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Bellevue, Washington, displayed the results of a business survey with graphs showing how respondents rated the city "as a place to operate a business" compared with other cities and towns. This example shows how the city stacked up according to the raters. Bellevue received a Certificate of Excellence in Performance Management from ICMA in 2016.