Growth
One of the most pressing issues facing the town today is how much it can and should grow. The following articles from the past few years offer some background and insight on just how complex the issue has been.

• Town is groomed for growth
  (Dec. 18, 1995)
• Report says land values are booming in rural areas
  (Dec. 20, 1994)
• Black Diamond finally may win growing room
  (Oct. 7, 1993)
• Rural towns perceive policies differently
  (June 29, 1992)

• Black Diamond incorporation as fourth class town sought
  (June 28, 1958)
• Black Diamond yawns, girds to take on flesh and blood
  (Jan. 25, 1959)
• Black Diamond folk may dissolve town
  (Jan. 13, 1960)
• High court OKs incorporation
  (Nov. 22, 1963)
• Petition demands town vote
  (Nov. 7, 1974)

• Mining for 100 years of history
  (May 12, 1982)
• Gem of a museum: In a revitalized Black Diamond, the past lives on
  (July 11, 1991)