Louisville ranks high as ‘livable’ city

There’s no better place to live and/or raise your family in the United States than Louisville, according to several national editors.

In the last few years, Louisville has been named the No. 1 best place to live in the United States. In 2006, authors Bert Sperling and Peter Sander asserted that Louisville was the No. 1 best place to raise your family. And in 2009, Money Magazine ranked it the No. 1 place to live.

The city also is a great place to do business.

Louisville touts its location along U.S. Highway 36 with quick access to Denver, Boulder and Denver International Airport via the Northwest Parkway.

The city has two major business parks, with a range of buildings for high-end corporate use to research and development industrial operations. Both parks have room to grow.

The 400-acre Colorado Technology Center is home to variety of small and large businesses and developers continue to help built-out the business park. The Centennial Valley Business Park on the west side of the city has about 80 acres left to develop.

Along with its strong business climate, Louisville maintains a strong sense of community, which helps attract its national accolades as great place to live.

Louisville has a historic downtown, with shops, unique restaurants and quality office space. A new 32,500-square-foot library was built downtown in 2006, further enhancing traffic to downtown.

There are nearly 8,000 households in Louisville through a mix of mostly single-family neighborhoods.

Louisville offers its residents a variety of retail opportunities – from locally owned shops and restaurants on Main Street to big-box retailers such as Lowe’s and Kohl’s along the McCaslin and South Boulder Road corridors.

Louisville has its own recreation center, sports leagues, dog park and the 18-hole Coal Creek Golf Course. The city is also home to one of four hospitals in the Boulder Valley – Avista Adventist Hospital.

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