CNN Money has listed Carmel as America’s best small city in 2012!With a population hovering above 80,000 and a short 20-minute drive to downtown Indianapolis has transformed significantly in the past five years.

Carmel’s business district now has the second-largest concentration of office workers in Indiana and an unemployment rate that’s just over half the national average.

The city also has excellent schools, a big sports and recreation center, a performing arts center, and wide bike lanes. All that, plus a variety of housing options ranging from older homes to new subdivisions, and you have an irresistible draw for families.

Congratulations to the city of Carmel for this honor!