Learning Resources
Informed and active residents are the “civic infrastructure” needed to keep Park County, Livingston, and all our communities places we and future generations will be proud to call home.
Here are some core resources to help Park County residents become informed and effective advocates for sensible growth management policies and decisions.
Park County has no Opportunity Zones – we never applied.
City Of Clyde Park Growth Policy
Two polls of voter opinions are providing independent confirmation of the validity of Friends of Park County’s 2022 poll of Park County voters, that showed a high level of concern about development and a willingness to support sensible land use regulations.
In the winter of 2021, newly formed Friends of Park County testified to the County Planning Board that it was only a matter of time before the wave of subdivisions spreading across the Gallatin Valley would wash over the pass and into Park County: We needed sensible land use regulations to avoid the fate of Bozeman and Gallatin County.
Where’s the Data?
Headwaters Economics has conducted extensive studies of southwestern Montana demographics and related economic impacts, one such example is here; Economic Development on the High Divide. And another here; Headwaters-Economics-Park-v-Gallatin-Counties
Check out this Headwaters Economics report titled Montana Losing Open Space
Educational Programs
Friends of Park County has launched a series of educational webinars to go into detail on various topics which have significance in the Land Use, Zoning, and Growth planning arenas, you can review past events from our Educational Series of educational webinars that explore growth management topics in detail. here.