HomeMy WebLinkAbout2-27-2020 Public Comment - G. Mattson - Ellen Theatre SignageFrom:George Mattson
To:Agenda
Subject:Ellen Theatre Sign, Item 19418
Date:Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:05:44 PM
From 1971 to 2008 I practiced architecture in Downtown Bozeman. In 1975, in response to the construction of Main
Mall, other architects and I organized a program, "Is Downtown Bozeman Worth Saving?" That program energized
downtown business people and led to numerous historic renovations -- by my firm and others -- and the first street
trees in downtown.
It is dismaying to see City staff expend its resources producing 29-pages of bureaucratic minutia denying a minor
deviation for the Ellen Theatre, certainly one of our most historic and revered buildings.
Please engage the City staff's energy on real issues such as affordable housing, maintaining our historic
neighborhoods, parking, and cooperative planning with the County.
John Ludin deserves our undying gratitude for what he has done, and continues to do, for the Ellen. Let him erect
the sign!
George Mattson