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Greenville County Planning Commission |
ECONOMICS GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Goal - To promote Greenville County's national prominence as the dynamic economic center of the Upstate region.
Objectives:
To ensure that the economic health and vitality of Greenville County will be sustainable
To maintain Greenville County's role as a regional economic center
To encourage, aid, and support the existing businesses and local entrepreneurs
To actively recruit large national and international businesses
To encourage small business development, particularly for neighborhood commercial services, to enhance employment opportunities
To foster growth in the tourism sector, encouraging use of our natural resources to attract people to Greenville County
To develop programs and strategies for increased economic development in minority neighborhoods
To encourage the revitalization of older and/or underdeveloped commercial areas, such as Poinsett Highway, White Horse Road, and Wade Hampton Boulevard
To encourage the location and expansion of industries which benefit the environment, (i.e. technological, financial, and service-oriented industries)
To direct economic growth in areas appropriate for development and discourage it in environmentally-sensitive areas
Goal - To provide areas suitable for commercial development.
Objectives:
To encourage viable alternatives to strip commercial development along major transportation routes
To identify strategically located areas for the development of neighborhood commercial establishments
To provide areas suitable for the development of regional and community commercial facilities
Recommendations:
Promote cluster commercial development at major intersections and along major arterials
Discourage strip commercial development along residential corridors
Encourage commercial and industrial development activities to locate in areas where there is a full range of public facilities, services, and infrastructure to support business development
Cherrydale Point will be a 360,000 square-foot retail and
entertainment
complex on the former Stone Manufacturing site.
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