main street and safety Public Comment from Nathan MacGregor Aimee Brunckhorst
From: Aimee Brunckhorst
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 1:46 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: Public comment - main street and safety
From: Nathan MacGregor<nathan.p.macgregor@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, April 30, 2025 7:57 PM
To: Kirstin Robinson <krobinson@kalispell.com>
Subject: EXTERNAL Public comment- main street and safety
Hi,
I just wanted reach and commend the decisions to reimagine what downtown Kalispell looks like.
Through the lens of safety Kalispell truly needs an improvement in this infrasture not just for cars which
make up most of the transit in our city but to encourage different ways of thinking how our city can grow
and move. By utilizing this safety grant we can go above and beyond repairing roads, which are, hopefully
in the budget, and focus on how we can encourage growth and build a thriving downtown that can rely
not just on tourism but the locals as well. Rethinking streets by making it safe for all modes of transit,
encourages all to come together in community. If we stay the same in our downtown, business are
guaranteed to suffer because of the dangerous speeds downtown. Its apparent that people go by
downtown as a commute by the amount of free parking space there is two blocks away from downtown
anytime of day.
My question and statement to councilors is what do you want downtown to be? Keep on this path of
rethinking how we grow, using smart choices to keep our current long term debts low when we
expand.Adding more business in downtown is crucial to that goal. I believe there is a lot of excitement
and rejuvenation to be had, but having a highway though the main urban area has and will always
continue to inhibit this energy and growth.
I think this redesign will ultimately kick start growth in unexpected ways that can't be seen. I would
encourage you to expound on that vision and what you have seen other cities do to prove the economic
benefits of condensing street lanes especially in a small town downtown. Show your work.
Graphic Designer Nathan MacGregor Artist
Phone: ( )471-1243
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