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Partners for a Productive Community (PPC)

Welcome to Partners for a Productive Community (PPC), one of nine offices within the Department of Community Support Services.

In 1994, concerned residents and the Alachua County Sheriff's Office approached the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners for assistance in halting the deterioration of five neighborhoods in a soutFood Drivehwest corridor of the county.  Subsequent survyes 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.

PPC has been actively involved in efforts to increase the quality of life for residents of the communities of Linton Oaks, Holly Heights/Gordon Manor, and the Preservation and Enhancement district in SW Gainesville. PPC also has sites in east Gainesville which are Pine Meadows/Lake Road, Hammock Oaks and Greentree Village. 

 


 




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PPC Program Manager
Marie Small

 

E-Mail

mdsmall@alachuacounty.us

PPC Phone #'s

(352) 264-6716

(352) 264-6703 (FAX)

 

Address:
218 SE 24th Street
Gainesville, FL 32641

 

Mission
The mission of the Partners for a Productive Community is to reduce the impact of poverty through community revitalization, to provide prevention as well as intervention programs, to address education and economic concerns of residents in at-risk communities.

 

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