Diane’s application — Sunday evening reading, August 23, 2026

Status: RETAINED ORIGINAL. This is Diane Anders reading her draft to the room in Helena. The enhanced narrative is built on this — it does not replace her facts, her pictures, or her voice.

Names as we lock them for filing: 1316 Bozeman Avenue · Stephen Banker · Joshua Tree Cabinetry · John Horne · Capital Transfer & Storage · Kleinschmidt.

Room notes that are not in the typed draft, but she said them:

• Horne is the owner. Stephen is the lessee and the intended next owner.
• She has Horne’s email to BNSF confirming the lease is in Stephen Banker’s name. She does not yet have the paper lease. Horne is at the office; someone can pick up a copy.
• City wants written owner permission for the work and the lease. Not a mystery numbered form.
• Stephen has already put in about $28,000 of his own.
• He is a craftsman — cabinetmaker, tables, heirloom work. Montana requires a licensed mason for the stone; that is why the masonry is contracted (Karson Klass on the cost sheet; she said “Carson Class”).
• Do not call the building an eyesore in the writing. The pictures show what needs care. The words show what he has already brought back.

Her section order follows the City form. The enhanced narrative keeps that order and her substance.