Priority One: Encourage people to take advantage of local employment opportunities.
Priority Two: Support the availability of employment opportunities within the
county.
Priority Three: Encourage family planning initiatives.
- Leverage the awareness and utilization of the Earned Income Tax Credit in order
to increase income opportunities for low-income citizens.
- Develop job readiness strategies that assess and prepare individuals who have
been identified as long-term unemployed.
- Encourage a local business resource center that provides support for small
business establishment and expansion.
- Establish partnerships with local businesses and public schools to create internships
and promote education completion.
Priority Four: Discourage blighted conditions in neighborhoods.
Priority Five: Preserve existing and increase the availability of “affordable,”
safe and sanitary housing.
Priority Six: Address the social influences of homelessness.
- Synchronize community development planning at the Spartanburg County level
by assuring that emerging housing markets contain mixed-use opportunities for
low-income and senior citizens.
- Develop local strategies to enhance affordability of homeownership and rental
through programs of sweat equity and other non-traditional approaches.
- Increase availability and comprehensiveness of services for homeless.
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