HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-31-25 Public Comment - C. Garcia - Serious concerns about the Guthrie projectFrom:Corinne Garcia
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Serious concerns about the Guthrie project
Date:Friday, March 28, 2025 12:44:16 PM
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Dear Bozeman City Commissioners,
I am writing to express my concerns about the Guthrie project, my support for the appeal of
Application 25033, and to request a reversal of the decision.
After the project was denied last July, the new plans were OK’d without a public hearing.
These plans fail to apply NCOD standards, and the city code requiring a 2-year stay on
demolition after a project is denied has been ignored. Time and time again, the red carpet
is laid out for developer Andy Holleran to do as he pleases in this city. This is made evident
by the insane amount of building he has already completed around Bozeman’s north side
— including the 120-room luxury hotel and part-time residences currently in the works on
East Lamme Street.
And that brings me to my main concern: The Guthrie is nothing more than employee
housing for Homebase Partners disguised as low-income housing. You know this, Holleran
knows this, and long-time Bozeman residents know this. He needs more builders for his
ongoing projects and housekeepers for his neverending hotel developments, and this is his
self-serving solution. The Guthrie’s dorm-like accommodations will not be open to just
anyone —even if he claims that it will — the units will undoubtedly be reserved solely for
Homebase employees and selected by them. It’s a self-serving project that is still receiving
low-income housing incentives, all while stripping the neighborhood of what’s left of it’s
historic charm and putting Whittier school children in harm’s way (city staff ignored glaring
failures reported in the traffic study examining intersections surrounding the project).
When will this man be stopped, or at least properly regulated? Judging by the barrage of
developments that the city has already greenlighted for him and the millions of dollars he’s
made off our city, I’m guessing never.
Please consider supporting the appeal of Application 25033 and stop this self-serving
employee housing project
Sincerely,
Corinne Garcia
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