The City of Thornton is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. Thornton is 10 miles north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Thornton was named after Daniel I.J. Thornton, governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955.
Thornton has 81 city parks and nearly 2,000 acres of parks and open space. There are over 80 miles of trails throughout the city. Recreational facilities include the Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center and the Thornton Community Center.
Thornton has several local shopping areas, such as Larkridge Mall, PetsMart, Thornton Town Center, and Thorncreek Crossing Shopping Center. Larkridge is anchored by Colorado’s first Sears Grand store, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and DaveCo Liquor Store, the largest liquor store in the world.
Thornton local communities always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic business-friendly communities. The City of Thornton’s citizens are rolling out the “Welcome to Thornton” welcome mat to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and more value-added businesses.
Business startups in retail sales, clothing, fashion, music, beauty, healthcare, legal, medical services, information technology, restaurants, online sales, cleaning services, beauty salons, barber shops, and new entrepreneurs are always in demand in many local growing business communities like those in Thornton. Shop Local! Buy Local!