Commission Approves Consultant & Revises Goals

The City Commission approved a Professional Services Agreement with PORT Architecture and Urbanism, LLC on January 27th, 2026 to provide consultant services to assist in the development of the Bozeman Creek Vision Plan. PORT (and their water resource science and engineering partner Rio ASE) bring a tremendous amount of experience in waterway, public realm, and ecological planning to this project, to complement the City’s partnership with SeeBozemanCreek in helping move this important work forward.

The City Commission also provided direction on modest revisions to the project goals, in an effort to incorporate public comments resulting in more clearly worded goals that reflect shared values. To that effect, “Ecological Health” was added to honor the original intent of the Commission’s priority interest in the overall health of the creek (while recognizing this effort will not result in a holistic study of the entire watershed), as well as revising “Economic Development” to “Economic Vitality” to better reflect the spirit of highlighting the benefits that come with celebrating the creek through an urbanized area. Thus, the goals moving forward are as follows:

  • Enhance flood mitigation efforts
  • Improve water quality & ecological health
  • Increase access and connectivity to parks and trails
  • Support economic vitality opportunities
  • Strengthen community connection to a vital resource


Stay tuned for opportunities to share your values, aspirations, and lived experiences that will help shape an overarching vision statement rooted in what the community wants for Bozeman Creek (and what Bozeman Creek wants from us). A series of public meetings will be scheduled in the coming weeks, with our first event taking place during the week March 30th to build awareness. In the meantime, the City of Bozeman and SeeBozemanCreek will be convening with a number of constituents to begin building the relationships needed to bring a wide variety of interests together as a foundation of success.

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