Honors And Awards#
- 2024 Top 100 Best Places to Live: Livability - April 2024
- Climate Action Leader, scored "A" grade from environmental impact non-profit, CDP
- Silver Level Recognition: American Heart Association’s Workforce Well-being Scorecard - 2022-2023
- Gold Level Recognition: American Heart Associations Workforce Well-being Scorecard - 2024
- Best Place to Live in Northern Colorado Region: The Colorado Sun - October 2023
- Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2023: Livability - June 2023
- Silver Level Recognition in American Heart Association's 2022 Workforce Well-being Scorecard™
- No. 1 Best Place to Live in Colorado: Forbes - October 2022
- Certified Healthy Workplace Award: Healthy Links - 2016 - 2024
- No. 3 Most Dog-friendly City in U.S.: Rocket Homes - February 2022
- 100/100 Municipal Equality Index: Human Rights Campaign - November 2021
- No. 9, America's Safest Cities for Young Drivers: Driving Tests - October 2021.
- No. 2, Best Tasting Drinking Water in North America: American Water Works - June 2021.
- 2021 What Works Certified City: Bloomberg Philanthropies - July 2021.
- No. 8, 10 Local Government YouTube Channels That Know What They Are Doing: Engaging Local Government Leaders - June 2021.
- Significant Achievement for the 2021 PTI Solutions Award: Public Technology Institute (PTI) - June 2021.
- No. 6, Safest Cities for Cyclists: Your Local Security - May 2021
- No. 8, Colorado City Ranked Among 'Most Relaxed' in Country: Out There Colorado - April 2021
- No. 4, 25 Best Cities in the US to Own an Electric Car: 24/7 Wall St - April 2021
- No. 5, 2021 Top 10 Remote-Ready Cities in the US: Livability - January 2021
- Top 25 U.S. Growth City, 2020 Migration Trends: U-Haul - January 2020
- GoEV City: Southwest Energy Efficient Project - December 2020
- Clean Air Champion: RAQC - December 2020
- No. 8, Most Fitness Friendly Places for 2021: Smart Asset - December 2020
- No. 1, The Best Places to Live in America in 2020: Market Watch - October 2020
- No. 13, The 15 Best Places to Live in the United States: The Street - October 2020
- Best Cities for First-Time Homebuyers: SmartAsset - October 2020
- No. 1, 2020 Top 100 Places to Live: Livability.com - October 2020
- No. 1, Green Fleet Award Winner: 100 Best Fleets - September 2020
- Best U.S. Cities for Beer Lovers. Trips to Discover - August 2020
- No. 21, Top 30 Creative Small Cities: CVSuite - May 2020
- No. 18, 20 Safest Cities in Colorado: SafeWise - Apr. 2020
- No. 9, Most Fitness Friendly Places: SmartAsset - Dec. 2019
- No. 7, Safest Driving Cities: Allstate - June 2019
- No. 4, Best U.S. Cities to Raise a Family: MarketWatch - April 2019
- Best American Cities for Creatives: Thrillist - March 2019
- No. 9, Best Performing Cities: Milken Institute - Jan. 2019
- No. 10, Best Cities For Beer Drinkers: Smart Asset - Dec. 2018
- Best U.S. Places To Travel in 2019: Forbes - Dec. 2018
- No. 3, U.S. Cities with Highest Economic Confidence: Yahoo - Nov. 2018
- No. 2 Brain Concentration Index: Bloomberg - Nov. 2018
- A Overall Rating - Fort Collins Renters: Apartment List - July 2018
- No. 1 City in America for Cycling: PeopleForBikes - May 2018
- 14th Best Place to Live : Livability.com - Mar 2018
- 5th Best Performing City: Milken Institute - Jan 2018
- 3rd Largest Reduction in Crime in Colorado(2012-2016): ValuePenguin - Nov 2017
- No. 4 Bloomberg Brain Index: Bloomberg - Oct 2017
- Best Places to Raise a Family in Colorado: Elite Personal Finance - Oct 2017
- 9th Best City to Raise a Family in Colorado: WalletHub - Sep 2017
- 18th Best City for Career Opportunities: SmartAsset - Sep 2017
- 3rd Best College Town to Live in Forever: College Ranker - Jul 2017
- 12th Best Midsize City for First-Time Home Buyers: WalletHub - Jul 2017
- 25 Best Towns Ever: Where to Live Now: Outside Magazine - Jun 2017
- 1st Stable and Growing Housing Market: Realtor.com - Jun 2017
- No. 156 Best City for Summer Travel with Families: lendedu - Apr 2017
- No. 186 Best City for Staying in Shape: lendedu - Apr 2017
- 16th Best Place to Live: Livability.com - Mar 2017
- 11th Happiest City in America: Yahoo! Finance - Mar 2017
- Top 100 Best Cities to Start a Family: lendedu - Feb 2017
- 9th Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report: Millennnial Personal Finance - Feb 2017
- 2nd Best Cities for Small Business Owners: ValuePenguin - Feb 2017
- 17th Best Places to Buy a Forever Home: Good Call - Jan 2017
- 8th Best-Performing City: Milken Institute - Dec 2016
- Runner Friendly Community: Road Runners Club of America - Oct 2016
- 12th Best Midsize City in America for New College Graduates: - Aug 2016
- Best Recreational/Travel Map Design: Cartography and Geographic Information Society - Apr 2016
- 4th Happiest City in America: 24/7 Wall St. - Apr 2016
- 4th Community in Overall Well-Being, 2014-2015: Gallup Healthways - Feb 2016
- 14th Best-Performing City : Miliken Institute - Dec 2015
- Top 3 Digital City : Govtech.com - Nov 2015
- Top 10 Best Metros for Female Entrepreneurs: Forbes - Oct 2015
- 13th Best Place to Live: Livability.com - Sep 2015
- No. 4 Safest Drivers in America: Allstate Insurance Company - Sep 2015
- No. 11 Healthiest Housing Market: WalletHub - Aug 2015
- Top 10 Swim City in the US: USA Swimming - Jul 2015
- Ranked No. 4 Next Top 10 Cities for Tech Jobs: Fast Company - Jul 2015
- One of 6 Communities Featured in the "Places of Invention" Smithsonian Exhibit: Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation - Jul 2015
- Top 20 Best Places for STEM Grads: NerdWallet - Jun 2015
- Ranked No. 9 of 2015's "Top 10 Healthiest Cities": Livability.com - Apr 2015
- Ranked No. 3 in College Ranker's "50 Best College Towns to Live in Forever" list: College Ranker - Mar 2015
- Ranked No. 6 in NerdWallet's "America's Most Innovative Tech Hubs": NerdWallet - Feb 2015