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Residents urge stronger preservation measures, propose Motel Sign District and landscape inventory
Summary
Multiple residents called on Boulder City’s Historic Preservation Commission to protect historic character, nominated a Motel Sign District, and asked for a landscape inventory and updated metrics on contributing properties after a 2020 survey showed 42–43% contributing homes.
During the meeting’s final public comment period, several Boulder City historic-district residents urged stronger preservation measures and greater transparency from the commission.
Bridal Smith, who identified herself as a historic resident, urged the commission to consider recognizing the Motel District for its historic character and warned that continued demolitions risked turning Boulder City into a more generic suburban area. Smith criticized recent losses, saying the change to downtown caused by the Bureau of Reclamation building project “was a complete assassination of our downtown area,” and listed…
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