JACKSON, Wyo. — On Friday, Oct. 11, the Master Site Plan (MSP) application for the Northern South Park neighborhood was officially submitted to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) for review, moving the affordable housing project into the next phase of development.
During public comment at BCC’s voucher meeting on Monday, Oct. 14, Legal Representative for the Gill family Amberley Baker shared her excitement for the newly designed plan.
“We followed the LDR blueprint and the result is a site plan for a beautiful neighborhood that is supported by our nonprofit partners, the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust and Habitat for Humanity,” Baker said. “We look forward to working with the planning department on this meaningful project.”
After four years of planning, the neighborhood plan consists of Area 1 (101 acres on the Gill property) and Area 2 (121 acres on the Lockhart property). While the exact number of housing units have yet to be determined, 70% of the homes are required to be deed restricted. The MSP will ensure that the workforce and affordable housing vision for the neighborhood will be achieved, according to the MSP application.
“The Gill Family will convey the land for the deed-restricted homes to non-profit developers for free, and Teton Habitat already has more than $15 million ready to build affordable homes in the neighborhood,” per written in the application.
On March 5, the Hughes Charitable Foundation (HCF) announced a $15 million challenge grant for Teton Habitat to build affordable homes in NSP within hours of the BCC’s approval of the Land Development Regulations (LDRs) for the Northern South Park neighborhood plan.
On Monday, Baker told the BCC that her team went straight to work to craft the MSP after the Board’s approval of the LDRs. The MSP illustrates future streets, building infrastructure, transit locations, pathway connectivity and parks within each area of the neighborhood. Decisions will not be made on the exact number and location of housing units, building materials and overall architectural design until the site plan’s approval by the BCC.
Baker and her planning team asked the BCC for an expedited review of the MSP, “considering that the community’s need for affordable housing is dire and the neighborhood plan and the LDRs have been approved,” as written in the application.
The MSP will now be reviewed by the Planning Commission. Once recommendations are made, the site plan will then be presented to the BCC for approval. Under current Teton County timelines, building construction is estimated to begin by July 2026, at the earliest.
