Cooma boasts a variety of retail shopping and dining experiences, a town heritage walk, Raglan Gallery arts and cultural centre, Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre, numerous sporting facilities and NSW Correctional Services Gaol museum.

Cooma is also a good base to explore the region’s other attractions.  Bushwalking and mountain biking is also available in the hills surrounding the town.  Cooma offers employment opportunities in retail, hospitality, medical, health and welfare, professional services, trades and technical services, agriculture, tourism, education, construction, manufacturing and other industries as well.  Cooma is within commuting distance to Canberra and many residents take the opportunity for enjoying a country lifestyle with city benefits.

Cooma is known for innovation and entrepreneurship with award winning businesses such as Birdsnest, Monaro Media Group and Snowy Sheds and industry leaders like Snowy Hydro all calling Cooma home.

Cooma is well-serviced for families, with the Cooma Hospital and ambulance station, two major local doctors surgerys, pathology, two chemists, two aged care facilities, and a variety of community health services. There are also a multitude of educational options, with public and private schools, Cooma TAFE, and the Snowy Monaro Universities Centre all available. Cooma provides a variety of housing opportunities, from large stately homes, rural residential living, small single dwellings close to town, medium density flats, units, and vacant land all available for purchase.