From being recognized nationally as an Emerging Housing Market and one of the most cost-effective places to live in the country, to population growth and a high number of new neighborhoods and downtown living options, more and more people are choosing to call Decatur home.

Decatur has loads of fun festivals and outdoor adventures that attract thousands of people to the community every year.

We build rockets here – but we also have small businesses being recognized for their excellence. Decatur routinely is top 10 in the state for new and expanding industries and is #1 in the state for the number of our entrepreneurial incubator tenants AND graduates.

Downtown Decatur has been absolutely transformed over the past 10 years. If you haven’t been lately, come check it out!

Rail history, civil war history, civil rights history – there are so many great and interesting stories to explore in exhibits at the Old State Bank and Morgan County Archives.

All across Decatur, people are doing cool things from performing at Carnegie Hall to donating books to other students.

There are too many cool things going on in Decatur to be able to list them all. BBQ, entrepreneurship, vision, the country’s first incentive program to attract young professionals to live here… so many things to recognize and celebrate.