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STRATEGIC GROWTH AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROGRAM <br />Final (8.7.20091 <br />I. Program Manager Case Studies (Implementation Phase) <br />The Project Team utilized case studies in the initial feasibility phases of work to help <br />explain key concepts to the Stakeholder Committee and the interested public. During <br />the development of program and administrative design concepts, a second round of <br />case studies was conducted that focused exclusively on county- managed transfer of <br />development right (TDR) programs, especially those that adhered to free - market <br />approaches with limited government intervention between buyers and sellers of <br />development rights. The following five TDR programs are reviewed in this section: <br />Island County, WA; (1 ------- + - F> -, <br />• Gallatin County, MT; <br />• Pitkin County, CO; <br />• Greenville County, SC; and <br />• Talbot County, MD. r- �- - -:� _ ' .; �.» 1,,,5■ <br />1 —� xs�awk. I �uta±�w u'y"" '� rT, ■�x,� `. <br />The initial selection of which TDR programs to include in the case studies considered a <br />number of general characteristics, which are indicated in the table below. The chart at <br />the right of the table indicates the relative position of Orange County with respect to <br />these indicators (orange line and orange bar). <br />Labor Force <br />64,970 <br />34,872 <br />40,064 <br />10.138 <br />197.809 <br />16,883 <br />Square Ivfrles (Land) <br />400 <br />208 <br />2606 <br />970 <br />790 <br />269 J,,, <br />Density (Population /Square Miles of Land) <br />296 <br />343 <br />26 <br />15 <br />480 <br />126 I <br />Growth Rate (1990 - 2000) <br />260/9 <br />19% <br />34% <br />18% <br />19% <br />i m <br />Median Household Income <br />$42,750 <br />545,557 <br />538.235 <br />559,629 <br />541.313 <br />S43.829 <br />College Degree (BA or Higher) <br />52% <br />27% <br />41% <br />57% <br />26% <br />28% <br />Drove Alone to bYbtk <br />700/0 <br />74% <br />71% <br />51% <br />82% <br />79% <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />