Latest News Archives - Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

Let’s build the neighborhood we need, together

Posted September 29, 2020 168 0 0

County Commission voted “no” on the Gill proposal and “yes” to a neighborhood plan so that we can build the neighborhood we need. First, we want to thank the Gills for opening this conversation and for their desire to...

What’s next with the Gills’ proposal?

Posted September 23, 2020 180 0 0

The Gills’ request to rezone 74 acres of rural land in order to build housing in Northern South Park is a generous gesture. This proposal gives our community a real opportunity to address the values of our Comprehensive Plan: ecosystem...

Wish list for water

Posted September 23, 2020 225 0 0

Wish list for water Water quality was key to our first land use plan in 1978 – but since then, water seems to have all but disappeared in our Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) which guides the future growth and development of our community...

Let’s put the community back in our Comp Plan

Posted September 14, 2020 233 0 0

Let’s put the community back in our Comp Plan Our community created our Comprehensive Plan – the foundational guiding document for local decision-making – to help us become the community we want to be. The Comp Plan basically...

Keeping Jackson Hole whole and wild

Posted September 3, 2020 341 0 0

How can we keep this wild place whole? The central vision of our Comprehensive Plan (the community’s guiding document for the future) is to “preserve and protect the area’s ecosystem.” The wildness of the Greater...

What’s in a neighborhood plan?

Posted August 20, 2020 391 0 0

Neighborhood planning in a nutshell While neighborhood planning may be new to our community, it certainly isn’t new to the profession of planning. The idea of neighborhood planning traces back many years, has been formalized since at least...

The Gill project at Planning Commission: our comments

Posted August 6, 2020 1166 0 0

The Gills’ proposed upzone is working its way through the public hearing process, even though the changes to the Comp Plan that would consider development in Northern South Park haven’t been vetted by the public yet. The proposal will...

Findings can’t be made for Snow King’s gondola, zip line, or pump house

Posted July 3, 2020 511 0 0

Snow King’s final master plan was approved in January, even though there was still much left to be desired. And while the community was coming together to handle a public health crisis, Snow King submitted an application for one of the most...

Racism, protest, and … conservation?

Posted June 4, 2020 1103 0 2

Protesters gather in the Town Square during a peaceful demonstration against racism and police brutality. Photo: Nikki Kaufman At the Alliance, as humans and Americans, we have been distressed by the latest killings of unarmed Black...

Tribal Trail: bad timing for a big price-tag

Posted May 21, 2020 697 0 0

The Tribal Trail Connector – a half-mile segment connecting the existing Tribal Trail Road to Highway 22 in northern South Park – has been steadily working its way through the county’s approval process. As the date for the Board of County...

South Park’s fate is in the fine print

Posted May 19, 2020 643 0 0

This week, our Town Council and Board of County Commissioners again spent nearly two hours haggling over one paragraph within the Comp Plan Update: the language for northern South Park (NSP). And it is no coincidence that the desire for drastic...

We need a 7th cent of sales tax, for COVID-19 recovery now and conservation later

Posted May 7, 2020 589 0 0

In January at their annual retreat, Jackson Town Council decided to bring a 7th cent of sales tax before the voters. At the time, they’d hoped to use that revenue to fund new or additional work on affordable housing, transportation, and...