Selected Projects

Groundprint works as a consultant for the Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) program administered by Headwaters Economics. CPAW helps communities all over the county by providing land use planning solutions, communications assistance, and customized research to increase resiliency in Wildland Urban Interfaces. All services provided through CPAW come at no cost to the community. Participation in the program is voluntary and must be requested by local governments.

More information can be found at: https://cpaw.headwaterseconomics.org/

Recent Work:

Technical Guide: Using Landscape Regulations to Reduce Wildfire Risk
LINK to our recent work in Colorado where over the course of six months, more than 25 communities in Colorado are working with the CPAW team to address a variety of issues that come into play as they adopt the new statewide WUI code. LINK
Here is a thought-provoking POST about the need to reconsider priorities for historic preservation in high risk wildfire areas.

Groundprint provides technical and facilitation assistance to the Regional Housing Coalition (RHC). Convened by One Valley Community Foundation, the RHC plays a pivotal role in driving transformative collective change in Gallatin County’s housing landscape. By uniting diverse experts and decision-makers such as government leaders, housing developers, banks, realtors, employers, and others, the RHC ignites collaboration and innovation to tackle the region’s pressing challenges of housing attainability and stability head-on. The RHC meets quarterly while work groups meet monthly. More information can be found at: https://www.onevalley.org/regionalhousing

Gallatin County Affordable Housing Consulting for Rest Home Property

Gallatin County, in partnership with United Housing Partners LLC (UHP) and the Human Resource Development Council, District IX (HRDC) have joined together to create a new neighborhood, called Hidden Creek on the vacant land north of the Rest Home. This new neighborhood is planned to include 182 "Low Income Housing Tax Credit" (LIHTC) apartments, a community land trust (CLT) with 9 "for sale" equity-restricted rowhomes, and an infrastructure-ready parcel that will remain under Gallatin County ownership. Groundprint has worked for Gallatin County as an advisor and consultant throughout the life of this project.

HRDC Community Development Consulting

Over the past decade, Groundprint has worked closely with HRDC on feasibility studies, code and policy analysis, zone text amendments, state legislation, site planning and entitlements for affordable housing and other community-based projects throughout Gallatin County. Highlighted projects include the new Year-Round Shelter and Food Resource Hub, Housing First Tiny Home Village, Beall Street Humble Homes, Willow Springs Community Land Trust, West Yellowstone Community Land Trust, and Big Sky Land Studies.

Redevelopment Projects in Butte, MT

Groundprint acts as a combination planning consultant + developer in partnership with the Urban Miners’ Collective in historic Uptown Butte, MT. Projects have included conversion of the First Baptist Church to an event space and vacation rental, enhancements to the historic Thornton Building and the Old Central Boys School, revitalization of the Elk’s Club, and several feasibility studies. Early plans for a school-to housing conversion are underway for the Manual Arts Building.

Need an events space in Butte? https://www.uptownbutte.events/venues

Check out our vacation rentals: https://airbnb.com/h/manualarts + https://airbnb.com/h/buttechurch

Graphic for Affordable Housing Assessment

Affordable Housing Code Audit

Partnered with Clarion & Associates and Root Policy out of Denver, Groundprint, LLC acted as the local planner for the Affordable Housing Code Assessment which identified changes that the City could make to the Unified Development Code (UDC) and development review processes to remove regulatory barriers to the creation of affordable housing. Also included in this scope of work are revisions to the Planned Unit Development Ordinance and the Affordable Housing Ordinance.

LINK TO WORK

Downtown Improvement Plan Update

(In collaboration with Agency Landscape + Planning acting as Prime) - This Neighborhood Plan for Downtown Bozeman included creative and engaging public outreach; extensive use of graphics to effectively communicate ideas; and a detailed appendix with suggestions that better align municipal codes and policies with overall goals identified in the plan.

Groundprint, LLC continues to consult with Downtown Bozeman on a variety of plan implementation strategies including zone text amendments, participation in the Community Housing Action Plan working group and enhancing Downtown alleys. In 2025, the Downtown Alley Enhancement Project won a Historic Preservation Award for Cultural Heritage.

Bridger View Redevelopment Neighborhood Planning

(In collaboration with Evolve Environment :: Architecture and an extensive local team including Comma Q Architecture) - this Planned Unit Development includes 62 small homes with half in the Headwaters Community Housing Trust to help meet the demand for “missing middle” housing. The neighborhood, currently under construction, exemplifies compact neighborhood design and sustainability.

https://bridgerview.org/

City of Bozeman Consulting

Groundprint, LLC contracts with the City of Bozeman for a variety of planning and urban design projects. Examples include a report analyzing recent Planned Unit Development (PUD) Relaxations, feasibility analysis for City-owned property, graphics to support ongoing affordable housing efforts, marketing and press releases, project reviews, zone text amendments, zone map amendments and annexations.

www.saferoutespartnership.org

Safe Routes to Parks Grant

Groundprint, LLC partnered with HRDC, WTI (Western Transportation Institute) and the City of Bozeman to create and test the City’s first Community Liaison program in an effort to diversify and improve public engagement in the new Parks Plan.

Parks, Recreation and Active Transportation Plan

Groundprint is in the final stages of a collaboration with Agency Landscape + Planning (acting as Prime), Sanderson Stewart and others for the City of Bozeman’s new Parks, Recreation and Active Transportation Plan.

Groundprint is also helping the City of Bozeman rewrite the Parks Chapter of the Unified Development Code.

Neighborhood Engagement Report

Groundprint, LLC (in collaboration with Tracy Oulman) created a peer cities report for the Bozeman Neighborhoods Division focused on emerging themes of City Engagement related to government structure, engagement tools, inclusion strategies and metrics. Peer cities included Bend, Oregon, Corvallis, Oregon, Flagstaff, Arizona, Fort Collins, Colorado and Vancouver, Washington. Data collection included an online survey, interviews and data analysis from the American Community Survey.

Crosscut Master Planning

Groundprint is working with Crosscut Mountain Sports Center on conceptual planning, zoning research/analysis and assistance with the preparation and processing of required permits in the Bridger Canyon Zoning District.