Historic Uptown Updates

• Using GiveButter instead of PayPal for donations?
  • We decided to move to GiveButter to offer more donating options.
  • Two campaigns are set up: General Fundraising and Street Sign Fundraiser
  • Setup pending Cheryl setting up the Payout account.
• Street Signs
  • We are in the processing of creating an image and hope to include prototypes in our September 2025 newsletter.
• Palmer High School is proposing demolishing 3 Weber-Wahsatch National Historic buildings.
  • Historic Uptown will be writing a response to the Palmer rezone request ZONE-25-0026, SUBD-25-0076, LUPL-25-0012 by July 29, 2025.
• Downtown Master Plan update – Historic Uptown Section, Downtown Development Authority?
  • We are asking if Historic Uptown will have a section in the Master Plan since the Downtown Development Authority overlaps a portion of our neighborhood.
• VisitCOS
  • We gave feedback on Historic Uptown content and sent pictures of the neighborhood.
• Downtown Review Board Position
  • Historic Uptown expressed interest in the next rotation. One neighborhood position is shared currently by MSR, and Mill Street.
  • Historic Uptown asked the City Planning department to include us as participating members of this neighborhood position. Currently, Historic Uptown cannot be in the rotation.
• We have a new board member. Welcome Nina Ramey!

Historic Neighborhood Partnership Updates

• Public comment at Council
• PlanCOS update (specifically the neighborhood map)
  • Historic Neighborhood Partnership asked that PlanCOS be updated to include specific neighborhoods. Historic Uptown is not included in the neighborhood map. We are included in the umbrella area called “Downtown”.
• Historic Preservation process improvements, fee restructure, ordinance – August
  • Historic Neighborhood Partnership will start engaging with planning to improve the HP-O process.
• Tax Credits Meetings with Agencies – Silver Key, Pikes Peak Housing Network, and others
  • Historic Neighborhood Partnership is meeting with agencies to see if Historic Partnership can be extended to different historic neighborhoods to allow tax credits for residents staying in place.
• Mill Street Coalition – support
• Downtown Master Plan update – building heights