969 N. Bryant, Denver, CO 80211 For Sale

In 2015, the Sun Valley neighborhood was home to approximately 1,400 very low-income residents, up to 25 homeowners, several community serving nonpro fi ts, a power plant, a stretch of the South Platte River, Empower Field at Mile High, and stadium-related surface parking lots. Prior to 2015, the neighborhood had one of the highest poverty rates in the city (83%), a high concentration of school age youth (55%), a high number single parent households (85%), and immigrant families (21%). The Denver Housing Authority’s (DHA)1950s Sun Valley Home development was aging and contributing to declining conditions in a neighborhood that endured decades of isolation, poor connectivity, and a lack of investment.

A Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant in 2013 and a 2015 CNI Implementation Grant seeded the neighborhood redevelopment. The 24-acre Sun Valley Transformation includes new mixed-use, mixed-income, multi-generational housing with community-driven goals focused on youth, education, healthy food, jobs, sustainable infrastructure, better connections and active open space. With the community, a range of partners, and residents bene fi ting from targeted investments, DHA embarked on a responsive, authentic, and inclusive neighborhood revitalization.