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Our Great Outdoors
• Nationally recognized education at all levels: University of Northern Colorado, Aims Community College, private training schools, academies, and a variety of K-12 options • Aims Community College offers more than 160 degree and certificate programs and has the only aviation simulator in Northern Colorado. • UNC Bears - 2011 NCAA Big Sky Basketball Conference Champions, 2011 Big Sky Conference Women’s Soccer Co-Champions and 2011 & 2012 Big Sky Conference Volleyball Champions • School District 6 ranks all-time 4th for number of Boettcher Scholars among all school districts in the state. Greeley Central High ranks all-time 2nd overall • 99.9% of District 6 teachers are rated by the Colorado Department of Education as “highly qualified” • 97% of District 6 parents are satisfied with their child’s school • District 6 graduation rates for 2012 exceeded the state average
• The Poudre River and Sheep Draw trails offer over 21miles of running, walking, biking, and inline skating, as well as fishing, canoeing and educational opportunities • Over 40 neighborhood and community parks, open space areas, two dog parks, special use parks and conservation areas • Cache la Poudre National Heritage Area - the first heritage area designated west of the Mississippi • Tree City USA designation 33 years in a row. Greeley has approximately 11,000 trees on City-owned and public properties. • Two public 18-hole golf courses - Highland Hills and Boomerang Links, plus the Greeley Country Club • Approximately 85 miles of in-town bike lanes - all part of Greeley’s bikeway system
Did you Know? University of Northern Colorado Professor Stephen Mackessy was featured on the Discovery Channel for his research on prairie rattlesnakes.
Did you Know? Ray Tschillard, founder and director of the Poudre Learning Center, has won the National Association of Conservation District’s Friend of Conservation Award. Ray is credited with taking the Poudre Learning Center from a mere idea to a thriving science field-center in Greeley.
There’s always more to Greeley’s Creative District A Renaissance of Creative Energy
A “Renaissance” best describes the climate in Greeley’s budding Creative District—it’s a blending of historic Downtown Development and University Districts in a continuum of fun, interesting and complementary uses by local creatives, university students and residents at large. Sounds profound, because it is. The Greeley Creative District (GCD), which encompasses the city’s highest concentration of micro-
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