| Mission:
The mission of the Neighborhood Planning and Community Development Department is to improve disadvantaged neighborhoods and fund public services and programs through grants management and neighborhood planning. This includes funding for affordable housing and economic development activities for low and moderate income persons. Our department also coordinates downtown improvement programs and supports the revitalization of Broughton Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
How We Achieve Our Mission:
- Identify resident leaders, increase their knowledge and skills, and increase resident involvement in their community
- Serve as liaison for the City of Savannah and community residents to increase communication and coordination
- Involve residents in a coordinated and comprehensive neighborhood planning process which results in neighborhood plans designed to revitalize the neighborhoods
- Maximize grant revenues
- Administer grants in compliance with regulations
- Reduce the number of substandard housing units by increasing the supply of affordable housing
- Provide essential human services to those in need, including persons who are homeless
- Create jobs for low and moderate-income residents and fund programs that serve to reduce poverty in the city's disadvantaged neighborhoods
- Improve infrastructure in low and moderate-income neighborhoods
The City of Savannah's Community Planning and Development Department is located in the Thomas Gamble Building at 6 East Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401. Telephone and TDD: (912)651-6520; facsimile (912)651-6525.
Click here for 2004 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) applications (May 13-June 17, 2003)
For additional information, open the following files.
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