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The Union Colony Civic Center is a performing arts venue at 10th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado, where concerts, touring shows and community events are staged. It takes its name from the Union Colony, the agricultural settlement that founded Greeley in 1870, and it is one of the city's main gathering places for live entertainment.

The story behind it

Greeley began as the Union Colony, a cooperative farming community organised by Nathan Meeker, an agricultural editor for the New York Tribune, and named after the newspaper's founder Horace Greeley. The settlers laid the town out on a tidy grid of numbered streets and avenues and put irrigation and community life at the center of their plans.

The civic center carries that founding name into the present. It opened in the late 1980s as a home for the performing arts in a city that grew from a utopian farming experiment into a regional hub. A building like this tells you how Greeley sees itself: practical roots, with room for music and theatre.

What to look for

• The name over the entrance, which links the building to the Union Colony and to the town's 1870 beginnings.
• Posters and signs for upcoming performances, which show the range of shows the venue hosts, from concerts to touring productions.
• The numbered streets and avenues around the center, a reminder of the planned grid the colonists drew up for the town.
• The way the building sits within downtown Greeley, a short walk from other civic and historic spots.

Tips for your visit

• Allow 15 to 20 minutes if you are looking at the exterior and the surrounding blocks, and longer if you are attending a show.
• Access to the interior depends on events and staffing, so check current opening hours and the event calendar before you go.
• Daylight is best for photographs of the building, while evenings are livelier when a performance is on.
• Pair the visit with a stroll around downtown Greeley, which is easy to cover on foot.

See it on a quest

The Oz Escape in Greeley is a good way to see the civic center as one stop on a longer walk through the area. You reach each place on foot, the app tells you about it when you arrive, and you solve a puzzle based on what is in front of you. It is a paid quest, and one ticket covers the whole group.

Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows in Greeley suits anyone who likes a mystery theme with their sightseeing. You walk between places in the area, hear the story of each one as you get there, and work out a puzzle on the spot. It is a paid quest, and one ticket covers the whole group.