|
Challenges |
Location |
|
DOT encourages county to build w/ limited setbacks |
F |
|
Not unified as a community |
WH |
|
Need long range plan for development |
PM |
|
Lack of consistent zoning; nothing to control growth |
PM |
|
Apathy in development (folks not involved) |
PM |
|
Impact fees (lack of) |
F |
|
Consider landscape ordinance |
F |
|
No county transportation system |
H |
|
Strip mall architecture |
F |
|
Clear-cut suburban development |
F |
|
Lack of grocery stores, quality restaurants, retail,
etc. |
PM |
|
Zoning needs to be geared toward community, not
developer |
H |
|
Tier 4 status |
PM |
|
Ability of emergency services to communication with
one another |
H |
|
Lack of industry for children to come back to |
H |
|
Highways/road – not paved, not widened, etc. |
H |
|
Bedroom community apathy |
F |
|
City Council is unconcerned |
PM |
|
Difficult and cumbersome recycling |
PM |
|
Networking of officials (communication) |
WP |
|
Negative attitude of our city council |
WH |
|
County commissioners |
PM |
|
No unified county voice |
PM |
|
Higher standard for overall appearance (community
pride) |
H |
|
High taxes – low services |
WP |
|
Give suggestions for architecture codes |
F |
|
Community / city segregation |
F |
|
Lack of growth of tax base |
WH |
|
Too heavily dependent upon residential tax base |
H |
|
Geographic size of county - spread out |
H |
|
Need improved elected officials |
WP |
|
Lack of commitment to planning (land use planning) |
WP |
|
Lack of green space plan |
F |
|
Need for impact fees |
WH |
|
Communication |
F |
|
Large county |
F |
|
HC 2020 Goals |
Location |
|
River from Atlanta clean! |
PM |
|
Reasonable tax rate |
PM |
|
Want to have at least 3 gravel roads left in the
county |
PM |
|
Protect us from light pollution and noise pollution |
PM |
|
Responsive and responsible government |
PM |
|
Don’t want sprawl; want managed growth |
PM |
|
Good, clean industry to help tax base |
PM |
|
Building codes that keep community's architectural
building guidelines |
PM |
|
Complete land use plan with stringent zoning
controls |
PM |
|
Infrastructure that can handle growth |
PM |
|
Buy a striping machine and stripe roads |
H |
|
An appropriate business/restaurant balance |
H |
|
Linear Park along Mulberry Creek - protect wildlife |
H |
|
Need to decide what kind of industry we want and go
after it |
H |
|
Need to support leaders who will give the people
what they want |
H |
|
Manage population growth |
PM |
|
Adequate parking around the courthouse |
H |
|
Strong planning county-wide commission |
WH |
|
Citizens truly involved in city/county government |
WH |
|
Keep a low tax rate |
WH |
|
Don't become "solid city" want green space |
WH |
|
Unity |
WH |
|
Combine social services under couple of umbrellas |
WH |
|
Industry Not Wanted |
Location |
|
Textile industry |
F |
|
Casino / gambling |
F |
|
Prostitution |
F |
|
Natural habitat destroyers |
F |
|
Landfill |
F |
|
Union verses pro-business |
F |
|
Junkyard |
F |
|
Hazardous waste |
F |
|
Smoke stacks / air pollution |
F |
|
Large animals |
F |
|
Hog rendering |
F |
|
Agri-business (hog farms) |
F |
|
Noise pollution |
F |
|
Soil pollution |
F |
|
Industry Wanted |
Location |
|
State offices in county |
H |
|
One that would generate good tax base |
H |
|
Business that does not burden infrastructure and
employs citizens |
H |
|
High paying jobs |
H |
|
Clean, non-polluting, non-human technical business
(keep auto traffic down) |
PM |
|
High tech jobs |
H |
|
Communication companies |
PM |
|
Offices - low users of resources such as water and
sewer |
PM |
|
Clean manufacturing |
PM |
|
Issues |
Location |
|
Better communication between gov't entities and
consolidated planning |
H |
|
Consolidated government |
PM |
|
Planning decisions about what we want(work with
county commissioners) |
PM |
|
Harris to continue growing leaders and champions |
H |
|
Policy makers with guts |
PM |
|
Communication among municipalities and the county |
PM |
|
Effective planning commission |
PM |
|
Need goals that can be measured |
WP |
|
We must be educated about what we’ve got |
PM |
|
Effective leadership |
PM |
|
Need to prioritize community needs and wants |
H |
|
Need one person to lead county (a champion) |
PM |
|
Use impact fees to provide services/control growth |
WH |
|
Bridge gap of pro-growth and anti-growth faction |
WP |
|
Lack of commitment to do things in community
|
WP |
|
Strong elected leaders with more accountability and
accessibility |
H |
|
Need to hire full-time engineer to guide and plan
growth |
WP |
|
Accept fact that business is needed to support tax
base and infrastructure |
H |
|
Educating public on what it takes to have a
community they want |
H |
|
Financing |
H |
|
Need a long-range plan |
H |
|
Assess spending of city/county tax money |
WH |
|
Zoning and land use – enforced and unified |
PM |
|
Deal with lack of trust with neighbors and leaders |
WH |
|
Develop inclusive community-wide plan - determine
means of implementing |
H |
|
Continuation of leadership |
H |
|
Protect |
Location |
|
Unreasonable taxation of citizens |
WP |
|
Strengths |
Location |
|
Responsive city council |
WH |
|
Good Leadership |
H |
|
Low unemployment rate |
H |
|
Low unemployment |
WP |
|
Leadership with vision |
WH |
|
Building code |
WH |
|
Low taxes |
WH |
|
County has had planning for a long time |
H |
|
Low cost of living |
WH |
|
Desire and interest to plan |
WP |
|
An ideal place to own a business |
PM |
|
Government that listens to us |
WH |