Diane May, assistant professor of planning and director of the Center For Resource Planning and Management (CRPM) at Missouri State University, was awarded funding totaling $112,770 for five CRPM projects in cooperation with multiple state agencies. The projects include:

• Two multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plans for Stone and Taney counties. Both grants were $29,334 and were provided by the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. Dave Faucett, community planner for the CRPM, contributes to this project as well.
• A $25,000 award with Danial Watts, planner for the CRPM, from the Missouri Department of transportation for the project “Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Coordination Plan Update for the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCOG).”
•  $20,000 in funding with Dorothy Wittorff-Sandgren, community development coordinator for the CRPM, from the Mid Missouri Regional Planning Commission via the Missouri Office of Homeland Security for the “SMCOG Fiscal Year 2011 Homeleand Security Work Program.”
• A $9,102 “SMCOG Fiscal Year 2012 Development Grant” from the Missouri Office of Administration.

The CRPM is an applied research and academic support unit of the department of geography, geology and planning. The center provides public outreach services in planning and community development, assists in development of public policy on resource utilization and provides students with opportunities for hands-on participation in community planning and development projects.

For more information, contact May at (417) 836-6900.