On Monday, Oct. 25, the Teton Board of County Commissioners approved a consulting contract not to exceed $49,500 for a socioeconomic analysis of the Grand Targhee expansion plan, after the
Monday s joint information meeting is slated to be chock full of discussions about housing and local housing policy.
After discussing the Jackson Hole Airport s budget request, the Jackson Town Council and Teton County Board of County Commissioners are set to start off the housing discussion with a conversation about a new Housing Nexus Study, which provides the data underpinning Teton County s housing mitigation program. That s a policy that requires developers to build or pay for employee housing when they re constructing new commercial or residential buildings.
Norton will then present the Housing Supply Plan and her request to put $13 million toward housing projects over the next fiscal year.
But at least one planning commissioner is questioning how that could be.
The 2012 Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan sets a goal of housing 65% of the Jackson Hole workforce locally. Annual Indicator Reports â amalgamations of environmental, transportation and housing data prepared by the town and county â track the communityâs performance against that metric and, after prolonged decline between 2002 and 2014, a draft 2021 report said the numbers may be plateauing.
April Norton, director of the Jackson/Teton County Housing Department, took that as good news, even though, hovering between 58% and 59%, the community is underperforming the 65% metric.
âWeâve stabilized our percentage of the workforce living locally,â she told the Jackson Hole Daily.
But at least one planning commissioner is questioning how that could be.
The 2012 Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan sets a goal of housing 65% of the Jackson Hole workforce locally. Annual Indicator Reports â amalgamations of environmental, transportation and housing data prepared by the town and county â track the communityâs performance against that metric and, after prolonged decline between 2002 and 2014, a draft 2021 report said the numbers may be plateauing.
April Norton, director of the Jackson/Teton County Housing Department, took that as good news, even though, hovering between 58% and 59%, the community is underperforming the 65% metric.
âWeâve stabilized our percentage of the workforce living locally,â she told the Jackson Hole Daily.