AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Greater Charleston is experiencing exponential growth. It also welcomes eight million visitors per year, a big driver of the economy. Academy participants learn how to balance both permanent resident and tourism growth.
“Healthy tourism keeps taxes low,” Dix noted. “Good schools, a fire and police presence and sustaining healthy communities are the things buyers and sellers focus on.
We are teaching that the beauty of
local government is paving roads, picking up trash, and maintaining and
improving the quality of life.”
Because Charleston has one of the
richest architectural histories in the nation, the academy also teaches about
how to protect the skyline and how to evaluate redevelopment that is sensitive
to historic districts.
Participants learn about accessory dwelling units, missing middle housing, other diverse, affordable housing types, and that higher density does not have to mean taller buildings.
Missing
middle housing includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and bungalows as well
as cluster homes and cottage courts.
The academy is very hands on about preparing people to run for election.
Many of its graduates serve on boards and
commissions as well as in elective office.
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