Shared Value
Recently we were asked to describe how the Montava development benefits the broader Fort Collins community, not just the future residents...
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Montava
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Predicting The Future
We have never lived in a walkable community connected to meaningful places. Our life experience has been in car dependent communities. ...
Montava
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Life Radius
What is your life radius? How close is your nearest coffee shop, library, or worship center? How close is your nearest park, farm stand,...
Montava
- Dec 31, 2019
- 1 min
Energy Efficient System
I've always been impressed by Matt Risinger out of Austin, he's such a great builder and shares awesome information about quality home...
Montava
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
Healthy, Equitable, Prosperous Communities
For almost 3 years we have been working on development plans in Northeast Fort Collins. Montava is the culmination of countless hours...
Montava
- Nov 23, 2019
- 2 min
Traditional Neighborhoods
Since World War II, American residential construction has been dominated by a car dependent development pattern that is fundamentally...
Montava
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Building Community, Not Just Houses
Copied below is our full statement to the Coloradoan regarding the petition created by our neighbors who live along Country Club Road. ...
Montava
- Oct 29, 2019
- 3 min
Truly Local Food
When we traveled around the country looking at communities that had successfully integrated a working farm into their community plan, I...
Montava
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
What is a cover crop?
“When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.” – Daniel Webster We are asked...
Montava
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Complete Community: Connected, Mixed Use, Diverse
Walk to what? Walkability in New Urbanism does not mean sidewalks and a few trails. Everyone has sidewalks and trails, right? ...
Montava
- Aug 19, 2019
- 2 min
New Urbanism vs. Conventional Residential Development
When we started thinking about Montava 2 1/2 years ago, we visited a community called Prospect Newtown in Longmont, CO. It was designed...
Montava
- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
Reviving Quaint
This blog is a “two for one” dealing with the revival of quaint and charming homes and Dutch round-a-bout intersections. Definition of...
Montava
- Jun 27, 2019
- 1 min
Planning for People, Bikes, and not Cars
This is such a fantastic story of vision, courage and dedication in the city of Utrecht. We had to share it......
Montava
- Jun 22, 2019
- 2 min
Where would you live?
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...
Montava
- Jun 13, 2019
- 1 min
Natural Gas
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...
Montava
- Jun 7, 2019
- 1 min
Affordable Housing
This is a very important topic that is becoming a crisis in communities all over the US. The challenge of housing affordability is...
Montava
- May 27, 2019
- 0 min
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who has ever served our country.
Montava
- May 18, 2019
- 2 min
Foodshed
This week the famous Andres Duany did a Skype conference with the Futures Committee of the City of Fort Collins City Council and staff. ...
Montava
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Water Conservation
Last week I met with a CSU sponsored organization called Water Literate Leaders. They asked me to discuss water and conservation issues...
Montava
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
Progress Update
For almost 2 years our team has had the pleasure of working with the people of Fort Collins as we have planned the Montava development. ...
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