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 Fort Collins is
a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the
Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of
Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located 57
miles (92 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With an
estimated 2008 population of 136,509, it is the fifth most populous city
in Colorado. Fort Collins is a large college town, home to Colorado
State University. It was named Money magazine's Best Place to Live 2006
and #2 in 2008.
Much
of Fort Collins' culture is centered on the students of Colorado State
University. Driven by a large college-age demographic, the city has a
thriving local music circuit[peacock term], and is home to a number of
well-recognized microbreweries. Old Town, a historic downtown shopping
district, hosts a number of large festivals each year. For example, the
NewWestFest occurs in late summer, featuring local cuisine, music, and
businesses. The Fort Collins Lincoln Center is home to the Fort Collins
Symphony Orchestra and regularly attracts national touring companies of
Broadway plays.
There
is a thriving beer culture in the city. There are four microbreweries,
the New Belgium Brewing Company, the Odell Brewing Company, the Fort
Collins Brewery and the newly created Pateros Creek Brewing Company. New
Belgium is the largest of the local craft-breweries, with national
distribution from California to states east of the Mississippi.
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