Community LIVING
Welcome to Fort Collins: a river town at the foot of the foothills
Where the Poudre leaves the mountains and the plains begin, Fort Collins runs on bikes, buses and a brick downtown. Here is how the city fits together, season by season.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Community LIVING
Ten things worth knowing about Fort Collins
A fort that never had walls, a town under a reservoir and a downtown that ended up at Disneyland: ten stories to tell the next visitor who asks about Fort Collins.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Shopping
Shopping LOCAL in Fort Collins: Old Town, the River District and the markets in between
An artists' co-op that has been in Trimble Court since 1971, a romance bookshop that opened in February 2026, a crate-digger's record store and a kitchen store open since 1972: where Fort Collins shops independent.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Health & Wellness
Parks, trails and outdoor places in Fort Collins
More than 45 miles of paved trail along the Poudre and its creeks, more than fifty natural areas paid for by voters, and Horsetooth Rock at the west edge of town: a guide to getting outside in Fort Collins, in every season.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Entertainment
Interesting places to explore in Fort Collins
Painted transformer boxes, a Victorian house on Mountain Avenue, 20,000 garments at CSU and a playground built around a giant sugar beet: places in Fort Collins worth a second look.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Dining
How Fort Collins eats: beet fields, Saturday markets and Old Town tables
Fort Collins grew up on sugar beets and fattened lambs. That farm town still shows in its markets, a 1933 café on Walnut Street and a restored farmstead where the coffee is roasted down the road.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Community LIVING
Fort Collins, one neighborhood at a time
From Old Town's brick blocks to the sugar beet colonias across the river and the bike shops of Midtown, here is how Fort Collins's neighborhoods fit together.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Community LIVING
Fort Collins history in places you can still visit
Arapaho camps on the Poudre, a fort without walls, a sandstone house, a pump house in the foothills and a café that opened in 1933: the story of Fort Collins, told where it happened.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
Entertainment
Fort Collins this winter: lights, Nutcrackers and the symphony, November 2026 to February 2027
Santa arrives by fire truck, two Nutcrackers take the Lincoln Center stage, the Gardens on Spring Creek glow and Old Town stays lit until Valentine's Day. Here is what is on in Fort Collins this winter.
Through February 28
Family Life
Family days in Fort Collins, season by season
Baby goats at a city farm, a toddler water zone at the Museum of Discovery, a half-mile walk of lights at the Gardens and a scoop on Mountain Avenue: how Fort Collins families fill the year.
November 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM MST
