The settings.xml will work for properties, however, after re-reading this, why don't you consider using the war:inplace goal instead, and have each user setup a context within tomcat's webapp directory using a context xml file that points back into your project's webapp directory. That buys you the ability to make jsp changes without rebuilding, they'll 'take' while the app is running.
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