Gage For Garden City
Running For Garden City Council
Gage Coprivnicar grew up in Idaho starting at the age of 3, when his father, in the Airforce was relocated to fly the C-130 Hercules. He went to college out of state for the first two years at Colorado School of Mines, pursing his degree in Electrical Engineering. After two years, Gage decided to take a few years off of school and pursued other interests such as woodworking and gardening. He went back to school in 2021 on the tail end of COVID-19 and finished his degree in Electrical Engineering in 2023 at Boise State, and is working on his Masters in the same field.
Gage Coprivnicar moved to Garden City in 2024, purchasing a house, and is interested in getting involved in the local community as much as possible. He is often found biking around the greenbelt and offering help to any other bikers who need help repairing their bike or inflating a flat tire.
He has a lot of leadership experience, having been a guide for local rafting non-profit for over a decade. He was the Vice-President of the BSU branch of IEEE (Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers), and is the Vice-Chair of his local HOA, working with his neighbors to solve any misunderstandings or clarify any HOA questions they may have.
Positions
I have a lot of opinions I will write down later copied from positions
The Greenbelt
I have been a bike commuter for over a year now and as a result I have a great idea of what sort of improvements would benefit the Garden City Community the most. The Garden City portion of the greenbelt has many wooden bridges, most if not all of which are slowly deteriorating, and being patched with metal plates. If I was elected to the City Council of Garden City, I'd advocate for these bridges to be updated to the concrete ones we see more frequently in the Boise and Eagle sections of Garden City.
Alternative Transportation
As I don't own a car, I have found myself taking the bus on many occasions. When my bike is out of service, when the weather is bad, or just for a bit of fun! I love taking the bus, and the two primary routes in Garden City VRT #8 and #9 are good, reliable, and frequent enough. I would love to see an increased advocacy for Garden City locals to use the bus system to get to and from frequented locations like the Fairgrounds and the new park being built there, Boise Downtown, and many of the wonderful parks that the bus stops are adjacent to!
I'd also really like to see increased coordination with ACHD about consistent bike lanes and infrastructure on specifically State St. As Garden City grows, it will be important to allow folks the ability to get where they need to safely, quickly, and as little driving as possible!
Compost Program
I would love to see Garden City integrated into the existing Boise Composting program. So much food waste exists, and it would be wonderful to be able to use the compost dirt piles that Boise makes available to their residents, available to Garden City as well! This would work well with the Garden City Garden's Program and reduce potential costs as the compost generated could be used for Gardening, and food waste generated turned to compost!
Garden City Gardens
The Garden City Pollinator Garden is a wonderful spot to learn about native plants, animals, and insects. I'd love to see this expanded into a gardening program, where locals are encouraged and taught to learn and care for a small garden for themselves and others, and how to best use and preserve any vegetables grown. This could also be done in coordination with the Garden City Library to create a youth program encouraging kids to learn gardening, cooking, and preservation skills.
Social Programs and Community
I'd love to see an increase in the number of social programs that Garden City has for a wider range of ages. Specifically I would love to see more after school programs for busy parents, and game nights and the like for young adults who could use the opportunity to learn more about topics that interest them.