community DEVELOPMENT
The Adel Community Development Department’s mission is to ensure courteous, consistent, dependable, and trustworthy public service through quality management oversight of the department in the effective performance of duties and responsibilities in three primary areas: planning, economic development/redevelopment and historic preservation in addition to the Department’s support of other city departments, boards and committees.
To foster a vibrant, prosperous and growing the City of Adel through extraordinary community development.
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Community Development
Brandie Dame, Community Engagement Director 125 S Hutchinson Avenue Adel, GA 31620 229-398-8377 office Hours: M-F 8am-5pm 
City Marshal/Code Enforcement
Tambra Griffins 229-230-7614 |
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What is community development? |
Community development is a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. Community wellbeing (economic, social, environmental and cultural) often evolves from this type of collective action being taken at a grassroots level. Community development ranges from small initiatives within a small group to large initiatives that involve the broader community.
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Effective community development should be:
Community development is a grassroots process by which communities:
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Community Development seeks to improve quality of life. Effective community development results in mutual benefit and shared responsibility among community members. Such development recognizes:
- The diversity of interests within the community
- Its relationship to building capacity
- Community development helps to build
storybook park
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RURAL ZONE INCENTIVE PROGRAM |
Apply for the Rural Zone Incentive Program which targets rural downtown areas that have been adversely impacted by local economic conditions by creating Rural Zones and offering economic development incentives.
