North Fulton Advisory Committee Meeting with Jason Gaines, City of Roswell
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North Fulton Advisory Committee Meeting with Jason Gaines, City of Roswell
Date:
November 4, 2022
Time:
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM EDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Join the Council For Quality Growth's North Fulton Advisory Meeting on November 4, 2022 at 8:15 AM in-person at the CQG Offices in Sandy Springs with Jason Gaines, Director of Community Development, City of Roswell.
Jason Gaines
Director of Community Development
City of Roswell
Jason Gaines is the Director of Community Development for the City of Roswell, Georgia. He oversees a staff of 40 professionals responsible for working with the citizens of Roswell and its development community, boards and commissions, and elected officials, while managing current and long-range planning, permitting and inspections, code enforcement and other activities in support of the department's mission. The mission of Roswell Community Development is to preserve and protect the natural and built environments, promote a balanced economy in the City of Roswell by the use of best planning and development practices and the responsible enforcement of ordinances and regulations, and provide professional and efficient customer service.
Jason previously served as the Planning and Economic Development Division Manager for the Cobb County Community Development Agency. He was responsible for updating and maintaining Cobb’s long-range land use plan and growth strategy, in addition to administering programs and services that foster business recruitment, retention, and expansion. Prior to that, he served as the first Planning & Development Manager for the City of Clarkston, Georgia, where he helped modernize the City’s community development functions through the implementation of procedures for zoning actions, sign permitting, construction permitting, land disturbance, and others. He also played a major role in the development of Clarkston’s Downtown Streetscape project, which utilized guidance from the City’s Livable Centers Initiative plan in an effort to catalyze investment and revitalization throughout the city.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Miami University, and a Master of City and Regional Planning Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a professionally certified planner through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and has a Certificate of Local Government Management from The University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. He is an active alumni member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and is an alum of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development (2011), Leadership DeKalb (2014), the Regional Leadership Institute (2017), and Leadership Cobb (2018).
Jason GainesDirector of Community Development
City of Roswell
Jason Gaines is the Director of Community Development for the City of Roswell, Georgia. He oversees a staff of 40 professionals responsible for working with the citizens of Roswell and its development community, boards and commissions, and elected officials, while managing current and long-range planning, permitting and inspections, code enforcement and other activities in support of the department's mission. The mission of Roswell Community Development is to preserve and protect the natural and built environments, promote a balanced economy in the City of Roswell by the use of best planning and development practices and the responsible enforcement of ordinances and regulations, and provide professional and efficient customer service.
Jason previously served as the Planning and Economic Development Division Manager for the Cobb County Community Development Agency. He was responsible for updating and maintaining Cobb’s long-range land use plan and growth strategy, in addition to administering programs and services that foster business recruitment, retention, and expansion. Prior to that, he served as the first Planning & Development Manager for the City of Clarkston, Georgia, where he helped modernize the City’s community development functions through the implementation of procedures for zoning actions, sign permitting, construction permitting, land disturbance, and others. He also played a major role in the development of Clarkston’s Downtown Streetscape project, which utilized guidance from the City’s Livable Centers Initiative plan in an effort to catalyze investment and revitalization throughout the city.
Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Miami University, and a Master of City and Regional Planning Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a professionally certified planner through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and has a Certificate of Local Government Management from The University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. He is an active alumni member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and is an alum of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development (2011), Leadership DeKalb (2014), the Regional Leadership Institute (2017), and Leadership Cobb (2018).
