In 2014, the White Smith Cousino team completed a Joint Land Use Study for the Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission in west central Missouri, related to the Camp Clark National Guard Training Site. A link to the Joint Land Use Study is below.
Camp Clark is located immediately adjacent to the City of Nevada in rural Vernon County, Missouri. Growth from Nevada is manageable, but is occurring in the direction of Camp Clark. However, Camp Clark is surrounded by the unincorporated lands of Vernon County, which has no zoning or building codes and had not, at the time, prepared a comprehensive plan. In order to protect the ongoing mission and operations at Camp Clark, the community undertook a Joint Land Use Study, which recommended a number of non-regulatory approaches that would preserve the rural nature of the area and also protect private property rights.
In 2016, White Smith Cousino was re-hired to implement certain components of the JLUS. The firm prepared non-regulatory guidelines for a military compatibility and coordination area surrounding Camp Clark, as well as a voluntary real estate disclosure and coordination agreements for the local governments and stakeholders originally involved in the Joint Land Use Study.
