Smart Growth & Planning

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Articles in this section

• Growth in the Flathead. An overview of the effects of rapid growth in Flathead and Lake Counties and how citizens and governments are handling the situation.
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• Planning Failure: A Flathead Case Study. Former Flathead County chief planner Stephan Herbably's thoughtful and thought provoking account of an epic battle between proponents of comprehensive land use planning and an anti-planning, anti-regulation, mostly rural, old guard that played rough and played for keeps.
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• Information and Recommendations for the Flathead County Growth Policy. The full text of the document that the Lakers submitted to Flathead County, plus a bibliography of selected relevant publications.