Honors and Awards

• One of the Most Underrated Cities in the West: Life.com (June 2010)
• Fort Collins among the best small cities to attend college, UsaToday.com (April 2010)
• One of the Greatest Places to Live in the West, American Cowboy magazine (April 2010)
• Ranked 4th Best Places for Business and Careers: Forbes (April 2010)
• One of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations, National Trust for Historic Preservation (February 2010)
• 10 Great Places for Entrepreneurs to Retire, Coloradoan (September 2009)
• Best Cities for Next Gen Workforce - What's more important than jobs?, U.S. News (June 29, 2009)
• Ranked 7th Best Mid-size Metro in the Nation: bizjournals.com (March 2009)
• Best Place to Raise Kids in 2009 – Business Week Magazine (November 2008)
• Gold level Bicycle Friendly Community: League of American Bicyclists (September 2008)
• #1 of 8 Enriching Towns for Art and Music Lovers, Where to Retire magazine (April 2008)
• #3 Best Place for Business and Career; Forbes magazine (March 2008)
• #1 R&D Hot Spot of the 30 Fastest Cities in the World – Fast Company magazine (July 2007)
• One of the Best Places for Business and Careers; Forbes magazine (2007)
• #7 America’s Ten Smartest Cities – Forbes magazine (January 2007)
• #1 Best Place to Live – Money magazine (August 2006)
• #6 Best Place to Raise Your Family – Frommer’s Publishing (May 2006)

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