ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the case study which explores the decision-making process and impact of the Clarksville–Montgomery County Regional Airport Authority’s decision to divest itself of a mobile home park. The authority currently manages Outlaw Field as a general aviation airport. The City of Clarksville and the County of Montgomery created the Airport Authority in 1997 to oversee operations of Outlaw Field pursuant to the Tennessee Airport Authorities Act. The Airport Authority Board consists of five voluntary members authorized “to take all actions necessary to establish the Airport Authority”. The Airport Authority owns and operates a mobile home park that is losing money and wants to divest itself of ownership. There are approximately 60 low-income tenants who will be displaced by the closing of the mobile home park. The Airport Authority closed the mobile home park and the low-income residents had to relocate at their own expense.
