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.
April Norton, director of the Jackson/Teton County Housing Department, wants to spend $13 million to build homes and expand housing programs in the upcoming fiscal year.
âItâs crisis level,â Norton told the Jackson Hole Daily, referring to the state of Teton Countyâs affordable housing. âThere are houses that used to be rented for $2,500 a month that are now being rented for $10,000 a month. Itâs really hard to wrap your head around.â
Norton spoke with the Daily after a week of budget hearings in which government and nonprofit officials repeatedly said the housing pinch is making staffing difficult.
Where thereâs fog, thereâs.
Driving by, it looked like a tornado had hit a single home in East Jackson. The garage door was blasted through with a portion of the roof torn away and debris scattered across the front lawn.
Slated for demolition later this month, the 440 W. Kelly property is serving as a training site for Jackson Hole Fire/EMS. On Wednesday evenings, volunteer and career firefighters have been staging simulations.
âThereâs nothing like a real house to give you a feel for what it would be like during an actual fire,â said Lily Sullivan, Jackson Hole Fire/EMS training captain.
Reactions are mixed to the Jackson Hole Conservation Allianceâs high-level financial model for northern South Park, which lays out the nonprofitâs vision for the area as a 71% deed restricted housing development with 200 acres of open space conserved elsewhere
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âWe wanted to start the conversation and help the community realize what was really on the table and what we could really accomplish in northern South Park,â Community Planning Manager Brooke Sausser said. âTo us that means building a neighborhood that honors our ranching heritage, respects the needs of our essential workers and sustains healthy wildlife.â
But people planning the area were concerned unveiling the analysis now may have jumped the gun.