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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Courtney Kramer, Planner I/ Historic Preservation Officer
Wendy Thomas, Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Save America’s Treasures Grant for downtown Bozeman
MEETING DATE: May 19, 2014
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
On May 18, 2013, the City Commission approved the Emerson Center for the Arts and
Culture use of $140,000 in Save Americas Treasures (SAT) funding currently held by the City of Bozeman. The Emerson and City Staff members have been working to bring the project to fruition and execute a contract to award the grand funds. However, after
thoughtful consideration of all of the grant stipulations, the Board of Directors for the
Emerson Center voted in April to not accept the grant funding. A letter from their executive
director Susan Denson-Guy is attached.
The City of Bozeman received $150,000 in SAT grant funding after the 2009 explosion in downtown Bozeman. Ten thousand dollars of that funding is under contract with the
Downtown Bozeman Partnership to restore historic streetlights and install them adjacent to
the Baxter Hotel on North Willson Avenue. The streetlight restoration project is proceeding
on time and on budget. The $10,000 received by the streetlight project constitutes about a third of the project’s funding. Staff will notify the project partners that additional funding may be available.
All funds not under grant contract by March 1, 2015 will expire. Other property owners in
downtown Bozeman have expressed interest in the grant funds, and City Staff will work
with them to explore utilizing the funding.
Attachments: Letter from Emerson Executive Director Susan Denson-Guy, dated April 25, 2014
Report compiled on: May 6, 2014
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