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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Bloomberg Names Cranberry One of Best Places to Raise a Family

The township tops the list for Pennsylvania.

On Wednesday, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Rankings named the best places in each state to raise a family. Topping the list for 2013 in Pennsylvania was, you guessed it, Cranberry Township. Cranberry manager Jerry Andree said township officials were excited by the designation. “It’s a major validation of our public policies that we’ve been implementing for a number of years,” he said. “We want this to be the best place to live.” When ranking the communities, Bloomberg took into account public school performance, safety, housing costs, commute time, poverty, adults’ educational attainment, share of households with children, and diversity. To gauge the local job market, Bloomberg also weighed median income and unemployment rates. …

Janet Butler

9:46 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012

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