HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-13-24 Public Comment - C. Schmidt - “5 Range” Site Plan _ application #- 23306_From:Carol Schmidt
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]“5 Range” Site Plan | application #- 23306:
Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:49:55 AM
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Dear member of the Bozeman Planning Commission:
I am writing to add my name to those opposing this development on Fowler Lane.
I am a resident of Meadow Creek Subdivision, so I am quite familiar
with this neighborhood and what is happening in this area of our
wonderful city. If you have not had a chance to drive down Stucky from
the MSU campus, or Graf Street east from South 11, I would urge you to
do so quickly so you can see the impact of the developments permitted
by this city. The area is now a gulag of graceless four-story
apartment buildings. The feeling of space that makes Bozeman so
special has been obliterated here to allow for a ghetto of buildlings
lacking grace or character. There are just a few pockets left of the
agricultural land that add so much to this community. This
development, along with Buffalo Run, would be one more of the death by
a thousand cuts that is destroying why we live in Bozeman.
I truly understand that we have a housing crisis in Bozeman. But these
over-priced apartments and condos that now crowd onto the southern
border are clearly not a solution. They are geared to the rising
enrollment at MSU. But, what happens if that enrollment falls?
I'd urge you to reconsider not only this development but other
multi-family development that have become a blight on Bozeman. It is
almost too late. I implore you to not seal the door with this
development and others.
Carol Schmidt
3428 Parkway Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59718
406-579-6814