Known as “The Most Livable Place” for its renowned natural beauty, world class fishing, skiing, abundant recreational opportunities, and gateway to Yellowstone National Park, Bozeman is also a regional commercial center for much of the south central region of Montana.
CDG developed the city’s new Urban Design Manual to increase opportunities for human-scaled and context-appropriate development, innovative urban design, improved multimodal connectivity, and orderly and sustainable development while responding to the city’s unique physical and natural character.
CDG's recommendations provide forward-thinking guidance for building, site and district design with clarity, transparency, user-friendliness, and consistency. Incorporating the input of members of Bozeman's design community, the guidelines focus on development that is human scaled, adhere to transit-oriented development principles, promote pedestrian accessibility, support opportunity for economic activity, maximize potential for placemaking, are compatible with Bozeman’s character, and respond to local building traditions.