Priority One: Land Use.
- Reinvest in neglected communities, rehabilitate abandoned properties and provide
more housing opportunities to strengthen its metropolitan centers.
- Encourage new development or redevelopment in already built-up areas to create
a greater degree of neighborhood mix in homes, shops and offices.
Priority Two: Air Quality.
- Provide air quality information and educate citizens on the implications of
failure to meet national standards.
- Educate citizens on how personal actions
can have a positive or negative impact on Upstate air quality.
Priority Three: Solid Waste & Recycling.
- Attain a waste generation rate equal to or below the EPA’s current estimate
of the national waste generation rate, which is 4.3 pounds per person per day.
- Attain an annual recycling rate of 20 percent. (According to the EPA the national
recycling rate in 2000 was 30%. The state goal under the South Carolina Solid
Waste Management Act is a recycling rate of 35%. Spartanburg’s current rate is
9%.)
- Attain a waste disposal rate of 3.75 pounds per person per day.
Priority Four: Energy Consumption.
- Reduce Spartanburg’s energy demand by promoting, supporting and implementing
energy efficiency and conservation programs and measures.
- Develop an educational advocacy program about energy conservation, renewable
energy sources, public and private energy-related programs, and rebates.
- Support and develop ordinances, policies, programs and legislation that promote
energy conservation.
- Develop financial possibilities and incentives to promote energy conservation.
Priority Five: Water Quality.
- Improve water quality in area-streams through compliance with state-mandated
stream-use classifications.
- Provide education and public outreach to citizens concerning water quality
status of area streams and lakes.
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