This is data from an interview with Randy Carpenter, former Gallatin MT Planner and now with Future west. He sites 3 keys that created success in MT:
1. Keeping working lands working
2. Protecting the best lands (riparian, wildlife corridors, best irrigated Ag land) with County purchase of development rights. These are essentially mini-easements funded by count bond measures matched with many other funding sources.
3. Getting county and city government to agree on "Growth Zones" and create infrastructure and zoning plans that match.