HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-11-24 Public Comment - S. Tolman - RE_ Range 5 planFrom:Sonal Tolman
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]RE: Range 5 plan
Date:Monday, November 11, 2024 8:49:32 PM
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Dear Sir/ Madam:
My family and I are residents of downtown Bozeman. Among the many qualities of the city we
love is that there are still open fields and farmlands between developments from various eras
across the city. These are both beautiful, giving Bozeman it's characteristic quasi-rural feeling of
plenty of open space, and functional.
Many of these plots house small working farms that are open to the public for visiting. Our favorite
among them all is 4 Daughters' Farm, where my small children and I have been thrilled to pick
raspberries and flowers among a beautiful and bucolic setting, amazingly only minutes from
downtown.
The proposed dense housing development in Range 5 threatens this particular farm, which is so
precious to many of us in the community. The experience of attending a fall festival or berry
picking at that farm would be, in no exaggerated terms, ruined were it to directly abut a multi-story
set of housing units. I have no doubt that eventually the farm would would be unable to attract
enough visitors to sustain the lovely events and opportunities it currently offers to the public and
might even be shut down entirely, leading to the loss of one of our communities valued family
farms producing delightful products and experiences for our town.
While I believe the city must accommodate development, allowing the development of the land
around Stucky Road, rather than situating it near similarly developed areas or areas without
community-oriented farms, would be a loss of one of the things that makes Bozeman so great for
many of us.
Thank you for your consideration in rejecting the proposal for Range 5.
Sincerely,
Sonal Tolman