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South Park’s fate is in the fine print

Posted May 19, 2020 1862 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

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

Posted May 7, 2020 2303 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

Heli tours aren’t a done deal

Posted May 6, 2020 1878 0 0

Heli tours aren’t a done deal – just a bad deal. The Airport Board just granted Tony Chambers of Wind River Air a permit to fly intrusive helicopter tours over

A grassroots organizing story for #GivingTuesdayNow

Posted May 5, 2020 1613 0 0

A message from our executive director Skye Schell: I’m sure you know Giving Tuesday normally falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year, we’re taking part in a bonus Giving

Don’t stop now: there’s still a win-win for Snow King

Posted April 29, 2020 1864 0 0

There’s still a win-win solution for Snow King on the table. As the Town Council considers approving Snow King’s Base Area Master Plan Amendment through “third reading” (vote) on

State Bills Happy Hour was a virtual success

Posted April 14, 2020 1571 0 0

The Alliance has been improvising new ways to gather people together while we’re all sheltering in place. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, we had planned our first Quarterly Picnic Briefing to

Don’t press pause on the Comprehensive Plan Update

Posted April 10, 2020 1832 0 0

Planning is about shaping development to meet our community vision, not the other way around.

The Teton County Board of County Commissioners will be discussing what government projects to pause given the coronavirus crisis on Monday, April 13th. What to pause, and what to continue, is directly linked to the future development of Northern South Park. In case you missed it, the Gill family is proposing to develop 488 lots on the Hereford Ranch (more on that once a formal application has been submitted).

We believe that if the community is best served by pausing the Comp Plan Update / Growth Management Program, then all development applications should be paused too. But planning is a powerful tool in times of uncertainty, and given that the Comp Plan update is almost finalized, we shouldn’t delay action on our community’s highest priority goals.

There’s a new Comp Plan in town

Posted April 2, 2020 1857 0 0

Coronavirus has made all of us intimately familiar with uncertainty. We’re coping with protecting the safety and well-being of our community, the loss of some of our favorite places to

Advocacy in uncertain times

Posted April 1, 2020 1949 0 0

Advocacy in uncertain times In the month since our last update, it feels as though the whole world has ground to a halt. This is a unique time in history.

Why the Forest Service should start over with the Snow King Draft EIS

Posted March 31, 2020 2022 0 0

We love Snow King, and we want Snow King to succeed as our local Town Hill – not an amusement park. We believe a better future is possible, beyond what

We need to invest in preserving and protecting our area’s ecosystem

Posted March 26, 2020 2185 0 0

With the coronavirus, we’ve been thinking a lot about public health and wellness, and how much we have to be thankful for. In Jackson, we’re fortunate to be surrounded by

Community Organizing and COVID-19

Posted March 13, 2020 3609 0 0

Dear Alliance supporters, I would like to give you an update on what we’re doing about the coronavirus. As you probably know, the town and county are canceling big events and recommending