Flathead County Master Plan

Flathead County, Montana

Flathead County was the hottest real estate market in the country in 1993. Growth has happened so rapidly that it has outstripped the resources of county government and made the county’s 15-year-old Master Plan ineffective. The Cooperative Planning Coalition, a private citizens action group, hired Design Workshop to help. As the first known privately-sponsored public planning process, Flathead has involved thousands of residents, including members of the business community, environmentalists, and other special interest groups. A performance-based process will result from this intensive planning exercise.