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· District is located along two major highways and should be accessed by internal street <br /> networks to minimize curb cuts. <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County Expo Center and School Administration Center: When <br />completed, these facilities will employ and draw a critical mass of visitors to the area. The <br />potential need for service industries near the facility will be more apparent as the types of <br />events attracted to the site is better known. For Mount Pleasant, these new facilities may spur <br />the need for new lodging and restaurant facilities. In addition, Mount Pleasant, with its <br />historic assets, could become an attraction visited by Expo patrons. <br /> <br />· Expo Center staff and the Convention and Visitors Bureau should promote the planning <br /> area as a destination and maintain a list of eating and lodging establishments available in <br /> the area. <br />· The Town should produce a brochure that can be used at various events to promote <br /> Mount Pleasant and local businesses. <br /> <br />The Local Agricultural Economy: While this sector of the local economy is not as <br />glamorous as the announcement of a new manufacturing plant, it can be a very important <br />element. There are several agricultural success stories from around the country were family <br />farms find a niche in the regional market. Many family farms have found success marketing <br />products to local grocery stores and specialty restaurants. Many success stories are found <br />when local farmers form cooperatives to market their products. While it goes beyond the <br />scope of this plan to develop these strategies, our purpose is to point out that jobs can be <br />created in the agricultural economy. <br /> <br />· As part of this plan's strategy to protect agricultural land, the County should work with <br /> area farmers to produce a countywide Farmland Protection Plan in conformance with the <br /> requirements in North Carolina State Statute 106.744. One of the requirements for a <br /> Farmland Protection Plan is to develop a strategy to market family farm products. <br />· The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides Value-Added Agricultural Product Market <br /> Development Grants to encourage individual producers of agricultural commodities to <br /> refine and market products. This program may help promote the local agricultural <br /> economy. <br />· An additional charge for the Agricultural Advisory Board, as recommended in <br /> previously, is to develop a marketing plan for locally produced agricultural products. <br /> <br />COMMERCIAL USES <br /> <br />The following recommendations reflect locations within Mount Pleasant that currently serve the <br />community in a commercial capacity. The purpose of this section is to formally identify these <br />areas and give recommendations of what types of uses are appropriate for each commercial center <br />and how these uses should be developed within these areas to make each area unique and <br />identifiable within the Town. The goal is to centrally locate commercial, office, and retail uses in <br />distinct areas that are developed in a manner consistent with the character oftbe Town of Mount <br />Pleasant. These areas are to consist of commercial uses at various intensities and scales and <br />provide the community with daily services and goods but do not provide high-paying, long-term <br />employment opportunities. <br />Goals and Recommendations <br /> <br /> <br />