Honors & Awards

• City of Fort Collins earns "Bicycle Friendly Community" national award (2005) by League of American Bicyclists
  
• "American Dream Town." Fort Collins rated as one of the Best Towns in the U.S. (Outside Magazine, August 2005)
  
• Fort Collins drivers are the ninth best in the nation (Allstate Insurance Company's "America's Best Drivers Report.")
  
• Fort Collins & Larimer County Named Top Nature-Friendly Communities - June, 2005.
  
• Selected as 4th best place to live in the United States - Men's Journal, April 2005.
  
• Officially designated as a "Take Pride In America Community" - March 2005
  
• City of Fort Collins selected as "Top Retirement Spot" by Where to Retire magazine - March/April 2005
  
• Fort Collins was designated a Preserve America Community by First Lady Laura Bush (2004) for its committment to historic preservation and celebration of our priceless cultural and natural heritage.
  
• City of Fort Collins Web Site: #1 in the Nation! - September, 2004
  
• "Top 5 Places to Retire" by MSN.com - July, 2003
  
• Fort Collins ranks No. 29 on the Forbes Magazine list of best places for business and careers in America's small cities.
  
• Fort Collins ranks #4 of the 50 best places to live in the United states as selected by Men's Journal, May 2003. (The criteria included the familiarity of a small town but with attractive amenities, good weather, location, all around livable and inviting.)
  
• Loveland/Fort Collins is the #1 Best Place to Reinvent Your Life (source: AARP Magazine, May & June 2003 edition).
  
• Fort Collins ranks 2nd in the nation as a digital city according to the 2002 Digital Cities Survey conducted by The Center for Digital Government. (The survey examines how city governments have progressed in adopting and utilizing digital technologies to improve the delivery of services to their citizens.)
  
• The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recognized the Fort Collins Housing Authority as a "High Performer" through its Public Housing Assessment System for fiscal year 2001. "High Performer" status gives the Housing Authority preferred status for grants and results in reduced reporting and monitoring by HUD.
  
• ICLEI 5-Star Award for our efforts to reduce global warming and pollution - February, 2002
  
• 17th Best Place to Live and Work in America - Employment Review, June 2002
  
• Best Place to Retire - Retirement Places Rated, 1999
  
• 3rd Best Place to Raise a Family - Reader's Digest, 1997 Special Edition
  
• 5th Best Economy Nationwide - Policom Corp., 1999
  
• 9th Best for Affordable and Accessible Golf - Golf Digest, 1999
  
• Ranked 10th on "Best Cities to Have it All" - A&E Network, 1999
  
• One of Top 10 Best Places to Retire - Money Magazine, 2000