Butts County Georgia
Official Website
P.O. Box 1051
Jackson, Georgia 30233
770-504-0683
To the official website of Partners for Smart Growth in Jackson and Butts County Georgia. Partners represents a collective group of business and community leaders, professionals and citizens interested in seeing Butts County's future growth managed in a positive, constructive and sustainable way. While the majority are residents of Butts County, several do extensive business here as well and Partners offers an avenue for all of these to come together and find consensus in making Butts County a better place to live and do business. Growth comes in three different types, each with unique issues and benefits: commercial, industrial and residential. The growth of each affects the growth of the others. Smart Growth means well designed, usable and attractive commercial spaces.....modern, efficient industry that grows jobs, enhances the tax base and works with the environment....well planned, livable housing that preserves greenspace, spans a good balance of price ranges and not just starter homes....all of these are the hallmarks of Smart Growth.
Smart Growth is about answering three questions:
Where do we want to grow?
How do we want to grow?
How much do we want to grow?
Butts County's population has been growing very slowly, but as an exurb of Metropolitan Atlanta, we border some of the fastest growth taking place in America. Growth is coming and we want to ensure that it works for all of us. Partners for Smart Growth share a common vision of Butts County: healthy, diverse and prosperous communities; working landscapes and critical environmental resources preserved for the future; development of the economic potential of our I-75 corridor; jobs allowing residents to live and work in the community; and planned development that conserves resources, minimizes waste, utilizes good design and enhances our community and its economic well being.
By joining together as Partners for Smart Growth, we represent private sector interests, have the ability to influence decisions more effectively and are assured representation on important policy matters
WHO WE ARE
Partners for Smart Growth is a nonprofit organization representing a broad-based membership interested in furthering the principles of smart growth in Butts County. Partners benefits its members and the community by providing an open forum for dialog between all interested parties with the goal of leading to consensus on growth issues.
OUR MISSION
TO PROMOTE BALANCED AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IN BUTTS COUNTY
OUR GOALS
> To provide a forum for discussion of responsible development
> To advocate sustainable growth
>To promote consensus on growth issues
> To promote long-range planning and adequate delivery of government services for all citizens
> To promote a balanced tax base and an enhanced quality of life
> To insure the economic vitality of our communities
ABOUT US
Partners was formed in the Spring of 2007 by a group of local business leaders, professionals and individuals interested in the future of our community. Realizing that Butts County is on the cusp of growth, these leaders want to ensure our community avails itself of economic growth opportunities while maintaining its rural character and small town atmosphere.
Blue Ridge Consulting Group LLC
Jackson, Georgia
www.brcgllc.com
