GOODBORO loves to design, develop, and build authentic traditional villages in the Mountain West. Places treasured by future generations. The Goodboro Institute helps municipalities ‘grow with grace’.

Learn more about life in traditional villages

“The only proven alternative to sprawl is the traditional neighborhood”

— Suburban Nation

Some great web-sites


Books we love

  • Suburban Nation by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck; March 2000
  • The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka; October 2000
  • The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg; August 1999 (3rd edition)
  • Arts and Crafts Architecture by Peter Davey; September 1997
  • The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs; January 1993 (re-issue)

Fight Sprawl

Check with Goodboro Community Properties—We may have a book club in your town; you could check these books out and join the conversation…