Montbello is a

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in the northeastern section of the

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. Montbello is one of Denver's largest neighborhoods, with over 9,000 housing units, and over 36,000 residents.

Neighborhood facts

Montbello began as a suburban-style development by real estate developer

Jordon Perlmutter Jordon Perlmutter (1931-2015) was an American real estate developer.Denver Post: "Pioneering Denver developer Jordon Perlmutter dies at age 84"
October 17, 2011 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 acres of land 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

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, 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. In 2017, the Denver Post named Montbello the "nation’s hottest suburban housing market" In 2023, the Montbello FreshLo hub, an "$85 million community-led development", broke ground. The FreshLo hub is located at 12444 East Albrook Drive and will include: * 97 Units of Affordable Housing (1, 2 & 3 bedrooms) * Daily Table grocery store * FreshLo/ARTS Cultural Arts Education Center * WellPower mental health services * Office, retail and meeting spaces for businesses and nonprofits

Neighborhood Organizations

*Far Northeast Neighbors *Montbello 20/20 *Montbello Organizing Committee *Steps to Success *Montbello Neighborhood Improvement Association *Struggle of Love Foundation

Location

The neighborhood lies north of

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and was isolated from the rest of Denver by

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, now under redevelopment. To the north of Montbello is the

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, a

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site formerly used for the manufacturing of chemical weaponry. After Denver’s annexation of the

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site even further northeast, the neighborhood has occupied a more “central” location in the city. The racial makeup of the neighborhood is 62%

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, 60%

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, 22%

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, 2%

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, 4% two or more races, and 1% American Indian or Alaska Native.https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2017/5-year.html

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