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Featured
Publications
Montana
Transportation Choices Study
Montana's
state transportation program represents a major force shaping
the state's cities, towns, and countryside as well as a major
influence on the state's economy and quality of life.The
Montana Transportation Choices Study evaluates the state's
program in light of current guidelines, goals, and requirements
contained in federal transportation laws, and compares Montana's
transportation program to best practices among the states in key
policy areas of importance to Montana's citizens.
Smart Growth Endorsement Criteria – Check it Out
MSGC has developed two smart growth endorsement processes and criteria that enable us to support truly smart growth developments proposed in Montana. These criteria, one for urban and suburban developments and one for rural developments, are best applied before a development has gone through extensive engineering and design expense so that we can help the developer design the development to ensure it meets these criteria.
If you are interested in seeking endorsement please download these criteria, apply them to your development, and then contact MSGC. Or if you are a citizen or a local government official and you are trying to decide whether a development is smart or not then feel free to use these criteria to help you rate the development.
Urban/Suburban smart growth endorsement process. Download the document
Rural smart growth endorsement process. Download the document
Getting
the Growth You Want:
A Citizen's Guide to Subdivisions
and Smart Growth
What to know more about how to help or halt
a new subdivision? This guide is for you, whether you're a concerned
citizen, neighborhood activist, planning board member or an elected
official. Getting
the Growth You Want (1.1 MB PDF file) covers the basics of
how subdivisions in Montana are proposed (and either approved
or denied); what makes a good subdivision; and how to get involved.
Montana Smart Growth Coalition's Urban and Suburban Neighborhood Development Endorsement Criteria
The Montana Smart Growth Coalition has created a quantitative checklist of criteria to determine if a development project is truly smart growth and deserves MSGC's support during permitting and marketing. A developer may use an MSGC endorsement for marketing purposes after the development is half built out. View the checklist
MSGC
News Links
New West Growth and Public Policy
Headwater News:Reporting on the Rockies
Smart
Talk Newsletters
(PDF Files 2-5 MB)
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2007/ March 2004
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2002 /
July 2002
Join
the Coalition
Help
support smart
growth efforts in
Montana. The Montana Smart Growth Coalition
is a network of organizations and individuals from across the
state who share a commitment to just, affordable and sustainable
communities. The Coalition advocates for sensible policy, both
locally and statewide, regarding land use, transportation, housing,
sustainable agriculture, conservation of habitat, cultural diversity,
economic equity and the environment.
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“Big Sky or Big Sprawl Conference,” September 19th, 2008 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, at Carroll College in Helena celebrating the Montana Smart Growth Coalition’s 10th Anniversary
The Keynote Speaker will be Geoff Anderson, the CEO and President of Smart Growth America, discussing the untapped market for smart growth in Montana and the U.S..
The fifth Big Sky or Big Sprawl Conference will be held at Carroll College in Helena. National experts on smart growth issues will be in Helena to address the following topics (please note: the agenda has not been finalized and is subject to change):
- Transportation and Land Use: Creating the Vital Connection Between Where We Grow and How We Get Around
- Water and Growth: Protecting Senior Water Rights
- Making Smart Growth a Reality: Financing for Smart Growth and Affordable Housing
- Transportation and Land Use: Your Tax Dollars at Work – How and Where State and Federal Transportation Dollars are Spent – What Other States Do Differently
- Smart growth is the universal vision for the future of Montana: How to Talk About Smart Growth
- City County Coordinated Urban Growth Area planning – Creating Great Cities and Towns From the Grassroots Up
- Transportation and Land Use: The Climate Change Connection
- Water and Growth: Septics, Septics Everywhere – And Not A Drop to Drink?
- Wildlife and Growth: Clear Development Standards to Protect Critical Habitat and Corridors
Tools
for Smart Growth
Visit our new resource Tools for Smart
Growth in Montana, an online collection of success stories
on how communities and counties in Montana and the intermountain
West are making the six smart growth goals below a reality. You
will also find links to the enabling regulations and plans that
made these goals a reality.
Open Space
and Ag Land Preservation
Wetland
and
Riparian Protection
Promoting Compact Communities
Natural
Hazard Prevention
Ground
Water Protection
Wildlife
Protection
Growth
in the West
News,
commentary and resources on smart growth issues in the West.
The
Basics
This
section offers brief overviews with links that cover elements
of smart growth, including land use planning, transportation
and ag land protection.
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