We Are Lucky to Live Here!

We Are Lucky to Live Here!  Let’s welcome the 55+ to Gateway Village. Sunday morning I biked into Bozeman to meet a couple for brunch.  During the 14-mile ride in, several lycra clad male riders easily and silently passed me.  (I passed no one.)  In town three walkers smiled and volunteered, “Aren’t we lucky to […]

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 The Costs of Growth

The Costs of Growth

Gallatin County doubled in population in the past thirty years, making it the fastest-growing region in Montana. While the county’s 2.6 percent annual growth rate falls far short of the 8.3 percent rate of Loudoun County, Virginia, or the 4.3 percent rate of Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada, it is still enough to cause stresses […]

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 The Economics of Affordable Housing

The Economics of Affordable Housing

I like open space and affordable housing. How can we have more of both in the fastest growing county in Montana? The good news is we don’t make all or nothing choices. However, we should remember two rules of public policy: not all good things go together and there are no cost-free solutions. Bozeman’s high […]

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