Commander’s Guide to Community Involvement (August 2012), Range
Commanders Council Sustainability Group
This guide provides tools for proactively addressing compatibility concerns
focusing on outreach, land use, urban sprawl and other sustainability areas.
The guide includes the latest trends and approaches in community
involvement best practices and highlights case studies. This guide can be
accessed from the following address:
http://www.repi.mil/Portals/44/Documents/Primers/Primer_CommunityInvol
vement.pdf.
Installation-Community Partnerships: A New Paradigm for Collaborating in
the 21st Century, Journal of Defense Communities
The article explores the changes that are prompting military and community
leaders to take a closer look at partnerships, and provides a template for
assessing the success of a prospective collaboration. Two case studies are
presented — the arrangement under which the city of Monterey, California,
provides all facility maintenance at the Presidio of Monterey; and the
enhanced use lease at Nellis Air Force Base that resulted in the city of North
Las Vegas building a $25 million fitness center for the Air Force. This article
can be accessed from the following address:
http://www.defensecommunities.org/wp‐
content/uploads/2012/07/P4_BAH_Journal_final.pdf.
Strengthening National Defense: Countering Encroachment through Military-
Community Collaboration (2009), National Academy of Public Administration
This report discusses the significant and growing challenges to military
readiness created by nearby civilian community growth and proposes
recommendations for increased collaboration among key stakeholders—local
and state governments, non‐profit organizations, the Military Services and
installations, and other federal agencies—in order to creatively and effectively
address these complex and critical issues. This report can accessed from the
following address: https://ciaonet.org/attachments/26009/uploads.
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