Montana
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.
The Most Polluted City In America
Can Butte, Montana -- perhaps the most polluted city in the U.S. -- capitalize on its contamination?
Big Sky But No Solitude
Montana is changing as wealthy migrants and second-home owners move into the state, transforming the economy and causing concern about sprawl.
The Internet Meets Montana
The story of a rural Montana town reconciling old West values with the new Net economy.
Rocks, Rights, and the Riverbank
Judge's criticism that Corps of Engineers neglected to study cumulative impacts of individual projects could have national implications.
Montana Gets 'Aspenized'
Even the farthest corners of rural West are getting 'Aspenized'.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Caltrans
Smith Gee Studio
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
