Community Development

community DEVELOPMENT

Mission

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.

vision

To foster a vibrant, prosperous and growing the City of Adel through extraordinary community development.

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

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.

Effective community development should be:

A long-term endeavor
Well planned
Inclusive and equitable
Initiated and supported by the community members
Of benefit to the community
Grounded in experience that leads to best practices

Community development is a grassroots process by which communities:

Become more reasonable
Organize and plan together
Develop healthy lifestyle options
Empower themselves
Reduce poverty and suffering
Create employment and economic opportunities
Achieve social, economic, cultural, and environmental goals

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