The Heart of Northern Colorado
Centerra is more than different.
It’s exceptional.

Acres of open space and wetlands
PLUS students at High Plains School
Employees work at Centerra
Businesses call Centerra home
Live: Find Your Home
A community alive with a cool urban vibe. Wide-open spaces with placid lakes that captivate. The fulfillment of your aspirations offer a perfectly balanced, exceptional life.
It’s all here for you at Centerra, a progressive, planned community that fosters mindful stewardship of the nature around us.
Centerra’s tapestry of people are enriching their lives in ways big and small combined with the untouched environment to engender health and happiness.
Work: Find Opportunity
Centerra is a community of thoughtful ─ and profitable ─ businesses that value their employees and understand the fundamental characteristics that make a location exceptional.
And if Centerra is your home, you just might find a career here. With over 150 businesses, stores and eateries employing nearly 7,500 employees, including two of Larimer County’s largest employers, making a life and a living at Centerra is completely workable!
Plus, you’ll find an additional 275,000 jobs that are a 28-minute-or-less drive away.
Explore: Find Fun and Friends
Whether you’re young or old, live or work at Centerra, our cultural events, athletic activities and social opportunities will get you out and about, as will the beautiful natural environment that surrounds you.
Discover: Find Nature
Centerra is built on the intelligent stewardship of the environment. Here, nature is as much a part of what makes life exceptional as is the community of people.
High plains, wildlife, wetlands, Houts Reservoir and Equalizer Lake make up 275 acres of untouched nature within Centerra’s boundaries. And High Plains Environmental Center is there protecting the habitat and teaching you and your family about the plants and animals that live here.
About Centerra
Centerra is fortunate to be nestled within the remarkable Loveland/Fort Collins area that, over and over again, has been named one of the best places in the country for everyone from young families to retirees as well as for its vibrant economy that sustains businesses and job growth.
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Finding family-friendly living at The Lakes at Centerra
Meet AJ and Holly Neely. When they were looking to move their family of five from Texas to Colorado, their number one goal was finding a family-friendly community where they could actually get to know their neighbors. After only a few months in Centerra, they are fully immersed in Northern Colorado life, and they’re loving it! Read on to hear more about their journey.
Healthy living at Centerra – Video
There is an endless variety of ways to enjoy the outdoors at Centerra, and for some, the best way to get out into nature is to go for a good run.
Jennifer Camp has found the perfect place for year-round running
Meet Jennifer Camp. She has lived all over the country, and the world. Everywhere Jennifer has lived she has always loved to run. Now that she and her husband are empty-nesters, they’ve moved to Colorado for its wide-open spaces and its ideal climate for year-round running. Read on to hear more about her story.