The Office of Community Development

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The Office of Community Development

• The Office of Community Development (OCD) works
  closely with campus units and community partners
  to develop, conduct, evaluate, and generate
  funding for community programs. These include
  recreation, healthcare, economic development,
  entrepreneurship, and community development
  programs. OCD is also responsible for project
  management of the Tuscaloosa Consortium for
  Higher Education, The Neighborhood Partnership
  Committee, and The Tuscaloosa Ministerial
  Alliance Faith-Based Initiatives.

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Projects

• Parks and Recreation Baseball Summit
• Clinical Translational Science Project
• Minority Business Forum
• Black Belt 100 Lenses Project
• Engineering Students Without Borders
• Rural Baseball Initiative
• A Vision for Engineering Academies in the rural
  Black Belt School Districts
• The University of Alabama Farmers Market
• Sumter County School/Community Newspaper
• Capstone Business Academy

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Parks and Recreation Baseball Summit

• A Black Belt Parks and Recreation Summit was held
  at the Bryant Conference Center on November 16,
  2006.
• The partners for the project included the Black
  Belt Action Commission, Black Belt Community
  Foundation, Greene-Sumter
• Enterprise Community, Local Recreational Leaders,
  Engineering Students and CCBP Staff
• Park Directors from Demopolis, Livingston, and
  Selma shared success stories with all
  participants.
• Participants left campus knowing who to talk with
  and where to look for funding for recreational
  needs.

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Recreation Summit II
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Recreation Summit II
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Recreation Summit II
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Clinical Translational Science Project

• The University of Alabama Institute for Rural
  Health Research received a planning grant to
  prepare a proposal for a Clinical Translational
  Science Award. This award would be utilized to
  study health disparities in the Alabama Black
  Belt Region.
• This research effort focuses on moving biomedical
  and laboratory science more quickly and
  efficiently to patients and communities.
• Community Partners participated in a Retreat on
  January 8, 2007 at the Bryant Conference Center.
• CCBP Staff and Institute for Rural Research Staff
  participated in community forums during the month
  of March in Sumter, Macon, and Dallas counties.
• Community Partners include Black Belt Community
  Foundation Associates, Sumter County Health and
  Wellness Center, Whatley Health Services, UAB
  Reach 2010, Sponsors of the Defiant Run of Selma,
  AL.

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Minority Business Forum

• The University of Alabama hosted a Minority
  Business Forum at the Bryant Conference Center on
  March 28, 2007.
• More than 100 minority owned business leaders
  participated in discussions with University
  employees on How To Do Business With The
  University of Alabama.
• The forum consisted of two general sessions,
  three breakout sessions, and a networking
  reception. The breakout sessions were in the
  areas of Construction, Goods and Services, and
  becoming a Bama Cash Vendor.
• This was a partnership between Community Affairs,
  Financial Affairs, and South Regions Minority
  Business Council.

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Minority Business Forum
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Minority Business Forum
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Minority Business Forum
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Black Belt 100 Lenses Project

• The 100 Lenses Project is an initiative of the
  Black Belt Community Foundation in partnership
  with volunteer community associates, residents of
  the Black Belt, CCBP Staff, and students from The
  University of Alabama Creative Campus.
• This project is conducted to raise awareness at
  the local, state, national and world levels about
  the issues and concerns facing the residents of
  the Black Belt.
• The Photo-voice methodology will be utilized by
  residents of the Black Belt to define for
  themselves and others what is worth remembering
  and what changes need to be made in the region.
• A pilot program will be conducted in rural Sumter
  County before this initiative is spread into the
  other eleven Black Belt counties.

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Black Belt 100 Lenses Project
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Engineering Students Without Borders

• The University of Alabamas Chapter of
  Engineering Students Without Borders has formed a
  partnership with the local health department in
  Hale County and the Hero Center to replace old
  water lines and sewage lines for needy families
  in rural Hale County.
• The ESWB has formed a partnership with CCBP and
  local government officials in Hale County to
  revitalize Smith Park in Greensboro, AL.
• The group has already made significant
  improvements to the basketball playing area and
  softball facilities to include improvements to
  benches and dugouts.
• The ESWB has also agreed to assist the Sumter
  County Board of Education Technology Department
  with computer repair services and maintenance.

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Engineering Students Without Borders
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Engineering Students Without Borders
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Engineering Students Without Borders
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Rural Baseball Initiative

• The rural baseball initiative seeks to involve
  at-risk youth from Alabama Black Belt Counties in
  organized baseball programs.
• Partnerships are being formed with local cities,
  towns, and recreational groups to promote
  baseball across the entire State of Alabama.
• CCBP staff members have linked the rural baseball
  initiative participants with representatives from
  the Alabama Negro League Association.
• Youth participants and coaches will have an
  opportunity to meet with former Negro League
  players and to tour Rickwood Field located in
  Birmingham, Alabama.
• Plans are being made for Black Belt youth to play
  at historic Rickwood Field in July 2007.

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Engineering Academies in Rural Black Belt School
Districts

• The CCBP is working in partnership with the
  Sumter County Board of Education and The
  University of Alabama College of Engineering to
  develop engineering academies in the Alabama
  Black Belt School Districts.
• A strategic planning meeting is scheduled for
  June 15, 2007 on the campus of The University of
  Alabama to discuss the roles of all the
  participants in this initiative.
• Sumter County High School and Livingston High
  School have been designated as the pilot schools
  in the Black Belt.
• The University of Alabama College of Engineering
  will submit a GK-12 Proposal to the National
  Science Foundation in July 2007which includes the
  development of Engineering Academies across the
  Alabama Black Belt over the next five years.

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Farmers Market Project

• Homegrown Alabama is a student-led group that
  educates the community about the value of local
  produce.
• Partners for the Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market
  Project are the University of Alabama Office of
  Community Affairs, Ferguson Center, Bama Dining,
  and the Alabama Farmers Market Authority.
• Farmers from Northport, Tuscaloosa, Duncanville,
  Coker, Fayette, Thorsby, Clanton, and others from
  around the state of Alabama were invited to
  participate in this project.
• University of Alabama students enrolled in
  Nutrition and Hospitality Management 490 were the
  planners of the Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market
  Project.
• More than one thousand persons from the
  University of Alabama campus community
  participated in the Farmers Market held on campus
  on May, 3, 2007 beginning at 300 p.m.

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Farmers Market Project
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Sumter County School/Community Newspaper

• The CCBP AlabamaREAL program has partnered with
  the Sumter County Board of Education and Children
  of the Village to enhance the business and
  journalism skills of students in rural Sumter
  County.
• During the spring 2007 semester, a UA team of
  journalism students worked with Sumter county
  students on the project
• A 5,000 SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) grant
  was obtained that will allow a team of UA
  Business School students to work with the project
  during the 2007-2008 academic year, including
  some support for project materials

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Capstone Business Academy

• The CCBP AlabamaREAL program partnered with the
  Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business
  Administrations 2007 Capstone Business Academy
• Five students from targeted Black Belt counties
  were selected to receive scholarships to attend
  the Academy
• The Academy is a ten-day residential event that
  attracts students from around the country and
  includes the opportunity to interact with UA
  professors, business professionals and other
  students.
• The Academy includes recreational opportunities
  and a 4-day trip to Atlanta to tour businesses
  such as Coca-Cola, UPS, and Cintas
• Continued partnership with the Academy is
  anticipated as well as additional scholarship
  opportunities for students to attend

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Capstone Business Academy
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Capstone Business Academy
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Capstone Business Academy