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Greenville County Planning
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THE PLANNING PROCESS: Coordination Vital to
Greenville County's Future
Coordination is the cornerstone of good planning.
Therefore, when the Greenville County Planning Commission began the update
of the county's Comprehensive Plan in April 1998, the first step was to
develop a process that would involve public service providers. The
Commission created a partnership with Greenville County Council, the
Greenville Water System, the School District of Greenville County, the
Metropolitan Sewer Sub-District, and the Western Carolina Regional Sewer
Authority. Each of these agencies took an active role in the development
of the plan. Their ongoing participation will ensure that the services for
Greenville County residents will be coordinated as the county continues to
grow.
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Citizens shared their insight about future growth in the DOD focus
group meetings.
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Focus Groups
Designing Our Destiny began with meetings of
focus groups. In four separate meetings the staffs of the Planning
Commission and partners met with over 100 developers and preservationists.
They shared their insight about future growth. Following those meetings,
the staff met with the Greenville Water System Board, the Greenville
County Fire Chiefs Association, Sheriff's Department, Greenville Hospital
System, St. Francis Hospital, Airport Managers, and the county Utility
Coordinating Committee to gather information about future growth and its
impact on their plans and operations. |
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Community Meetings
The Designing Our Destiny community meetings
began on August 31, 1998, and 10 meetings were held over a span of 14
weeks. These meetings helped the Planning Commission's staff learn what
the county's residents consider their community's strengths and
weaknesses. Suggestions from these meetings also helped identify the
changes that are needed to better prepare for the county's future. More
than 800 citizens participated in the meetings. |
Over 800 citizens participated in the DOD community meetings.
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Community Survey
In addition to distributing surveys at community
meetings, the School District of Greenville County distributed
approximately 25,000 surveys to the parents of every elementary school
student and every employee of the School District. A number of other
community agencies, including the Urban League, Senior Action, SHARE, and
the Phyllis Wheatley Association, also distributed the survey. Surveys
were sent to every county employee, as well as the employees of the
partners in the Designing Our Destiny plan. The Library Board
authorized the Planning Commission to place survey boxes in each of the
libraries to offer citizens an additional opportunity to respond to the
survey. First Union Bank distributed surveys at their offices. The Sierra
Club and Greenville Transit Authority also distributed surveys. When this
initiative was complete, over 60,000 surveys were returned and analyzed.
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