Longmont, Colorado City of Longmont, Colorado Longmont Safety and Justice Center Longmont Safety and Justice Center Location in Boulder County and the state of Colorado Location in Boulder County and the state of Colorado The City of Longmont is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder and Weld counties of the U.S.
Longmont is positioned northeast of the governmental center of county of Boulder and 33 miles (53 km) north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
Longmont's populace was 86,270 at the time of the 2010 U.S.
Census. Longmont is the 13th most crowded city in the state of Colorado.
The word "Longmont" comes from Longs Peak, a prominent mountain titled for explorer Stephen H.
Long that is clearly visible from Longmont, and "mont", from the French word "montagne" for mountain. Longmont was established in 1871 by a group of citizens from Chicago, Illinois.
As the first prepared improve in Boulder County, the town/city streets were laid out in a grid plan in a square mile.
The town/city began to flourish as an agricultural improve after the building of the Colorado Central Railroad line appeared northward from Boulder in 1877.
During the 1940s, Longmont began to expanded beyond these initial limits.
During the 1960s the federal government assembled an air traffic control center in Longmont, and IBM assembled a large factory near Longmont.
As agriculture waned, more high technology has come to the city, including companies like Seagate and Amgen; Amgen closed its Longmont ground in 2015.
During the mid-1990s, the southern edge of Longmont became the locale of the first New Urbanist universal in Colorado, called Prospect New Town, designed by the architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.
The Longmont City Council in May 2013 voted to finance and build out its own municipal gigabit data fiber-optic network to every home and company over a three-year reconstructionstarting in late 2013.
Further knowledge on Longmont's history, see The Official City of Longmont History and the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center.
Longmont is positioned in northeastern Boulder County at 40 10 18 N 105 06 33 W. The town/city extends eastward into Weld County.
Highway 287 (Main Street) runs through the center of the city, dominant north 16 miles (26 km) to Loveland and south 34 miles (55 km) to downtown Denver.
State Highway 119 passes through the town/city south of downtown and leads southwest 15 miles (24 km) to Boulder and east 5 miles (8 km) to Interstate 25.
Enumeration Bureau, Longmont has a total region of 27.6 square miles (71.6 km2), of which 26.2 square miles (67.8 km2) is territory and 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), or 5.30%, is water. In 2011 Longmont was rated the 2nd safest town/city in Colorado. Longmont is home to the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College, the St.
Longmont is also home to the Master Instructor Continuing Education Program (MICEP) a voluntary accreditation program for aviation educators.
Longmont is part of the RTD transit precinct that provides small-town and county-wide bus service to Denver and Boulder.
Outside of RTD, Longmont is connected to Fort Collins, Loveland, and Berthoud via a FLEX county-wide bus service.
In 2012, Longmont was recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a silver-level bicycle-friendly community.
Longmont is one of 38 communities in the United States to be recognized with this distinct ion.
Main article: Media in Longmont, Colorado The Longmont Times-Call is the small-town daily newspaper.
Longmont's airways broadcasts include KRCN, KGUD, and KKFN.
Country music is broadcast on KWOF from a fortress about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Longmont.
The NPR partner KUNC from the Fort Collins-Greeley market can also be heard in Longmont.
Longmont is also served by Pacifica Radio partner KGNU, a non-commercial improve airways broadcast from Boulder.
The Longmont Compass is the small-town online affairs, entertainment and lifestyle resource.
Downtown Longmont Another glimpse of downtown Longmont According to the Longmont Area Economic Council, the top ten employers in Longmont are: Longmont United Hospital with 1257 employees The City of Longmont with 818 employees In addition, Longmont supports a grow craft brewing trade as well as many recreational and travel-related businesses.
Local breweries include Left Hand, Oskar Blues, 300 Suns, Grossen - Bart, Shoes & Brews and Wibby Brewing. Due to its adjacency to the Rocky Mountain National Park, Longmont is home to many hotels, restaurants, and other businesses that cater in part to the tourists visiting the park each year.
One recreational company that calls Longmont home is Mile Hi Skydiving, which is one of the biggest skydiving facilities in the state of Colorado.
Longmont is also home to the World's Largest Sticker Ball at Sticker - Giant, a custom sticker and label printing business on the city's east side.
Tinker - Mill, the biggest manufacturerspace in the region, is positioned in Longmont.
Central Presbyterian Church at 402 Kimbark in Longmont Longmont Public Library Reservoir west of Longmont Longmont Performing Arts Center Vrain Historical Society in Longmont.
Greg Biekert, experienced football player (played football for Longmont High School) Jack Reynor, Irish actor (born in Longmont) William Oxley Thompson, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church (Longmont), president of Longmont Presbyterian College, president of Miami University of Ohio, president of Ohio State University Ed Werder, ESPN tv commentator (born in Longmont) Longmont is a sister town/city of these municipalities: State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Longmont city, Colorado".
"Longmont More Bike-Friendly Than Ever".
Longmont Times Call Newspaper.
Longmont Times Call Newspaper.
Longmont Area Economic Council (March 2015).
"LONGMONT AREA TOP EMPLOYERS" (PDF).
"Mayors of Longmont since 1881".
City of Longmont.
City of Longmont official website CDOT map of the City of Longmont History of Longmont Longmont Times-Call Longmont Channel 8 (public-access tv station) Visit Longmont - the official website for travel knowledge (Visit Longmont) Free Range Longmont - Progressively better news - based in Longmont (Free Range Longmont) Municipalities and communities of Boulder County, Colorado, United States Municipalities and communities of Weld County, Colorado, United States
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