Calendar | Greeley Unexpected

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The number of art exhibitions presented every year at the Tointon Gallery.

1%

For the second year in a row, North Colorado Medical Center has been named among the nation’s top 50 hospitals, according to Healthgrades. The distinction puts NCMC among the top 1 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide.

$0.00

The amount it costs a student (up to 18 years of age) to ride the bus anywhere in town, thanks to the Ride Free With ID program.

23

Miles of trail offered for running, walking, biking as well as fishing, canoeing and educational opportunities on the Poudre River and Sheep Draw trails

9th

Online real estate site Trulia recently ranked major U.S. cities based on the seven deadly sins, also called the cardinal sins. Greeley placed 9th on the list as one of America’s Most Saintly Cities.

4th

ApartmentList.com ranked Greeley as their 4th Best Colorado City for Young Families. Criteria for the ranking included crime, schools, housing scores and more.

4

Greeley is ranked #4 by the online job research site Glassdoor on their list of The 25 Cities That Bounced Back Best from the Great Recession.

9

The Milken Institute ranked the Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area (basically all of Weld County) 9th on their list of Best-Performing Cities – up from #14 in 2014. Greeley is the only Colorado city listed in the top 10.

8

Greeley was selected as a top retirement destination by Where to Retire, the only magazine in America geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions. Greeley was featured as a top 8 tax-friendly city early this year.

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Greeley was named one of the 10 Best Affordable Places to Live in 2016 by Livability.com. “Hip, happening and highly affordable, Greeley, has a groove” is how the list described our city.

18,761 feet

The length of the continuous chalk art drawing created when Greeley set a world record at the Great Greeley Chalk-a-Lot in 2015.

#5

The Gallup-Healthways 2015 Community Well-Being Index ranked Greeley #5 in the small cities category and #34 in the overall rankings out of 190 communities of all sizes.