Bozeman is a rapidly growing city with a high quality of life in part due to the easy access to the outdoors, burgeoning tech industry, and cultural experiences it offers. Bozeman intends to maintain this high quality of life as it grows in part by using its land efficiently. The land is a finite resource and its use can either produce high enough property tax revenues and fees to support residents’ needs or drain city funds for infrastructure upkeep. In this story map, Urban3 visualizes property values in 3D to make relative comparisons between downtown with those throughout the community. This analysis clearly shows that downtown generates the most tax value and revenue productivity in Bozeman and Gallatin County. Downtown Bozeman yields 6 times the tax revenue per acre compared to the rest of the City relative to their sizes. Downtown yields 200 times the tax revenue per acre compared to the rest of Gallatin County relative to their sizes.

The State of Downtown Bozeman is an economic activity dashboard compiled using data from the American Community Survey and other data sources. The dashboard quantifies and qualifies Downtown Bozeman in terms of demographics, economy, housing, affordability, and transportation.

The State of Downtown Bozeman is free for public use and made possible by funding from the Downtown Urban Renewal District and the City of Bozeman Economic Development Department.

Montana Recovery Status: Phase II

On April 22nd Governor Bullock introduced a phased approach for the reopening of Montana to begin April 26th. The information provided below is intended to serve citizens and businesses throughout the community with current resources and metrics as we monitor progress toward recovery.

This document was prepared to provide design engineers, architects, developers, contractors, or other interested individuals with streetscape standards for properties located in the Bozeman Downtown Standards Area. These standards apply to the properties within the Downtown Standards Area as shown in Figure 1. This includes boulevard standards, pedestrian facility design, trees, and other amenities located in public rights-of-way.

This document is adopted as a supplement to the City of Bozeman Design and Construction Standards. Streetscape requirements differ based on location and jurisdiction. Therefore, the Downtown Standards Area has been further divided into four Sub-Areas, and the application of the standards is further described in this document. Figure 1 shows the overall Downtown Standards Area boundary and Sub-Areas.

The standards will ensure that the Downtown Standards Area has a clear and cohesive design intent and aims to simplify the review and approval of improvements.

Baker Tilly has been working with the City and Downtown Bozeman Partnership as related to analysis for potential of financing future public infrastructure and parking improvements within the District. They have prepared an updated financial feasibility and debt capacity analysis structured solely around available tax increment revenues as a funding source of the District.

The Babcock & Mendenhall Safety Improvements Study consists of data analysis and a traffic safety study focusing on corridor and intersection improvements along Babcock Street and Mendenhall Street. This report provides a summary of the data analysis and safety solutions for the corridors and intersections.

This report outlines the public space benefits of beginning a parklet vs pedlet program in Bozeman, looks at neighboring cities as leading examples and ownership & management options.

In collaboration with Montana State University's Community-engaged And Transformational Scholarship (CATS) Program, students completed this report to show alternatives uses and improvements for Soroptomist Park and Bozeman Creek.

This concept plan, supported by the Downtown Bozeman Partnership, advances the goals of the 2019 Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan to develop ideas that support a thriving and accessible downtown area. Alleyways help to reinforce a walkable city, encourage neighbor interactions, and nurture an invigorating and welcoming city center.

This is an updated analysis of the truck traffic study that was originally completed in 2015.

The 2019 Downtown Plan is a comprehensive vision for the next decade of social, cultural, and economic vitality. The Plan was formally adopted by the Bozeman City Commission in April 2019.

This project consists of a schematic design and feasibility study for the expansion of the existing downtown parking garage--the Bridger Park Garage.

This project analyzes the feasibility of five downtown sites for a future parking structure based on parking capacity, construction cost, and development potential.

This targeted and comprehensive parking plan for the downtown core guides daily management and serves as a template for future decision-making.

This study quantifies and qualifies through-truck traffic along Main Street and identifies alternate truck routes.

The Bozeman Creek Park(ing) Project involves three primary objectives: enhance Bozeman Creek and create a creek-side park; maximize public parking function and capacity, and mitigate stormwater issues. Three design alternatives have been developed to improve the parking lot and adjacent section of Bozeman Creek at the corner of South Rouse Avenue and East Babcock Street.

The 2009 Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan 2018 Progress Report documents the progress made towards accomplishing the major goals and objectives of the 2009 Downtown Plan.

The Downtown Bozeman Improvement Plan, adopted in 2009, serves as a broad planning tool to ensure the long-term economic health, historic character, and cultural vitality of Bozeman’s downtown urban center.

The primary goal of this plan is to foster an economically thriving downtown that attracts investment, stabilizes and strengthens the tax base, and supports the vitality and diversity of the Gallatin Valley as its social and cultural center.

Established a framework and direction to alleviate downtown’s obsolescence and deterioration and provided for its growth and increased prosperity.

The Downtown Alley Sketchbook provides examples of landscaping, hardscaping, pedestrian-scale lighting, business signage, courtyards, and pocket parks. Such improvements would help transform the alleys into unique pedestrian networks providing usable outdoor spaces for businesses.