The Paulding County Vision Board was formed by a passionate group of residents who began meeting in 2016 to discuss issues facing the County, exchange ideas, and network. After meeting on several occasions, it was determined that if the various villages and townships within the County collaborated, a larger impact could be made to benefit all Paulding County residents.

Deciding it was time to take action and address the issues and ideas the group had been discussing, the Vision Board was formed under the Paulding County Commissioners on April 24, 2017. The Vision Board decided to create a county-wide Community Development Plan to begin a formal planning process that would lead to establishing goals and objectives for Paulding County and strategies for how to achieve them.

The Vision Board’s mission is to ‘coordinate collaboration, plan strategically, secure funding, and create a livable Paulding County community’ and ultimately exists and ultimately exists to serve Paulding County by inspiring collaboration, identifying needs and pursuing and securing funding to address those needs. The Board is comprised of representatives from participating Villages within the County, the Township Trustees Association, the County Commissioners, Paulding County Area Foundation, Paulding County Economic Development, and at-large members.