Strategic Spartanburg

For our children and youth to excel academically, initiatives must start in pre-school and continue through high school, but must also be comprehensive and include educational programs for parents and child-care providers. Making academic success a priority means building a team of supporters including families, schools and colleges, businesses, libraries, non-profit organizations, the faith community and philanthropic organizations.

The purpose of the 2006-2010 Community Improvement Plan is to use the data in Strategic: Community Indicators VI to influence the improvement of Spartanburg and the quality of life for its citizens.  More than 300 Spartanburg citizens contributed to the creation of the Community Improvement Plan.  Each Taskforce developed a comprehensive executive summary report plan  for addressing the issues.  In the following pages you can see the priorities, opportunities, best practices, and partnerships that the Taskforces recommend using to make significant improvement.  By sharing this information it is our hope to provide a common ground for public, private and non-profit leaders to work together to address these and other related issues.