Money Magazine and CNNMoney.com released its "Best Places to Live 2008" issue this week and Hamilton County's Fishers, Ind., ranked 10th out of 100 on the list of "America's Best Small Cities."

"It's quite a climb from being ranked 33rd last year to breaking into the top 10 of America's best places to live among small cities," said Jeff Burt, president of the Hamilton County Alliance, a member of The Indy partnership.

Burt explained that rankings such as Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live" are valuable to Fishers because it helps bring national acclaim to an exceptional community, and it helps local employers recruit personnel from all over the U.S. It also eliminates any barriers that employers considering relocating to Fishers and the Indianapolis Region might have about being able to develop a world-class workforce.

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WINNER
Top 100 rank: 10
Population: 61,800

Fishers is growing fast, attracting residents who are young (median age: 30) and smart (over 60% have a bachelor's degree or more). It has the range of pluses common among our top 10, including a strong economy (lots of life-science companies are moving in), low home prices ($149,700 for the typical house) and good schools (they get high rankings in the state).

Though a walkable downtown is still in the planning stages, transportation is already here: Fishers started a commuter bus service to downtown Indianapolis and plans rapid transit via rail in the next two to five years.

When it comes to smart planning and sheer livability, other places could learn a lot from this little city in the Midwest.