''5280'' is an American monthly

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focused on

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, Colorado and published by 5280 Publishing, Inc.Circulation statistics
, ''Circulation Verification Council'', December 2007. Its name derives from Denver's elevation of 5,280 feet (1609 m / 1 mile) above sea level.Michael Roberts
"Altitude Check: As Other Pubs Fall, 5280 Is a Mile High and Rising"
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'', March 30, 2006. The monthly publication has an audited circulation of 77,027, making it the largest local magazine in Colorado. It is a member of the

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(CRMA).

History and profile

The magazine was founded in 1993 by Daniel Brogan, a former reporter and columnist for the ''

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''."Meet the Editors of 5280 Magazine"
, ''5280'' (official website), accessed January 28, 2008. Like other city and regional magazines, ''5280'' covers dining, entertainment, and special events, as well as local and regional politics. Its "daily blog of the latest news, gossip, and commentary from the Mile-High City" is called ''Elevated Voices'' (official website). Annual cover stories include the "Top of the Town" awards, with top ratings in a wide range of products, services, stores, shops and community features; "Top Doctors", listing top-rated physicians by specialty; and "Top Restaurants" (official website). Since 2005, "5280" has been a finalist for six

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s (known as "Ellies"), "the magazine industry's highest honor." In 2005, ''5280'' was a finalist for both "Conduct Unbecoming" and "Private Stites Should Have Been Saved", by its Executive Editor Maximillian Potter. "Out in the Cold", an article by Mike Kessler on the plight of workers at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, was a National Magazine Award finalist in 2008. "Low on O2", a package by Lindsey B. Koehler and Natasha Gardner exploring the effects of living at higher altitudes, was a finalist in 2010. In 2016, 5280 acquired ''Colorado Parent''.

Notable staff and contributors

Notable ''5280'' staff and contributors, past and present: *

Gary Hart Gary Warren Hart (''né'' Hartpence; born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. ...

Kent Haruf Alan Kent Haruf (February 24, 1943 – November 30, 2014) was an American novelist. Life Haruf was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of a Methodist minister. In 1965 he graduated with a BA from Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he would later ...

Jeralyn Merritt Jeralyn Elise Merritt (born September 28, 1949) is an American criminal defense attorney in private practice in Denver, Colorado, since 1974. She served as one of the trial lawyers for Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case in 1996 ...

(contributor to ''Elevated Voices'') *

J. R. Moehringer John Joseph Moehringer (born December 7, 1964), known by his pen name J. R. Moehringer, is an American novelist, journalist, and ghostwriter. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for newspaper feature writing. He collaborated on the 2021 film ...

Hampton Sides Wade Hampton Sides (born 1962) is an American historian, author and journalist. He is the author of '' Hellhound on His Trail,'' ''Ghost Soldiers,'' '' Blood and Thunder'', ''On Desperate Ground'', and other bestselling works of narrative histor ...

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