The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decisions named Eglin as the recipient of two significant new missions, namely the relocation of the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and the stand up of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Training Center. To assist local communities who stand to be impacted by this growth, the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment has stepped in to provide technical and financial assistance with local planning efforts. Okaloosa County is serving as the Executive Agent for the effort on behalf of all the affected jurisdictions in the three-county area.

Two separate, integrated study efforts are currently underway. First is a Comprehensive Tri-County Growth Management Plan, conducted under the auspices of the Eglin Installation Growth Committee, an 11-subcommittee group of elected officials, community and county staff members and interested citizens. The subcommittees form the nucleus of subject matter experts available to assist the consultant firm hired to conduct the actual study. This 16-month effort is expected to be formally launched in June 2008. For more information on the EIGC and the Growth Study, click here.

Second is the Joint Land Use Study, conducted under the auspices of the JLUS Policy Committee, with assistance from the JLUS Technical Advisory Group. The actual study is being conducted by Tetra Tech, Inc. from their Destin office and is scheduled to be complete in August 2008. For more information on the JLUS, click here.

The Final Tri-County Growth Management Plan is now available.  Click here to take you to that area.

The Final Atlas of Existing Conditions for the Tri-County Growth Management Plan is now available.  Click here to take you to that area.

The Final JLUS Report is now available.  Click here to take you to that area.