En Memoriam:
Ted Bradshaw

Deadline dates for future Vanguard editions:

1 November 2006
1 February 2007
1 May 2007

Please send submissions via email to srlease@buttscounty.org, via fax to
+1 (770) 775-8225,
or via postal mail to:

Steven Lease, AICP - Director
Community Development Dept.
Butts County
625 West 3rd Street, Suite 3,
Jackson, Georgia 30233
USA

Phone: +1 (770) 775-8210

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CDS also needs to be more visible to the political establishment and perceived as a knowledgeable resource to provide them with an understanding of the processes which can strengthen the capacity of communities to reach thresholds, take-off points for self determination and interdependency towards sustainability.

Eight years ago when I took over the leadership of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) network, I said, and it is again appropriate now in my new role as President of CDS, I feel like the French politician who when seeing the citizens storming the Bastille, yelled out, “Wait up so I can lead you!”  There is so much knowledge, skill, experience, and talent within this Society.  I will try to continue to provide the leadership of my predecessors and to continue to build upon the successes of the Society, but it is going to take your willingness to volunteer for the committees and task forces that run this Society, to recruit new members, and advocate for the profession.  We are in this together and no one can accomplish it alone.  If we believe in our mission, as I believe we do, we have to convince others of the value of our work as much as we value it ourselves.