A checklist for buying property in small lake development

Abstract

"Prepared by:University of Missouri, Extension Division, Community-Public Sector Staff, Donald M. Boesch, Editor, Area Community Development Specialist"Professional Extension field staff employed in the University of Missouri Extension Division 's Community Public Sector Program, in cooperation with campus faculty from the University of Missouri campuses at Columbia, St. Louis, and Rolla, cooperated with the checklist preparation. The project included the assembling of information and research from agencies, other universities, and organizations in the United States and Canada. To test the applicability of the information, an area 65 miles in radius from St. Louis, Missouri was used. Through a procedure of field checks, efforts with local governments, realtors' association, developers, and citizens' opinion surveys, a series of consumer publications was prepared. This Checklist, as well as a publication titled Lake Development Property-A Guide to Consumer Buying (a 32-page publication with detailed information to assist the consumer with major aspects of the purchase), can be obtained from University of Missouri Extension Centers located in each county of Missouri or by writing: Publications, 89 Whitten Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 65201. This Checklist costs 50 c[cent], the Guide is $1.50--Page