the Third-Best City for College Grads and in 2010 Money Magazine listed Ann Arbor among the America’s 100 Best Small Cities. Ann Arbor has a strong school system and Newsweek listed three local high schools among America’s Best High Schools. U.S. News named the University of Michigan Hospitals to its 2010-11 Honor Roll of Best Hospitals and Ann Arbor has been named the Third Best Walking City in America.

The Ark is a acoustic music club in operation since 1965.

The Ann Arbor Summer Festival features concerts and three weeks of free nightly outdoor entertainment each summer.

The University Musical Society brings top-quality classical, jazz, world music, and theater to Ann Arbor.

The historic Michigan Theater features independent film and live events.

Ann Arbor has excellent public schools, health care, public transit, and housing. And we’ve been named as one of America’s 50 Greenest Cities. And of course the cost of living here is way less than on the coasts.

Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown neighborhood is home to the twice-weekly Farmer’s Market as well as Zingerman’s, known as the best deli west of New York and maybe in the country.

Speaking of food, Ann Arbor has a ton of ethnic restaurants, including Thai, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Korean, Middle Eastern, Japanese, Indian, and Eastern European. And we have two excellent brew pubs.

For kids, there’s the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and the Leslie Science Center. Ann Arbor features an extensive parks system, with highlights including Gallup Park and canoing on the Huron River.

And of course, Ann Arbor is home to University of Michigan football and other great sports teams.

Ann Arbor is less than an hour away from Detroit and less than four hours from Chicago. Windsor, Canada and Lake Huron are just an hour from Ann Arbor, and Lake Michigan about three hours. And the Detroit Metro Airport, a major hub for Delta Airlines, is just 30 minutes from town.