Montbello, Denver

Montbello, Denver, CO

Montbello is a neighborhood in the northeastern section City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA. Montbello is one of Denver's largest neighborhoods, with over 9,000 housing units, and over 30,000 residents.

Neighborhood facts

Montbello began as a suburban-style development, the first major annexation of privately owned land to the far northeast area of Denver, taking place in September, 1965. The annexation included almost 3,000 areas of land^[1] and plans for the area to develop into a mixed use community and dictated the general land use and densities and provided for the necessary public land sites for parks, schools, and other public facilities. Developers built a large variety of homes, ranging from small soap-box ranches, to large multi-level family homes.

During the boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s, real estate prices in this ZIP code were high and in sync with the rest of metro Denver.

There are several schools in the neighborhood, including Montbello High School, which opened in 1980. Schools in this area have struggled in the past with performance, but community members and the school district are working together to address these issues. There are six elementary schools, one k-8, and a middle school.

The neighborhood lies north of I-70 and was isolated from the rest of Denver by Stapleton International Airport, now under redevelopment. To the north of Montbello is the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, a Superfund site formerly used for the manufacturing of chemical weaponry. After Denver’s annexation of the Denver International Airport site even further northeast, the neighborhood has occupied a more “central” location in the city.

The racial makeup of the neighborhood (although this is over 100% and adds up to 102.97%) is 4.12% White, 43.35% African American, 1.67% Asian, and 53.83% Hispanic or Latino.^[2]

References

↑ "Denver Post". Sep 12, 1965. p. 83.
↑ http://www.piton.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=CommunityFacts.Summary&Neighborhood_ID=904#Youth

External links

Coordinates: 39°47′37″N 104°49′58″W / 39.793502°N 104.832745°W / 39.793502; -104.832745

Neighborhoods of the City and County of Denver, Colorado

Central	Baker Capitol Hill Central Business District Cheesman Park City Park Congress Park City Park West Civic Center Country Club Lincoln Park North Capitol Hill Speer Union Station

North	Clayton Cole Elyria-Swansea Five Points Globeville North Park Hill South Park Hill Skyland Whittier

Northeast	Green Valley Ranch Montbello Northeast Park Hill Park Hill Stapleton

Northwest	Auraria Berkeley Chaffee Park East Highlands Highland Jefferson Park Regis Sloan Lake Sunnyside West Highlands

South	College View Hampden South Overland Platte Park Rosedale Southmoor Park South Platte University Hills University Park Washington Park Washington Park West Wellshire

Southeast	Goldsmith Hampden Hampden South Kennedy

East	Belcaro Cherry Creek Cory-Merrill East Colfax Hale Indian Creek Lowry Montclair Virginia Village Washington Virginia Vale Windsor

West	Athmar Park Barnum Barnum West Harvey Park Mar Lee Ruby Hill Sun Valley Valverde Villa Park West Colfax Westwood

Other	Alamo Placita Burns Brentwood Byers Chinatown Crestmoor Curtis Park Denver International Airport Far East Center Gateway Golden Triangle Hampden Heights Hilltop LoDo Mayfair Parkfield University

List Category

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, January 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.