He was just the man for the job. Cliftondale resident Bruce Moody continues his service to the south Fulton community with his recent appointment by Commissioner Rob Pitts to Fulton County Planning & Zoning Commission.

Moody’s long-time involvement in local education and community advocacy comes from a desire to see the overall quality of life in his community continue to thrive. And that desire made him a good candidate for appointment to the planning board. Moody brings with him a sense that development should be equitable for all parties involved and that quality development should be the only acceptable standard.

“From a personal standpoint, I think zoning is the most important thing in south Fulton,” Moody said, noting its full-spectrum impact throughout the area’s communities. “Good development leads to good communities. Everything has to be quality development because you are building communities, not houses. The less that is put into a development really lessens the chances for it to survive. If we don’t take the time to plan for good development, it may not show at first but it will show later.”

Moody’s sense of fairness is one of the qualities that led to the appointment by Pitts.

“I respect him,” Pitts said. “He is very interested in his community, he’s knowledgeable on the issues and has a vision for his community. He takes the appointment seriously and is capable of being fair. That’s something I look for.”

A 10 year resident of south Fulton, Moody made his mark on the community by his ongoing involvement in public education. Moody has served for 10 years on the Evoline C. West Elementary’s Local School Advisory Committee, he served for seven years on Fulton County’s Community Construction Advisory Committee studying the feasibility of school construction projects and was a member of the community architectural review team for Westlake High School.

A Cliftondale resident since he, his wife Sandra and three grandchildren moved to the area from New York in 1995, Moody also has extensive involvement with Cliftondale Community Club. He served as community club president for five years, vice president for two years and still serves today on the organization’s board of directors. Moody is advisory board chairman of Southern Bridges, an organization intent on building an recreation and community center in Cliftondale. And he serves on the First Foundation for Reading Literacy, a group dedicated to placing one book per month in the hands of young children that will be attending West, Campbell and Palmetto Elementary schools.

Moody had a career in education as a high school principal in New York city that spanned 35 years. He served as an adjunct professor at the College of New Rochelle and Long Island University.

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