Adam Rude

Serving as Director of the City of Shelbyville’s Planning and Building Department, Adam is responsible for overseeing various community development projects and administering local land use and building policies within the City of Shelbyville, including planning and zoning, code enforcement, and all applicable building codes.  Working under the leadership of Mayor Tom DeBaun, Adam and his staff collaborate with other city departments to improve the quality of life of existing and future city residents while facilitating growth and investment in the community. Adam oversees the staff that works with the private sector to take development projects from early concept, through zoning entitlements, and completing all necessary inspections, resulting in a safe, new development that furthers the long-range plans of the community.

Prior to being appointed to the position of Director, Adam served as the Deputy Planning Director for the City. As Deputy Director, Adam was charged with seeing that the community’s adopted comprehensive plan and other related planning documents and efforts were successfully implemented using the different tools available to him. Implementation of these planning efforts occur during close collaboration with all interested parties during the review and approval of both public and private developments.

A 2016 graduate of the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning, Adam received his bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning and Development with a minor in Computer Technologies. Before starting with the City of Shelbyville, Adam had interned in both the public and private sectors of planning, working for The Fayette County Plan Commission, CHA Consulting Inc, and Mendenhall and Associates. In these different positions Adam gained experience by working on a range of project types all throughout the Midwest Region of the country and primarily in Central Indiana. Some of the major projects Adam was involved in included: a TIGER Grant submittal for the Monument Circle Reconstruction Project, a comprehensive plan update for the City of Greensburg Indiana, a land use plan update for The City of Franklin Tennessee, and a major thoroughfares plan for Franklin Tennessee.

Towards the end of his final semester at Ball State University in 2016, Adam began working with the City of Shelbyville. Since that time, Adam has become involved in the development and implementation of many of the quality-of-life efforts the city is currently undertaking such as; a massive redevelopment of the Downtown Public Square, continual trail and greenway expansions throughout the community, and one of the largest housing expansions in the City’s history. Aside from his work with the City of Shelbyville, Adam is an active member of the Indiana Chapter of the American Planning Association and currently serves as a member of the Awards Committee, is on the Board of Directors for Girls Inc of Shelbyville/Shelby County, and is on the Board of Directors for Mainstreet Shelbyville serving within the board’s Executive Committee.

Email: arude@cityofshelbyvillein.com
Phone: (317) 392-5102 x 306

Shelbyville City Hall
44 W Washington Street
Shelbyville, IN 46176