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About Montgomery Ohio The quaint village feeling of the shops and restaurants along Montgomery Road near Cooper Road in the heart of the village (now a city) has been carried on by the recent building of large modern homes in the area near the downtown shops that carry on the same colonial character. Builders have recently begun to tear down smaller homes and build these large new homes in the traditional village style, but with amenities like three-car garages. Montgomery is only about five square miles in size. In the downtown heritage district, 8 of the 33 landmark buildings are on the National Register for Historic Places. The community of about 10,000 comes out to celebrate the Fourth of July each year in a big way! There is a morning parade leading to Montgomery Park where a festival culminates in the five-year old T-ball championship game. Other festivals that close down Montgomery Road include the celebration of the French holiday, Bastille Day, also in July--in conjunction with the Montgomery's sister city of Neuilly-Plaisance, a suburb of Paris, France. Then later in September there is a huge art show on Sunday afternoon. Artisans from near and far come to show and sell their wares.
There is a newer community pool on Hopewell Road near the new fire station and intersection of Montgomery Road. Montgomery is a great family community with its array of six parks offering walking/jogging trails and gazebos for picnicking (Pioneer Park), a clubhouse you can rent for social events (Dulle Park), free tennis courts (at multiple locations), and even a fishing pond and playground (Swaim Park).
Served by the award-winning Sycamore School District, which is also rated "Excellent," this is a great community in which to raise your family! There are sports teams for pee-wee football, all levels of soccer, baseball, and swimming is big at the Montgomery Swim Club (a private facility with a long reputation for award winning swim teams) as well as the municipal pool. The Sycamore Aviators have about 500 teachers serving 5,800 students in the district, which also serves Blue Ash and parts of Symmes Township. 96% of the students graduate and 90% go on to college. There have recently been 40 National Merit Semi-finalists or commended students. In 2002 a new Blue Ash Elementary school was built and in 2003 the new Montgomery Elementary opened. Montgomery is just minutes from Kenwood Towne Center Mall and its close proximity to I-71, I-275, and Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway make it a favorite for professionals that need to get to the hospitals or downtown easily and quickly. |