Why Boulder, CO is for You
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BOULDER Why and How this city will work for you
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This powerpoint is a persuasive agrument for why you and yours should move to Boulder, Colorado. The slides touch on all major areas--quality of life, jobs, food, prairie dogs. I love to make slide shows like this. They're great for convincing loved ones! Please let me know if I can make one for your target city!
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BOULDERWhy and How this city will work for you
[bohl-der] noun a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
What is boulder?
[johk] nounprankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
Jokes
Seriously
Let’s take a look at how people, surveyors, and statistics rate Boulder
Boulder is consistently voted Best _____
Boulder according to the peeps Top 10 Winter Towns - National Geographic, Dec. 21, 2010 America's "Brainiest" City - Portfolio.com, Dec. 1, 2010 America's Top 25 Arts Destinations, AmericanStyle magazine. Boulder ranked ninth among
smaller cities. Savvy Award from 3CMA for best interview/talk show, Inside Boulder News. Sustainability Award from Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association for the city's 75th
Street Wastewater Treatment Facility Grand Award for Engineering Excellence from the Colorado Association of Stormwater and
Floodplain Managers for the Elmer's Two-mile Creek Greenways project "America's Foodiest Town" (Ranking #1) - Bon Appétit magazine, October 2010 Best Quality of Life for Mid-Sized US Cities - Portfolio.com, June 2010 "Ten best cities for the next decade" (Ranking #4) - Kiplinger's Personal Finance
magazine, May 2010 Top 25 Destinations in the US (Ranking #19) - TripAdvisory.com Top 100 Places to Live: including Top 10 Overall Cities (Ranking #9); Top 10 Recovery
Cities (Ranking #10); Top 10 Earth Friendly Cities (Ranking #4); Top 10 Recreation Cities (Ranking #1) - RelocateAmerica.com
"Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index" (Ranking #1) - USA Today, February 2010 "Healthiest Town in U.S." (Ranking #2) - Men's Health, January 2010 Traveler's Choice 2010 Best Destinations "Top 25 Destinations in the United States"
(Ranking #19) - www.tripadvisor.com
Two hands in the air happy.
Oh. And a 2010 Gallup poll found It’s America’s happiest and healthiest city
Ya ya, but what’s the real deal
Boulder: http://www.city-data.com/city/Boulder-Colorado.html
DC: http://www.city-data.com/city/Washington-District-of-Columbia.html
Quality of life: Why boulder rocks!
•Most days are sunny•Surrounded by more than 36,00 acres of recreational open space, conservation easements, and nature preserves•World Class hiking trails•Abundance of rock climbing•Boulder International Film Festival held every February—Filmmakers and actors flock to•Home to a variety of music—every summer there is a 6 week musical festival•Home to University of Colorado•Mass transit is top notch! Extensive bus system runs every ten minutes. Commuter rail currently being built•Well-known for it’s bicycle culture—hundreds of miles of bike paths, lanes and routes—city offers website to help you map a bike ride to anywhere•Wildlife protection extends to the Urbs (urban areas)•Nobel Prize winners live here
Every view is beautiful
Sidewalks, guitars, and animals
Rocks to climb
They are all breathtaking .. (GASP!) ..Where’smybreath!?
(Insert any other google image here)
What would we do there?
Colorado is home to >20 breweries
Get drunk!
Bike! Climb! Hike! Kayak! Ski! Snowboard! Ride horses! Raise goats! White water raft! Pick daisies! Take pictures! Chase squirrels!
Play outside!
These otters of the land are everywhere <3
See prairie dogs!
University of Colorado (7,500)IBM (4,500)Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (3,000[57])Level 3 Communications (2,500)National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1,700[58])Covidien, formerly Tyco Healthcare Group (1,700)City of Boulder (1,600)National Center for Atmospheric Research (1,100)Crispin Porter + Bogusky (600+)Micro Motion (500)Crocs (550)Lockheed Martin (450)Polycom (350)Markit (300)Celestial Seasonings (250)Medtronic (225)Roche Colorado (225)Particle Measuring Systems (225)
Big employers:LeftHand Networks (200)Rally Software Development (200)Ericsson (180)OSI (150)Microsoft (150)Array Biopharma (125)HEI Medical, formerly Colorado MedTech (125)Otologics LLC (75)Google[59] (100)Cisco Systems (100)RealD Cinema
http://www.manta.com/mb_51_ALL_2DJ/boulder_co
Any and many.Let’s explore a list of companies.
Jobs for you:
Did I mention the food is great? Healthy too! Lots of jobs Science and techy Environmentally conscious and forward
thinking Highly skilled and educated
It’s close to all of these other states!
You already know.
You don’t need to see any more.
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Boulder is for you.
