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Letters
by Sandra Walters,
Apr 30, 2012
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Feature
Lack of planning rules and the housing bubble led to dead subdivisions plaguing the West, especially in Teton County, Idaho, where locals are trying to deal with the impacts of the real estate bust, yet still arguing if planning even works.
by Allen Best,
Mar 12, 2012
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Letters
by Chris Norden,
Mar 05, 2012
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Sidebar
A map showing distressed and abandoned subdivisions in Idaho's Teton County.
by Rob Marin, Teton County GIS Analyst,
Mar 05, 2012
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Letters
by Michael Lucid,
Mar 05, 2012
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Editor's Note
Outside Delta, Colo sits yet another rural subdivision that was never completed -- a sign of the West's housing bust and of the difficulty of regulating rural growth.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 05, 2012
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Current
A two-year planning process in La Plata County, Colorado gets hijacked by activists suspicious of United Nations influence. And in the West and nationwide, they're not alone.
by Jonathan Thompson,
Feb 06, 2012
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Letters
by Dick Mangan,
Feb 06, 2012
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Feature
In Salt Lake City and other Western communities, billboard companies battle local democracy by fighting attempts to regulate the giant signs.
by Ray Ring,
Jan 30, 2012
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Editor's Note
Burning down billboards isn't a good idea, but can a citizen fight the corporate power behind the big signs?
by Ray Ring,
Jan 23, 2012
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Letters
by Philip Neal,
Dec 26, 2011
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Current
The recession has afforded a unique opportunity for land trusts to protect more of the West’s private open land through direct acquisitions and, increasingly, conservation easements.
by Jon Christensen, Jenny Rempel and Judee Burr ,
Dec 14, 2011
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Current
by Geoff McGhee,
Dec 12, 2011
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Current
As the West's population and real estate boom stumble to a halt, the once fast-growing Southwest is filled with foreclosed homes and undeveloped lots.
by Jonathan Thompson,
Nov 30, 2011
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Current
The U.S. continues to trail the rest of the world in high-speed rail development, as California's long-planned bullet train is delayed yet again.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Nov 28, 2011
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