HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-15-25 Public Comment - N. Nakamura - Support for Better Bozeman Coalition for Preservation Stewardship & Leadership awardFrom:Natsuki Nakamura
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Support for Better Bozeman Coalition for Preservation Stewardship & Leadership award
Date:Tuesday, October 14, 2025 10:54:26 AM
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Hello,
Please share this comment with the Historic Preservation Advisory Board ahead of theirmeeting tomorrow. As a disclosure, I am volunteering to help Alison Sweeney's candidate
campaign as her treasurer. The reason I am helping Alison's campaign is because I have beenvery impressed with her advocacy, thoughtful research, and consistent commitment to support
her neighbors.
I would like to voice my support for the nomination of Better Bozeman Coalition for the
Preservation Stewardship and Leadership award. Better Bozeman Coalition (BBC) as a groupand Alison Sweeney as an individual have had a very positive impact on historic preservation
and educating our community about Bozeman's cultural heritage.
The BBC has positively impacted our community and historic preservation efforts by:
Sending out informative newsletters that: summarize important discussions or policy
changes happening at the City, particular helpful for folks who do not have the time toattend meetings or read reports; include information about historic preservation
educational events hosted by the City or community groups such as Extreme History;invite folks to answer surveys or submit public comment on historic preservation issues
Co-hosting events this past Historic Preservation Month including a kick-off event atStory Mansion and a creative "Adaptive Re-Use Open House of Historic Bozeman
Structures"Raising awareness of the importance of our historic structures and neighborhoods as not
only Bozeman's cultural heritage, but as Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing. BBChas advocated for policies that protect this valuable resource from being bulldozed and
redeveloped.Leveraging the large knowledge base existing in our community to put together a well-
researched "Neighborhood Friendly Unified Development Code" report to suggest ideasthat could be incorporated in the UDC update.
Compiling resources on the BBC website about historic preservation, neighborhood-ledinitiatives, and other information for folks to learn about and engage in policy about the
NCOD, housing, and historic districts
Alison has poured in thousands of volunteer hours into this community and has been
consistent with her love of history and desire to empower neighborhoods.
Thank you for your consideration,Natsuki Nakamura
A11 Adaptive Re,...,Use Ope11 lio1,1se 0£ liistoric Boze111a11 Str1,1ct1,1res May 2, 2025 5:30 -7:30 PM at the Story Mansion
May 3, 2025 10:00 AM -3:00 PM at
• a ... Five Bozeman Locations
Celebrate National Historic Preservation Month
with the Historic Preservation Advisory Board,
Friends of Story Mansion and the
Better Bozeman Coalition
event details at
.betterbozemancoalition.org/events