Montava Blog Posts

I love when someone takes the complex and makes it simple. The chart below does that beautifully with challenging and relevant...

We want to say “thank you” to the Fort Collins City Council for trusting our team this week with a 6-1 vote of approval for the Montava...

Recently we were asked to describe how the Montava development benefits the broader Fort Collins community, not just the future residents...

We have never lived in a walkable community connected to meaningful places. Our life experience has been in car dependent communities. ...

What is your life radius? How close is your nearest coffee shop, library, or worship center? How close is your nearest park, farm stand,...

I've always been impressed by Matt Risinger out of Austin, he's such a great builder and shares awesome information about quality home...

For almost 3 years we have been working on development plans in Northeast Fort Collins. Montava is the culmination of countless hours...

Since World War II, American residential construction has been dominated by a car dependent development pattern that is fundamentally...

Copied below is our full statement to the Coloradoan regarding the petition created by our neighbors who live along Country Club Road. ...

When we traveled around the country looking at communities that had successfully integrated a working farm into their community plan, I...

“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.” – Daniel Webster We are asked...

Walk to what? Walkability in New Urbanism does not mean sidewalks and a few trails. Everyone has sidewalks and trails, right? ...

When we started thinking about Montava 2 1/2 years ago, we visited a community called Prospect Newtown in Longmont, CO. It was designed...

This blog is a “two for one” dealing with the revival of quaint and charming homes and Dutch round-a-bout intersections. Definition of...

This is such a fantastic story of vision, courage and dedication in the city of Utrecht. We had to share it......

If you could decide to live anywhere in the US, what community would you choose, and why? Most of us live where we grew up, or where a...

The use of natural gas in our homes is a growing topic of conversation. There are three main ways we use natural gas: 1. Home and water...

This is a very important topic that is becoming a crisis in communities all over the US. The challenge of housing affordability is...

Thank you to everyone who has ever served our country.

This week the famous Andres Duany did a Skype conference with the Futures Committee of the City of Fort Collins City Council and staff. ...