Mountainside Village is a neighborhood as unique as it is authentic, graced by thoughtful design, a spectacular location, and a commitment to fine homebuilding.

Nestled at the base of Teton Pass in Victor, Idaho, Mountainside Village offers the perfect balance of craftsman charm and 21st century amenities, with extensive walking and biking trails, waterfront parks, direct access to vast open spaces, and a vibrant village center. Our attractive, walkable neighborhood provides a variety of housing options, and it is ideally situated near world class skiing, hiking, biking, and fishing. We are committed to the art of green building, reflecting our dedication to top-quality construction and state of the art design.

Vibrant neighborhood communities don’t just happen. It takes good planning and thoughtful design to create rich, authentic communities. Luckily, the design team at Mountainside Village has worked hard to capture the community-supporting qualities of traditional neighborhoods, while integrating cutting-edge amenities and the highest quality modern construction. In addition, unique community offerings, such as our own Mountainside Institute, our Village Center, and Mountainside's Blue Flax Farm, help keep our community vital and alive.

As a result of all of this work, Mountainside Village is the kind of place where you run into friends and neighbors walking down the tree-lined streets.

Where you can sit on the front porch during long summer evenings, watching the sunset over the Big Hole Mountains. It's a place where you can feel safe, and you can be comforted by the knowledge that your home is a healthy home, free of toxins and air pollutants.

Where you can walk your kids to the Village Depot bus stop in the morning, grabbing a hot cup of coffee in the Village Center café along the way.

It's a neighborhood where a diversity of housing types ensures that a variety of different people can live in community together.

And it's a place that supports active lifestyles, offering walking trails and bike paths that connect Mountainside Village with both the wild, open spaces of the Teton Range and the city's of Victor and Driggs.

The shape of this community is no accident. Mountainside Village’s central village green, numerous street trees, plentiful green spaces, sidewalks and paths all contribute to a people-friendly neighborhood. Garages will typically be accessed from rear lanes, with houses built forward to the street, creating a welcoming streetscape where neighbors greet you from their front porches.

Mountainside Village is not only designed to promote authentic community life, it is also on the cutting-edge of green building and sustainable living. We know that the choices we make today will affect the lives of our children, our grandchildren, and the natural environment for years to come. For this reason, we are dedicated to doing our part to prove that living the good life can mean living a sustainable life, and we have integrated this concept into everything we do here at Mountainside Village.

Mountainside Village also supports its own 501(c)3 organization called Mountainside Foundation & Institute. The Institute is committed to increasing awareness and appreciation of the principles of traditional neighborhood design and green building in Idaho's Teton Valley region, while promoting a vibrant community life in Mountainside Village. In addition to offering core educational and social programming around these themes, MF&I proudly seeks to partner with and support other organizations, municipalities, and corporations, which focus specifically on sustainable living and holistic wellness. Mountainside Institute is currently growing and expanding its programming, and we are proud to be offering several new events, seminars, and workshops this year.

Our ultimate goal? We want to help our residents live the good life, and we believe we’re on the right track. Visit www.mountainsidevillageidaho.com to learn more.

Why GY-Framework?

Mountainside Village is proud to be a pilot project under the Greater Yellowstone Business Partnership’s Greater Yellowstone Framework for Sustainable Development. As a pilot project of the US Green Building Council’s new LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) program, we have learned first hand how difficult it can be to design a rating system that is appropriate for projects in all parts of the country. We have enthusiastically decided to become a part of the GY-Framework Pilot team, because we recognize the value of working to define sustainable development in a regionally sensitive way. The Greater Yellowstone region has climatic, density, and wildlife qualities that make it very different than metropolitan centers such as Seattle, New York City, and Chicago. The GY-Framework design committee has worked hard to take the best wisdom and creativity of LEED-ND, while leaving behind the parts of that program that are inapplicable to most of the projects in our area.

We are excited to continue working with the GY-Framework design committee to develop a program that encourages and rewards the best in green building, smart planning, and energy efficiency, while remaining as unique as the Yellowstone region itself.

