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WGM Group Gets National Recognition

By WGM Admin on May 14, 2008 3:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Brooks / South / Russell Intersection Improvement project recently placed as a national finalist in the 2008 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Engineering Excellence Awards. WGM Group was the only company for the state of Montana to be recognized. This project has also won three other awards including the Grand Project Award in the 2008 ACEC Montana competition.

Receiving the award for the
Brooks / South / Russell project, from second left to right,
Woody Germany (WGM Group), Bruce Bender (City of Missoula),
and Brent Campbell (WGM Group).

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A Look at Missoula's Street Lighting

By WGM Admin on April 10, 2008 2:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

At WGM Group, we continue to believe that street lighting is one of the most important public infrastructure needs in Missoula to make our streets complete. WGM Group is in the process of analyzing the City of Missoula's street lighting system to determine whether or not the City's residents are receiving value from the current system, or if there is a better way to light the streets and sidewalks of Missoula.

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Missoula Downtown Master Plan

By WGM Admin on April 1, 2008 2:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Greater Downtown Master Plan vision is to create a broadly accepted guiding tool that ensures the long term health, character and vitality of our central city.

How do you envision the downtown area of Missoula changing? The Urban Land Magazine recently published a section on New Age Retail. These stories give a new and exciting take on how the next generation retail will look and feel. Click the link below to read these articles.

Urban Land Magazine: New Age Retail

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Guest column: Consider transportation alternatives, how to pay for them

By WGM Admin on March 3, 2008 3:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

As published in the Missoulian - Sunday, February 17, 2008
By JEREMY W. KEENE and BRENT A. CAMPBELL

As a community, we have a problem. Our population growth has outpaced our transportation infrastructure. As a result, traffic has gotten worse. Traffic affects everyone. It affects how we work, spend money and choose to live. It's part of our decision when visiting friends, or take a position on political issues, such as the environment. And it affects how we feel about our town. Transportation is at the root of everything we do.

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Missoula Releases Urban Fringe Development Project Area Maps

By WGM Admin on March 3, 2008 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Office of Planning and Grants is currently working on the Urban Fringe Development Area project to provide governing bodies with information for addressing growth in the Urban Fringe Area within a regional context. The goal is to identify where growth is mostly to occur within the Urban Fringe Area, and develop implementation strategies for addressing growth in accordance with adopted policy within growth areas.

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