 | Mapping for a Millennium
Teton County, WyomingAbstractMapping for a Millennium is a four phase project that takes a highly intense and publicly participatory mapping effort to identify areas of future growth and environmental preservation through implementation via development of a transportation demand management program and amendment of our Land Development Regulations. Phase 1 produces a new Community Issues (futures) Map for our Comprehensive Plan. Phase 2 produces a total of seven special area land-use plans specifically targeted at integrating transportation and land-use goals. Phase 3 is initiation of a private-sector run transportation demand management program and amendments to the County's Land Development Regulations necessary to implement policies approved in previous phases. Phase 4 is production of an evaluation report that will document the process of, the results of, and the lessons learned in, the project. Teton County is a rural county; over 97 percent of the county is in federal ownership. There are approximately 79,000 acres of private land which, to date, are approximately 40 percent developed. Teton County contains one incorporated town, Jackson, which is approximately 1000 acres containing an estimated population of 6,500. Teton County as a whole contains an estimated population of 17,000 people. In the summer and winter, however, the community is host to large numbers of tourists who expand the number of people served by Teton County and the Town of Jackson to over 40,000 on any given day (peak season.) As a result, the community is reliant on a large number of commuter and seasonal employees. All the people who live, visit and work in Teton County will benefit from the Mapping for a Millennium project, including disadvantaged and minority groups who often have need of affordable housing and transportation, both of which are to be addressed in this project. Previous Page |
