Rapid Growth Media's parent company ranked 1672 on Inc. 5000 list

Inc. Magazine's 2010 Inc. 5000 lists Issue Media Group, the parent company of Rapid Growth Media and 14 other regional web magazines, as one of the nation's fastest growing private companies. Issue Media Group develops web magazines about local communities that report on development, creative people and businesses, vibrant neighborhoods, and popular places to live, eat, shop, work, and play.

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What is it about years ending in zero that prompts us to look both forward and back. We'll start with back. Vinyl-bound volumes of Inc. from 1990 to 2000 stretch across my desk. Year 2000 is a real doorstopper, obese with ads from tech companies and luxury manufacturers courting readers still blissfully unaware that the track they are climbing is part of a roller coaster. On that year's Inc. 500, the No. 1 company, Parson Group, provided financial, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management consulting to blue-chippers.

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