5th Most Educated City, Portfolio.com, December 2010
6th Best Place to Live, Money Magazine, July 2010
Best Places for Business and Careers, Fort Collins #4 Forbes.com, April 2010
Awards/Honors
A taste of the many awards and recognition Fort Collins has received.
- One of the nation's Emerging Epicenters for High-Tech Industry, Wired Magazine, June 2011
- One of the Top 10 Best College Towns, Small-Sized Category, USA Today, Sept. 2010
- One of the "Smarter Cities" for Energy, National Resources Defense Council, August 2010
- One of the Most Underrated Cities in the West, Life.com, June 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 - U.S. News, June 29, 2009
- 2nd Best Place to Live in the Nation -Money Magazine, August 2008
- One of 30 Fast Cities, due to innovation and creativity of workforce; Fast Company magazine, July 2007