notice:  30 day COMMENT period for 2020-2024 consolidated plan and 2020 action PLAN 

To review a DRAFT of the 2020 Action Plan and 2020-2024 Strategic Plan click below:

/DocumentCenter/View/4149/2020-ConPlan-Website-Draft-for-Comment-Period

To make comments or suggestions to the Consolidated Plan or Action Plan, please email: mmcfadden@cityofbarberton.com or mail to:

City of Barberton 

Planning Department

576 W Park Avenue

Barberton, OH 44203

We offer a wide variety of services which are specifically designed to maintain and expand the Barberton community as a great place to live, work, and do business. Much of our services are funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). 

What is HUD?

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the Federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address America’s housing needs, that improve and develop the Nation’s communities, and enforce fair housing laws. More Information

CPD Consolidated Plans, Annual Action Plans, and CAPERs

The Consolidated Plan is designed to help states and local jurisdictions to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus funding from the CPD formula block grant programs.

The Consolidated plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan. Grantees report on accomplishments and progress toward Consolidated Plan goals int he Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

2020 CAPER DRAFT

https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/consolidated-plan/con-plans-aaps-capers/ 

What is Community Development?

Community development activities build stronger and more resilient communities through an ongoing process of identifying and addressing needs, assets, and priority investments. Community development activities may support infrastructure, economic development projects, installation of public facilities, community centers, housing rehabilitation, public services, clearance/acquisition, microenterprise assistance, code enforcement, homeowner assistance and many other identified needs. 

Community development is a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. Community well-being (economic, social, environmental and cultural) often evolves from this type of collective action being taken at a grassroots level.