In 2014, White Smith Cousino, Benchmark, and Marstel-Day completed a Joint Land Use Study for the largest National Guard facility in the state of Missouri, a state that has taken proactive steps to maintain Department of Defense presence there.
Lack of restrictions on the extension of “growth-inducing” facilities, including roads, water, and sewer, created the need to undertake a Joint Land Use Study for the lands surrounding Camp Crowder in southwest Missouri.
In 2016, WSC was hired once again to implement key components of the Camp Crowder Joint Land Use Study. Our Team worked on behalf of the regional planning agency to undertake outreach to landowners adjacent to Camp Crowder, as well as to prepare zoning, planning, and cooperative agreement documentation to accomplish JLUS implementation.
In addition, Mr. Smith prepared state legislation authorizing regulations related to land use compatibility within 3000 feet of certain national guard training centers in order to implement joint compatible use plans. That legislation was adopted by the Missouri General Assembly in 2018.
Links to the Camp Crowder Joint Land Use Study and 2018 state military legislation are below.
