A Hoback resident and local water-district chair urged the Teton County commissioners on April 28 to set aside planning time for the Hoback area as local infrastructure projects near completion.

“My name is Robert Frodeman. I serve as the resident of Hoback,” Frodeman said, noting he also chairs the Hoback Water and Sewer District. He told the board the drinking-water system design and construction has initiated and that the district hopes to put the system out for bid “this coming summer, September or October.”

Frodeman said the district has begun addressing wastewater questions and that, once water and sewer problems are solved locally, “it's reasonable to anticipate that there's gonna be a push for development.” He asked the county’s long-range planners to make Hoback part of their 2025–26 work plan and to plan community involvement such as a charrette or neighborhood meeting so residents can shape what development occurs.

Commissioners thanked Frodeman for his comments; the meeting record shows this was raised during public comment and no formal direction or motion to amend the long-range planning work plan was made on April 28.