Connections... Who & What
In the fall of 2010, the City of Greenville was awarded $1.8 million in grant funding
to support a three-year planning effort. The grant was a combination of funding
from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the
U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT) as part of the interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
The City's proposal was one of 42 chosen throughout the country to receive funds,
and only one of 14 to receive joint funding from HUD and DOT. The grant project
began in spring 2011, and has been titled Connections for Sustainability: Linking
Greenville's Neighborhoods to Jobs and Open Space.
Connections for Sustainability: Linking Greenville's Neighborhoods to Jobs and Open
Space will work to deliver all the benefits of a
livable community - multi-modal access, affordable housing, and increase green space- to low-income residents most
in need of those benefits by undertaking a comprehensive planning effort that values
community input.
Connections is aimed at establishing connections between affordable housing, transportation
options, economic development opportunities and open space throughout the city,
but will focus on Greenville’s west side. The vision for this area is to drastically
reverse the trend of decline, address blighted areas and improve the quality of life for the area’s residents.
The economic development opportunities surrounding this vision would create jobs
within the area and provide residents with direct connections, via improved transit
service, to other major economic sectors.
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Sustainablity Updates
TOD Workshop Now Online: View the presentation and complete the survey used in the workshop. Your input will help our consultants know what type
of Transportation Oriented Economic Development we want to see in Greenville.
Presentation |
Survey |
Map
Kick-Off Event
The first public Kick-off Event was held March 1 at the West Greenville Community
Center. City staff and the consultant teams would like to thank everyone who took
time to be a part of the process. Seventy-five attendees represented neighborhoods
from all over the City.
Latest Update
What's Next?
City staff and consultants are busy working to consolidate and incorporate
the public comments we gathered at the kick-off event. We have posted the presentations,
housing and
transportation surveys,
and the transportation base map in the What's New section of this website. A great way to keep
abreast of the project’s developments is to subscribe to our free electronic monthly
newsletter. Or, you can check
out our online newsletter archive.
Why Sustainability?
The Connections for Sustainability project seeks to address sustainability as a
balance between the following three equally important goals, particularly in the west side neighborhoods where
the need is greatest:
- Environment-Planet. Conserving natural systems and minimizing ecological
impacts
- Equity-People. Focusing on people and communities and their needs.
- Economy-Prosperity/Profit. Creating a vibrant economy through the
creation of wealth, prosperity, and jobs.
Affordable housing, economic development opportunities,
open space and especially transportation options will be the proposed connections between
the neighborhoods, the city and an improved quality of life.
What makes our community sustainable? What makes housing affordable?
These definitions and values need to be studied and debated. With help from everyone,
the process and outcomes of this project will enable city and regional planners,
policy-makers, developers, businesses and members of the community to sustain our community.
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