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Consultants outline preservation‑first approach; residents press for enforceable NCOD guidelines and walking tours
Summary
The Lakota Group presented its approach to updating Bozeman’s NCOD design guidelines, emphasizing community engagement and clearer, color‑coded guidance; dozens of residents told the board the guidelines must have “teeth,” requested walking tours, and raised concerns about recent 90‑foot downtown development.
Consultants from the Lakota Group presented their framework for updating Bozeman’s Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District design guidelines, telling the Historic Preservation Advisory Board the goal is clearer, more usable guidance and robust public engagement.
Suraj Advani, Senior Vice President of the Lakota Group, said the team will bring national best practices while tailoring recommendations to local conditions and stressed engagement as core to the process. “We’re here to help protect character, provide clarity, offer predictability,” Advani said during the presentation.
Team members described tools the consultants often use in other cities: color‑coding to show which guideline items…
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