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The belief that this mountainous, trans-national region of North America is unique and a place that requires special attention and study. |
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The belief that understanding the region’s heritage and cultural diversity is essential to its advancement. |
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The belief that we are at a point in the region’s history and development when it is increasingly important to develop regional awareness and regional capacity to chart directions for the future. |
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The belief that the region’s “first people” – its many tribal peoples – must be partners in helping to design and shape the region’s future. |
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The belief that interaction and exchange across the U.S.-Canada border should be expanded, creating new ways of thinking about the region’s shared future. |
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The belief that the region’s advancement depends upon being able to imagine future choices and alternatives across and beyond the constraints of sometimes narrow ideological divides. |
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An optimistic belief in the future of the Rocky Mountain West. |