CDOI PROJECT FOCUS AREAS
• Strategic planning, survey research, and consultation on issues related to economic growth, inter- and intra- sociological-cultural (ethnic and socio-economic) dynamics associated with community growth and change, and environmental impacts of population growth and development.
• Assisting county and municipal agencies and departments in planning, developing, and implementing effective policies to deal with real or emerging problems related to population growth and development in such areas as community relations, security (law enforcement, courts, probation…), and essential services (water, roads, emergency services).
• Provide basic and in-service training wherever needed or requested for county and/or community based government departments in the above noted areas.
• Enhance community development initiatives and provide professional support for community-based programs by the involvement of UNC faculty and students, amplifying resources for such initiatives with university-community based grant-funded.
• Train and educate UNC students in areas of knowledge and expertise that can lead to careers associated with community development and planning and provide a potential pool of well-educated post-graduate employees to area and regional county and community governments.
• Develop projects related to established and new community programs associated with non-profit organizations and their respective services and contributions to Front Range and eastern plains communities.
• Develop and provide services, consultation, and collaborative community-UNC research and contract projects related to regional and community growth and their impact on K-12 school systems, particularly in areas of anticipating and planning for the overall (and specific) demands and effects of such growth.