HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-15-26 Public Comment - N. Nakamura - South Bozeman Technology TIF District From: Natsuki Nakamura
To: David Fine;Bozeman Public Comment;Alison Sweeney
Subject: [EXTERNAL]South Bozeman Technology TIF District
Date: Wednesday,April 15,2026 10:53:42 PM
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Please share this comment with the TIF board in advance of their 4/16 meeting. As a
disclosure, I am a member of the City's Economic Vitality Board,but speaking only as an
individual.
Dear TIF board,
Thank you for serving on this board. I am grateful that Bozeman has a TIF board to discuss
the various proposals for TIF funds. This comment is only from me as an individual, but as a
member of our City's Economic Vitality Board, I would like to share two of the oral public
comments that we received at our March meeting raising concerns about the Montana State
University Innovation Campus, which is within the South Bozeman Technology District and is
on the proposed budget to receive more TIF funds.
The comments from community members (recording here, timestamp 8;30 to 13:401 raise
concerns about Innovation Campus tenants'ties to war profiteering. Tenants of the Innovation
Campus include Reveal Technology and the Defense Innovation Unit OnRamp Hub, self-
described as "Montana's local front door to the Department of War."
I share concerns about the use of these TIF funds, which divert potentially $3.6 million of
Bozeman tax dollars to reimburse infrastructure costs of the Innovation Campus, especially in
light of City staff and Commissioners time and again expressing concerns about not having
enough funds to staff sufficient firefighters and build a new Ere station,build affordable
housing, consider a new library out west, or improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety at
intersections tragically known to be dangerous.
I understand that the South Bozeman Technology District was created to attract tech jobs, but
would like to see our tax dollars spent differently.
Thank you for your consideration,
Natsuki Nakamura