"The 'REAL' Best Features, Beaufort on Top Place to Retire, Beaufort SC

THE EARLY SHOW

(CBS) -

CBS's The Early Show featured Beaufort, SC in a segment of "the ‘Real' BestFEATURES BEAUFORT ON TOP PLACES TO RETIRE

Places to Retire" according to moneywatch.com, where Beaufort ranked third of seven

cities mentioned. Jill Schlesinger, Editor-at-large for CBS Moneywatch.com, took a look

at numerous "best places to retire" lists from various publications and compiled a new

list with the places that were most commonly mentioned and stated the pros and cons

of each place.

"The ‘Real' Top Places to Retire" were ranked as follows:

1. Austin, Texas

2. Portland, Oregon

3. Beaufort, South Carolina

4. Bismarck, North Dakota

5. Burlington, Vermont

6. Cincinnati, Ohio

7. San Diego, California

The list states that Beaufort is popular with retirees because of its quaint, seaside

homes but has a slight-negative with its hot and humid summers.

Beaufort has been previously mentioned in other top retirement lists, such as Money

magazine's Top Towns on Water, TopRetirements.com and RetirementLiving.com.

###

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 29, 2009

CONTACT:

Jennifer Marra

Marketing Assistant

Phone: (843) 525-8529

jennifer@beaufortsc.org