Our Projects

Enables the State of California Office of Planning and Research to provide geographic information system support to the Military Energy Opportunity Compatibility Assessment Mapping Project which is evaluating Federal, state, and local permitting processes for siting renewable energy projects that can impact on and offshore military testing and training missions to include preserving state-wide special use airspace and military training routes. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments to develop compatible use implementation strategies. The project will continue partnerships with the Air Force Academy, Fort Carson, and the Peterson-Schriever Garrison (Peterson Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, and Schriever Air Force Base) to ensure land uses are compatible with military operations. Deliverables include an Air Force Academy Stormwater Implementation Report, an US 24/Peterson Blvd Interchange Improvements plan, a Schriever Energy Resilience Study, a Wildfire Mitigation Coordination Report, and compatible use implementation actions integrated into local planning documents. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables Bay County, in partnership with five cities and neighboring Gulf and Franklin Counties, to carry out recommendations from the initial study to develop and adopt Military Influence Areas and Military Influence Overlay Districts to protect Tyndall Air Force Base operations and the Gulf Range Microwave Tower Corridor line of sight into the Gulf of Mexico from vertical obstructions and frequency interference. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the City of St. Marys to conduct a housing study to evaluate demographics, growth projections, and the current market. The project is intended to offer recommendations for policies that increase affordable housing options for personnel working at NSB Kings Bay and within the region but also prevents encroachment on the installation. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the River Valley Regional Commission, in partnership with eight counties in Georgia and Alabama, to update the implementation components of the 2008 Fort Benning Joint Land Use Study. The study will focus primarily on the west and northwestern boundary of Fort Benning where commercial and residential development is rapidly expanding into rural areas and has potential to negatively impact nighttime training and artillery ranges. The project will incorporate a planning exercise to coach rural communities on options for developing non-regulatory approaches that can ensure sustained compatible development. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the Southern Indiana Development Commission to develop recommendations for legislative and regulatory changes to prevent incompatible development of the communities surrounding Grissom ARB, NAS Crane, Atterbury Muscatatuck Training Center, and the Indiana Air Range Complex. The project will develop, adopt and implement a state-wide compatible planning handbook, complete a growth assessment, and will develop a multi-jurisdictional plan to transition the Town of Crane wastewater system to the Greene County Wastewater Treatment Plant. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the Flint Hills Regional Council, in partnership with 11 jurisdictions surrounding Fort Riley, to conduct a study that reviews existing land use regulations, infrastructure, power reliability, and wind turbine legislation. The project will also include a transportation study and a housing study specific to Junction City. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the Meridian Airport Authority, in partnership with Mississippi State University, to extend the end date of the current Compatible Land Use Vulture Study initiated in 2020 to facilitate further collection of migration data across several seasons in response to the initial data which revealed disparities in the study area. The study is intended to identify best management and land use strategies to minimize bird aircraft strike hazards at NAS Meridian. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables the City of Jacksonville to carry out recommendations from the initial Joint Land Use Study to conduct a feasibility study specifically to relocate Douglass Gate at Marine Corps Air Station New River in order to eliminate current congestion and safety concerns along US Highway 17 as well as inform the submission of a proposed project in the future North Carolina Department of Transportation prioritization cycle. Fiscal Year 2021 Award

Enables Ocean County, in partnership with Ocean and Burlington Counties, to review accomplishments and update the implementation components of the previous 2009 JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Joint Land Use Study. The study will focus on impacts to the base's training areas, ranges, and airspace due to increased commercial and residential development as well as produce an energy supply assessment that incorporates the base as a stakeholder. Fiscal Year 2021 Award