Resource Teams
Program Description | Downloads & Related Links | Contact Information
Resource Teams help Georgia’s communities focus on building a climate of success for families and business. Basing our work on the Department’s Quality Community Objectives (QCO), our staff can help your local government work toward long-term community vitality and economic health through our Resource Teams. We will analyze and address specific issues within your community and provide a set of written recommendations based on our findings.
Resource Team assistance involves the following:
- DCA staff visit the community to meet with staff and elected officials and tour the target area. We will agree, with the community, on the products to be provided by the team.
- After this initial visit, the team will develop the agreed-upon products.
- Upon product completion, the team will return to the community to present the results and outline the next steps necessary for the community to implement the team’s recommendations.
- The usual Resource Team assistance timeframe is 3-6 months. Some projects may take longer, some less.
To apply for resource team assistance, complete and submit the application available at the link below:
Resource Team Application Available Here
Option I: Vision Development
(NOTE: available fall 2011)
This option provides assistance to the community in creating, or updating, their Community Vision, a key component of the Basic Local Plan. This vision should be supported by the community and long-term in nature, depicting the place the community is working to become.
Our team will help develop a vision that reflects the community’s desires for the future and incorporates the Quality Community Objectives. The resource team will identify initial steps a community may choose to take to achieve the vision they’ve embraced.
Option II: QCO Implementation
This Resource Team option begins with a review of the existing Basic Local Plan and the community’s most recent QCO analysis. Team members will evaluate community resources and preferences and make recommendations for the best opportunities to achieve selected Quality Community Objectives.
After community leaders chose which QCO to pursue, the team will help the community select strategies to address the chosen opportunities. Most of these strategies will be based on identified Best Practices which support the Quality Community Objectives.
Option III: Areas Requiring Special Attention (ARSA)
The community identifies Areas Requiring Special Attention in its Basic Local Plan as those areas needing specific strategies for managing future development. The team will assess these areas and make recommendations for improving current conditions as well as promoting long-term viability.
Option IV: Code Clinic
This Resource Team includes a review of the local land development regulations for consistency with both the community’s Basic Local Plan and the Quality Community Objectives. The team will assist the local government with updating its development codes by providing a listing of suggested changes to existing development regulations and, when available, model codes that can be adapted to serve community needs.
Downloads & Related Links
Quality Growth Resource Team Report- Baldwin and Cornelia, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Boston, Georgia
Pages 9-13 (PDF)
Pages 14-17 (PDF)
Attachment A - Funding Sources (PDF)
Attachment B - Quality Growth Technical Assistance Menu (PDF)
Attachment C - Summary of Georgia's Urban Redevelopment Law (PDF)
Attachment D - Downtown Boston Design (PDF)
Attachment D - Main Street Design Information - I (PDF)
Attachment D - Main Street Design Information - II (PDF)
Attachment D - Preservation Briefs - Mothballing Historic Buildings
Attachment E - National Register of Historic Places
Attachment F - Preservation Ordinances (PDF)
Attachment G - Certified Local Government Fact Sheet (PDF)
Attachment H - Main Street Program (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Camden, Georgia
Recommendations (PDF)
Illustrations (20 megabyte file) (PDF)
Preservation (PDF)
Rehabilitation (PDF)
Sign Control on Rural Corridors (PDF)
Walnut Avenue Corridor Overlay (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Tema Report - Candler County, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Carroll County, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Cartersville, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Dalton, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Dublin, Georgia
Introduction - Page 14 (PDF)