Team Members
•   Lawrence Thal, AIA - Managing Partner, MsV Development Company; Principle, Sunlight Design - Larry has lived in the Tetons for over 20 years, establishing his architectural firm, Sunlight Design, as the leading local authority of solar design and energy efficiency. Larry is an expert in his field, having taught several classes and seminars on both passive solar architecture and community design. He is a long-time member of the Congress for New Urbanism, the AIA, and the US Green Building Council, and he has always focused his small practice on designing efficient, sensible, attractive homes that take advantage of solar gain for heating, natural lighting and connection to nature. In addition to serving as Sunlight Design's Chief Architect and Team Leader, Larry is the hands-on managing partner and designer of the Mountainside Village's development company.

•   Tim Conroy – Licensed Contractor, MsV Construction; Broker and Agent, MsV Realty – Tim has been involved in the construction industry for over 15 years. Graduating from University of Denver with a Bachelors in Construction Management and a minor in Finance, Tim prepared himself for an impressive career in real estate, property management, and construction. Tim first moved to the Teton Valley region in the Summer of 2006, and over the past four years, he has managed commercial property and worked on residential home construction in Jackson, Victor, and Massachusetts, where he owned his own company. Tim has also been a real estate broker since 1998, and he recently transfered his certification to Idaho. Tim, his wife Kathy, and his new baby boy Jack are soon to become some of Mountainside Village's newest residents, preparing to move into one of the beautiful Side Yard homes MsV Construction recently completed. He now serves as the Licensed Contractor for MsV Construction and the Managing Broker for MsV Realty, and he is looking forward to being one of the few Victor residents who can leave his truck at home and walk to work.

•   Dahvi Wilson, LEED AP – Director of Sustainability, MsV Development Company; Executive Director, Mountainside Institute; Mountainside Green Building Consultant, Sunlight Design – For all of her professional life, Dahvi Wilson has been dedicated to environmental problem solving, ethics, and sustainability. She completed her Masters of Environmental Management from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 2007, and she received her Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. Her professional environmental experience includes air quality planning and policy development with the California Air Resources Board, teaching and curriculum design with the Teton Science Schools, facilitation and leadership work with The Murie Center, and nearly ten years of guiding wild rivers. Dahvi currently serves on the Executive Steering Committee of the Teton Sustainability Project and the Board of Directors of Teton Valley Community Recycling. At Mountainside Village, she is pleased to serve as both the Director of Sustainability and the Executive Director of Mountainside Institute.

•   Rendezvous Engineering – Rendezvous Engineering, P.C. provides a broad range of civil engineering services, including planning, surveying, landscape design and construction management. We have extensive experience in northwest Wyoming and eastern Idaho on large and small projects, serving homeowners, resorts, private developers, local districts, municipalities, county governments, and State and Federal agencies. Rendezvous Engineering was founded in 1997. The firm's three principal engineers, Sean O'Malley, Matthew Ostdiek, and Robert Ablondi have a combined experience of over 60 years in the Teton area. Rendezvous Engineering is a growing team of licensed professional engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, and a strong support staff of technical and administrative personnel. Our firm's growth and success is due in large part to our experienced professional staff, our dedication to client service, and our extensive knowledge of local land use and planning regulations. We are problem solvers - meeting challenges with creativity and flexibility. We help our clients achieve their goals by providing the highest standards of engineering - efficiently and economically. In addition, we are committed to providing services in a social, ethical and environmentally responsible manner. Our experienced engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects provide a full range of services allowing us to respond quickly and thoroughly to client needs. We work with clients from concept planning stages, through design, project permitting, construction, and system start-up. We know the process - it's what we do.

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GY Framework Progress:

Mountainside Village is starting to feel like the neighborhood it was designed to be, with 11 homes now occupied and many more under construction. New developments include an increase in Mountainside Institute programming, initiation of their own pilot dog-doo composting program and the continuation of their landscaping work around the Village’s Picnic Pond. Stop by their YBP open house on June 27, 3-7pm.