Engagement Week Follow Up - Thank You!

Wow, what a week! If you have been following along, you know that the city's consultant team for the Design Guidelines Update Project, the Lakota Group, was in Bozeman last week touring the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District (NCOD) and listening to a variety of voices and perspectives. We want to extend a big thank you to everyone who took time out of their week to attend an event. Whether it was the open house, a walking tour, the neighborhood focus group, or a stakeholder listening session, your participation is a meaningful investment in this project and our city. Thank you!

We wrapped up our intensive community engagement with a long conversation with the Historic Preservation Advisory Board (HPAB) on Wednesday evening. At the meeting, the Lakota Group team shared their first impressions and reflected on what they heard throughout the engagement sessions before gathering input from board members. You can watch a recording of the HPAB meeting to hear their discussion.

The team is now hard at work transcribing comments and compiling notes. We look forward to sharing an update with you in the coming weeks. In the meantime, if you missed the events last week, presentation slides from the Community Open House are available in the documents on this page and you may always submit written comments to share your thoughts. Simply send an email to comments@bozeman.net and mention the NCOD Design Guidelines Project. Staff will make sure all feedback is passed along to the Lakota Group team.

We are also continuing to collaborate with the consultant team for the related Local Landmark Project to ensure both efforts are aligned moving forward. There is significant overlap between the two projects and if you're interested in historic preservation, we hope you'll stay engaged in both as they move forward this year.