Montana
Paradise Valley Tries For A Perfect Plan One More Time
Yellowstone gateway looks to guide rapid growth, change.
A Community That Fails To Plan, Plans To Fail
Steve Herbaly, a former planning director, talks about how politics gets in the way of planning.
Inhabitable Grain Bins Have Their Advantages
Promised applications range from homes to guest retreats to refugee shelters.
PBS Documentary On Small Town Divisions
"The Fire Next Time" deals with how talk radio divided a small town already suffering from economic and community woes dealing with land use.
Montana Mulls Wal-Mart Tax
Montana, which has no sales tax, wants Wal-Mart, Target, and Costco to pay a tax to offset the state's welfare costs related to the big-boxes' poor labor practices.
The Stupidity Of Smart Growth?
Columnist Steven Greenhut see the impact of smart growth in Bozeman Montana, and warns readers to "be afraid, be very afraid."
Balancing Rural Lifestyles With A Modern Economy
The theme at Montana's annual state conference on smart growth, was how to blend economic prosperity with smart growth and land-use planning.
Building Up Means Blocking Out Views
Missoula deals with the loss of views and vistas in the face of increased density.
Progressive Planning Creeps Under The Big Sky
As sprawl spreads onto the vast plains of the Billings, Montana, area, a few intrepid souls talk of controlling growth.
Who Should Control Montana's Rocky Mountain Front?
Will a search for natural gas destroy the largest complex of U.S. wild lands outside of Alaska?
In Montana, The Next Arctic Refuge Debate
The Montana Front lands join America's heated debate over energy production and wildlife.
Is Amtrak A Federal Responsibility?
Amtrak President David Gunn is touring the country to garner support for the nation’s rail service, which could face huge cuts from the Bush administration.
Controversy Over Privatizing National Park Work
The National Park Service -- once dismissed by the former director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget as the "world's largest lawn-care service" -- is the prime target of an unprecedented push to privatize federal jobs.
Big Box Tax Narrowly Fails In Montana
A bill to tax large-scale retail stores draws surprisingly broad support.
An In-your-face Rush On Coalbed Methane
The rush to develop energy in the Rocky Mountain West creates conflict between private surface and sub-surface property rights.
A Long-Range View Of Downtown
Redeveloping Lower Manhattan requires a different kind of social vision.
Should Mines Be Allowed Underneath Wilderness Zones?
Originally intended to encourage Western Development, the 1872 Mining Act, has become a lucrative giveaway to Corporate Interests.
From Superfund Site To Drinking Water Well
A private research group proposes to turn the nation's most notorious superfund sight into ... drinking water.
Montana's Growing Pains
Heralded for its down-home personality and recreational offerings, Whitefish, Montana, is changing from an old railroad town to an upscale resort community.
Leaving The City Behind
Maggie Kirn writes about adapting after moving from New York City to Montana.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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