Company Profile
City of Greeley
Company Overview
Located between the majestic Rocky Mountains and the open plains of Colorado, Greeley is a friendly college town where anyone can feel comfortable.
With a 2020 population of 112,171, Greeley is the 10th largest city in Colorado and home to the University of Northern Colorado.
Company History
Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, popularized the phrase, “Go West young man, go West,” but it was his visionary agricultural editor, Nathan C. Meeker, who spearheaded one of the most successful colonization experiments ever attempted in the “Great American Desert.” When the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, a spur from Cheyenne to Denver was built, opening this part of the country for settlement. Meeker was inspired to create an agricultural utopia.
Where the railroad crossed the confluence of the Platte and Cache la Poudre rivers, the city of Greeley was born – an ideal location where both natural resources and transportation were abundant. Early in the settlement’s development, an irrigation canal became priority construction, turning the high desert into an agricultural oasis. Throughout its history, this area has been known for growing sugar beets, corn, and onion, among many other crops – all made possible on irrigated farmland.
Benefits
On-site wellness center
Discounted recreation center membership
Wellness incentive program