Montana Avenue / North of Montana
Montana Avenue is a neighborhood-serving commercial street embedded in some of the city's most established residential blocks. Its issues are the everyday ones: traffic, safety, parking, and keeping local businesses viable.
// the area today
The Area Today
Storefront occupancy
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Source: Montana Avenue Merchants Association
Reported property crime
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Source: SMPD crime data
Traffic volumes
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Source: City transportation counts
Challenges
- Property crime in adjacent residential blocks
- Traffic speed and pedestrian crossings
- Turnover in neighborhood retail
- Parking availability for local customers
Opportunities
- Targeted pedestrian safety improvements at key crossings
- Support for long-standing neighborhood businesses
- Neighborhood-scale events and programming
- Clear, responsive service for residential concerns
My perspective
This part of the city mostly needs the basics done consistently: safe streets, responsive police service, and a commercial corridor that isn't losing its independents. That's not glamorous, but it's what residents here are asking for.
Related issues
Ideas connected to this area
// resident input
What's happening in Montana?
If you spend time in this part of the city, tell me what you're seeing here — the problem, the block, and what would actually help.