Awards and Rankings
- 2002 - National Trust for Historic Preservation Great American Main Street Award
- 2003 - Milken Institute Best Performing Cities (20th Overall)
- 2005 - Inc. magazine's 4th Best Small City for Doing Business
- 2005 - Inc. magazine's 15th Best City in America to Do Business
- 2005 - Forbes 25th Best Place
- 2006 - 7th Safest Metropolitan Area in the Nation - Morgan Quitno Press
- 2006 - Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked La Crosse 16th "Smartest Place to Live in U.S.
- 2007 - Country Home magazine ranked La Crosse 12th Best Green City in America and second among small cities, behind Corvallis, Ore.
- 2009 - U.S. News ranked La Crosse 6th best place to live in the country.
- 2009 - Farmers Insurance Group ranked La Crosse - Winona, MN area the 20th most secure place to live in the United States among small towns.
- 2010 - Most Secure Places to Live in the US (Small Towns) - Sperling's Best Places
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