Community
Rich in arts, culture and history, Pueblo offers a variety of museums, festivals, events, performing arts centers and historic sites.
Pueblo was named of America's Best Places to Live by the editors of Livability.com
Pueblo is the county seat and most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, and is the economic hub of southeastern Colorado. Pueblo is an international, multi-racial and multi-cultural community with a well-established Hispanic community that encompasses more than 40 percent of the population.
One of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States, Pueblo is sometimes referred to as "Steel City". And as the hometown of four Medal of Honor recipients — more per capita than any other city in the United States — Pueblo is also known as the "Home of Heroes." Located at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, Pueblo has been an important crossroads for transportation and trading for more than 150 years.
Population
Pueblo County Population: 160,630
City of Pueblo Population: 109,043
Climate
July Average High Temperature: 91 degrees F
January Average Low Temperature: 14 degrees F
Pueblo experiences about 300 days of sunshine each year. Summer highs frequently reach into the 90s, but cool mountain breezes typically drop the night-time temperature 30 degrees or more. Low relative humidity keeps even the hottest summer days from being oppressive. Winter storms and extended cold periods are infrequent and snow rarely remains on the ground for more than a few days before melting. Average rainfall for the year is 12.39 inches, and average snowfall for the year is 33.7. The air in Pueblo is so clean that residents can usually see purple mountains 70 miles away.
Schools
Pueblo students are served by Pueblo City Schools, which prepares students with innovative programs such as the highly-challenging International Magnet Schools, based on international standards of excellence. Citizens from throughout Pueblo contributed to creating the district’s first-ever community-led strategic plan.
In higher education, Pueblo is home to Colorado State University-Pueblo and Pueblo Community College. Part of the Colorado State University System, Colorado State University-Pueblo is a regional comprehensive university with more than 5,000 students. a 1:17 faculty-to-student ratio and an average class size of 25 students. Pueblo Community College is a two-year, public, comprehensive community college in he Colorado Community College System.
Health Care
Pueblo has two excellent not-for-profit hospitals: Parkview Medical Center and St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center. Both offer critical-care transport from surrounding areas. Both have first-rate emergency room services and facilities. Parkview also offers Parkview-Pueblo West, a stand-alone emergency department open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center provides a Flight for Life helicopter base, a comprehensive cancer center, a stroke center and a variety of other resources.
Neighborhoods
According to the Council For Community And Economic Research, Pueblo enjoys the 3rd lowest costs of living and even lower cost of housing among 311 urban areas of all sizes throughout the country. Unique and charming Victorian homes still can be purchased for unheard-of low prices in the Mesa Junction and northside areas of the city. The established areas surrounding the Pueblo Country Club, as well as Belmont, Sunset, Aberdeen and Highland Park, feature a variety of family homes in a wide price range.
Areas of newer construction are the northeast, (University Park, University Hills, Walking Stick and parts of Belmont); the north (Northridge, Eagleridge and Outlook); and the southwest (Regency Park, Starlite, South Pointe, Ventana, and El Camino). Outside the city, newer single family residential areas are developing on the St. Charles Mesa, as well as in Pueblo West and Colorado City.
Business Climate
Pueblo has a low cost of doing business – among the lowest in America – which is a key reason why more than 50 companies have located here in recent years. Pueblo serves as the southern boundary for the state's major business growth corridor, better known as the Front Range of the Rockies. Historically a transportation junction, the city lies at the crossroads of two major highways – Interstate 25, (north/south), and U.S. Highway 50 (east/west).
While steel is still a major industry in Pueblo, alternative energy sources are a growing source of jobs. A number of scientific studies list Pueblo as the state's best place for solar energy, and the European company Vestas chose Pueblo for the largest wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in the world. The community works with industry in a public-private partnership to advance wind energy companies by fostering a conducive environment for facility operations.
Performing Arts
A variety of organizations are active in the development of cultural programs in Pueblo. Performances by the Pueblo Symphony Orchestra, the Pueblo Choral Society, the Sangre de Cristo Ballet Theatre Company, the Veronika String Quartet, and the Pueblo Children’s Choral highlight the sound of music in Pueblo.
Residents also enjoy the Impossible Players theatre group, the Broadway Theatre League, other professional and semi-professional theatrical productions throughout the year. The Guadalupe Dancers as well as many other events are either sponsored or produced by Colorado State University-Pueblo in arts, music and the theatre. Pueblo is the home to Colorado's largest single event, the Colorado State Fair, as well as the popular annual Chile Festival.
