Greater Charlottesville, Virginia - "America's Best Place to Live" - is the place to retire. Charlottesville offers excellent homes, healthcare, recreation, natural vistas & trails, championship college sports, fine dining, academic excellence, lifelong learning and convenient air, rail and highway access to the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and East Coast.

Greater Charlottesville is a thriving, beautiful community in which to live, work, build enterprise and enjoy, what can only be called - life's next great adventure.

In 2004, in a comprehensive analysis of nearly 400 metropolitan areas, our Greater Charlottesville community was ranked as "America's Best Place to Live" in Frommer's landmark publication "Cities Ranked & Rated." That's right -- the Best Place to Live!

Here are a few other high ranking recognitions for our community:

Relocate America: Best Place to Relocate
Money: 100 Best Places to Live
Number One City for Retirement - Kiplinger.com
Travel 50 & Beyond: Top Ten Great Places to Retire
Kiplinger: Top Places to Retire
AARP: Top 10 Healthiest Places to Retire
Best Places to Retire, Black Enterprise
Golf Digest: Best Retirement City for Golfers

For more information and accolades, visit the Chamber Relocation Page