Utah’s Secret Weapon for Long-Range Planning

Most governments don’t plan for population growth well. But Utah’s grassroots, nonideological, research-based approach has become a model for other states and localities.

"It works because you’re looking at a time horizon far out enough that you can see the results of what you’re going to do," he says. "Setting time horizons really matters. You have to get your eyes off of your shoes."

by Peter Harkness

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