HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-01-21 Public Comment - M. Clark - The IvesFrom:Mike Clark
To:Agenda
Subject:Ives Building, Application 21165
Date:Friday, October 1, 2021 9:56:37 AM
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Please accept this email as an expression of total opposition to the proposed massive building in North Bozeman
called the Ives.
Bozeman still has all the alluring aspects of a small town where neighbors know each other and care for the heart of
this community. I have lived here since 1994 and have been a property owner for some 20 years. I have watched in
growing disgust as Bozeman over the past five years has changed into a very different place, with some of these
negative changes coming in the city and some in the county. We need to keep a sense of space and a sense of
community that comes from people who know each other figuring out how to live together in a thoughtful and
compassionate way.
The Ives building is too big, too massive, too out of scale with the neighborhood. Infill is an important concept and
Bozeman needs to encourage the growth of housing which meets the needs of low and moderate income people.
This building does not help us build a viable community structure. This building just accelerates the dynamics that
make affordable living impossible in Bozeman. I lived in Boulder, Colorado for two years in the 70s and saw it
change into a monster that destroyed concepts of stable communities that promote diversity and equity. Aspen took
a similar course. Jackson, Wyoming has carried out similar destructive ideas. We do not need to duplicate these
sad and destructive patterns. Bozeman is heading down the same course unless we pay attention to the needs of
working people who need and demand viable neighborhoods. Tell the developer “No”!!!
Tell them to build in a way that supports our community, rather than in a manner that destroys what we value.
Please stop this proposal.
Mike Clark
1429 South Grand Ave,
Bozeman