Pages 15 - 19 (PDF)
Pages 20 - 24 (PDF)
Pages 25 - 29 (PDF)
Pages 30 - 34 (PDF)
Pages 35 - 46 (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Georgia 400 Corridor Report
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Grant Park, Georgia
Recommendations (PDF)
Illustrations 1 - 5 (PDF)
Illustrations 6 - 10 (PDF)
Illustrations 11 - 15 (PDF)
Illustrations 16 - 20 (PDF)
Illustrations 21 - Appendix (PDF)
Appendix A (PDF)
Appendix B (PDF)
Appendix C (PDF)
Appendix D - LW Fact Sheet (PDF)
Appendix D - MR Fact Sheet (PDF)
Appendix D - MRC Fact Sheet (PDF)
Appendix D - NC Fact Sheet (PDF)
Appendix E (PDF)
Appendix F - 1 (PDF)
Appendix F - 2 (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Hinesville, Georgia
Cover (PDF)
Pages 1 - 13 (PDF)
Pages 14 - 26 (PDF)
Pages 27 - 39 (PDF)
Pages 40 - 45 (PDF)
Pages 46 - 52 (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Homer, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report – Moultrie-Colquitt County, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report- Perry Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Pike County, Georgia
Report (Recommendations Table) (PDF)
Report (Illustrations 1-7) (PDF)
Report (Illustrations 8-13) (PDF)
Appendix A - Possible Funding Sources (PDF)
Appendix B - Quality Growth Technical Assistance Menu (PDF)
Appendix C - Suggested Land Development Regulations (PDF)
Appendix D - Recommended Streetscape Improvements (PDF)
Appendix E - Georgia's Uban Redevelopment Law (summary) (PDF)
Appendix F - Georgia's Housing Source (PDF)
Appendix G - Team Reports (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - South Georgia
Introduction (PDF)
Coffee County
Report (PDF)
Attachment A (PDF)
Attachment B (PDF)
Attachment C (PDF)
Hawkinsville
Report (PDF)
Attachment - The National Register of Historic Places
Preservation Briefs - Mothballing Historic Buildings
Moultrie
Report (PDF)
Attachment - Summary of Georgia's Urban Redevelopment Law (PDF)
Attachment - The National Register of Historic Places
Vienna
Report (PDF)
Attachment A (PDF)
Attachment B (PDF)
Attachment C (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - South Rome, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Thomasville, Georgia
Recommendations (PDF)
Illustrations (PDF)
Illustrations 2 (PDF)
Appendix (PDF)
Community Economic Development Readiness Assessment Illustrations (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Tybee Island, Georgia
Georgia Department of Transportation - State Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
Georgia Department of Transportation Online Manual on Context-Sensitive Design Solutions
Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005: A Legacy for Users (PDF)
The Tybee Island Stormwater and Water Quality Charrette (PDF)
Green Growth Guidelines
University of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs: Workforce Housing in Georgia (PDF)
Georgia Quality Growth Partnership: Land Acquisition Tool
Georgia Quality Growth Partnership: Transfer of Development Rights Tool
Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook (PDF)
Glossary of Forestry Terms (PDF)
Community Tree Planting and Establishment Guidelines (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Walker County, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - Warner Robins, Georgia
Recommendations (PDF)
Illustrations 1-13 (PDF)
Illustrations 14-26 (PDF)
Appendix (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - West Carrollton, Georgia
Introduction (PDF)
Recommendations (PDF)
Illustrations 1 - 5 (PDF)
Illustrations 6 - 10 (PDF)
Illustrations 11 - 15 (PDF)
Illustrations 16 - 18 (PDF)
Appendix A (PDF)
Appendix B (PDF)
Appendix C (PDF)
Appendix D (PDF)
Appendix E (PDF)
Appendix F (PDF)
Appendix G (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report- West Point, Georgia
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - White County, Georgia
Recommendations (PDF)
Illustrations 1-7 (PDF)
Illustrations 8-14 (PDF)
Illustrations 15-21 (PDF)
Illustrations 22-29 (PDF)
Appendix (PDF)
Community Economic Development Readiness Assessment (PDF)
Quality Growth Resource Team Report - White Elephant Buildings in Southeast Georgia
Contact Information
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
60 Executive Park South, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
For more information about Resource Teams, please contact Adriane Wood at adriane.wood@dca.ga.gov. For more information about Planning and Environmental Management, please contact the Office of Planning and Environmental Management at 404-679-5279.
