Ranked 4th Best Places for Business and Careers
|
Forbes
|
April 2010
|
Ranked 3rd 'Smarter City' for sustainability
|
Natural Resources Defense Council
|
July 2009
|
Named one of 10 Great Places for Entrepreneurs to Retire
|
Forbes
|
June 2009
|
Ranked 1st Best Place to Live and Work for Young Professionals (pop. 100,000-200,000)
|
Next Generation Consulting
|
March 2009
|
Named 2nd Best Metro for Business and Careers
|
Forbes magazine
|
March 2009
|
Ranked 7th Best Midsize Metro in the nation
|
bizjournals.com
|
March 2009
|
One of Top 20 Places to Thrive
|
Best Boomer Towns
|
February 2009
|
Ranked 10th Best-Educated City in America
|
Forbes magazine
|
November 2008
|
One of the Best Places to Raise Your Kids
|
Business Week
|
November 2008
|
LEED Gold designation for the Northside Aztlan Community Center; U.S. Green Build Council
|
October 2008
|
n/a
|
Gold level Bicycle Friendly Community
|
League of American Bicyclists
|
September 2008
|
2nd Best Place to Live
|
Money magazine
|
August 2008
|
One of 8 Enriching Towns for Art and Music Lovers
|
Where to Retire magazine
|
April 2008.
|
Named 3rd Best Place for Business and Career
|
Forbes magazine
|
March 2008
|
Ranked 39th Best Place to Live and Launch a Business
|
CNN/Money
|
March 2008
|
Top 10 Digital Cities; Center for Digital Government, September 2007
|
|
n/a
|
One of 30 Fast Cities, due to innovation and creativity of workforce
|
Fast Company magazine
|
July 2007
|
9th Best Place to Invest in Real Estate
|
Business 2.0
|
May 2007
|
Top 10 College Towns for Grown-Ups
|
Kiplinger's magazine
|
March 2007
|
Named a Preserve America Community
|
First Lady Laura Bush
|
2007
|
One of America's Most Walkable Small Cities
|
msn.com
|
2007
|
One of the Best Places for Business and Careers
|
Forbes magazine
|
2007
|
Fort Collins listed among the Top 10 College Towns for Grown-Ups
|
Kiplinger magazine
|
March 2007
|
Fort Collins Ranked 4th among College Towns With Great Golf
|
Business Week Online (Golf Digest)
|
November 2006
|
Fort Collins came in 9th on "Where to Buy Now"
|
Business 2.0 magazine
|
November 2006
|
#1 Best Place to Live in the Nation
|
Money Magazine
|
August 2006
|
Listed as 23rd among 63 Hot Mid-Sized Cities for Entrepreneurs
|
Entrepreneur magazine
|
August 2006
|
Seated as the 6th Best Places for Business and Career
|
Forbes magazine
|
May 2006
|
Ranked 2nd (moved up from 9th place in 2005) for having the Safest Drivers
|
Allstate Insurance
|
May 2006
|
Fort Collins is one of the 50 Best Places to Live (ranked 34th)
|
Kiplinger's magazine
|
June 2006
|
Rated as the 6th most Affordable Communities/Best Places to Raise Your Family
|
Frommer's
|
May 2006
|
Fort Collins received the Preserve America Grant
|
|
March 2006
|