About the Office
In 1994, concerned residents and the Sheriff's Office approached the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners for assistance in halting the deterioration of five neighborhoods in a southwest corridor of the county. Subsequent surveys of the five communities revealed the commonalities of: physical deterioration, disproportionate crime rates, high degrees of absentee landlords and resident transience, and inadequate resident linkages to community services.
The Board recognized the need for a department that would spearhead, coordinate and manage community services to assist at-risk neighborhoods in Alachua County. Thus, was born Partners for a Productive Community, one of eight offices that comprise the Department of Community Support Services.
Partners for a Productive Community has been actively involved in efforts to increase the quality of life for residents of the communities of Majestic Oaks, Tower Oaks, Cedar Ridge/Gordon Manor, Holly Heights, Clayton Estates and Sugarfoot/Linton Oaks, and in the city of Archer.
