Gallatin Gateway recognizes it will continue to grow and change over the next several years.  The following guiding principles will ensure that, as it develops, Gallatin Gateway will continue to enjoy its rural, small town atmosphere and continue to be a place its residents want to call home:

• Downtown Gateway will explore opportunities to invest in new facilities, including a water and sewer district, roads, schools, parks, and trails as necessary, to ensure downtown Gateway grows in a healthy and moderate manner;
• Rural Gateway will sustain its rural, working, and agricultural landscapes by exploring regulatory and non-regulatory tools to protect its open spaces, wildlife habitat, water quality, natural resources, and property values;
• Gallatin Gateway, Gallatin County, and the Montana Department of Transportation will cooperate to ensure that Highway 191 receives necessary improvements to safely handle increasingly higher traffic loads and work to improve the aesthetic character of the corridor;
• Gallatin Gateway will continue to respect private property rights by ensuring that new uses do not degrade the value of existing landowners, and by ensuring that any new regulations are flexible and not overly burdensome;