Harrisburg is the capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a major distribution center for the northeastern United States. Located on the Susquehanna River near the beautiful Blue Mountains, it offers the amenities of a big city with the ambiance of a small town. Harrisburg has received top national awards for budgeting, water pollution control, law enforcement, and conservation for several years running. The prosperity of the business climate can be seen in the area's selection in June 2004 as one of the "country's hottest up & coming cities" for populations between 500,000 to one million by Money magazine.