BEND- REDMOND, OR -- For the fourth year in a row the Bend Redmond Metro Area has been named one of the Best Performing Small Cities in America by the Milken Institute. The Los Angeles based institute used nine key indicators and Bend-Redmond made the top 30 out of 201 small metro areas in the nation. The report noted the growth and concentration of high tech as contributing to the area’s economic expansion. The report also said Bend-Redmond was in first place for five-year wage growth and second place for five year job growth.