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4. Conduct a community campaign to clean up unsightly areas in <br /> Efland. Start with local Adopt-a-Highway campaign along US 70. <br /> 5. Pursue a Town Commons in central Efland as a gathering place <br /> for social and recreational needs. <br /> 6. Use open space and sensitive design to enhance the "small- <br /> town feel" of Efland. <br /> SRecific Action Strategies <br /> a. Develop a community open space plan (as mentioned above) . <br /> b. Set up a means of acquiring conservation easements within <br /> both new developments and existing natural areas. <br /> b. Utilize work in process by the Orange County Planning <br /> Department to identify sites of scenic and historic <br /> significance in Efland. <br /> C. Local civic groups to organize a Clean-Up campaign to Fxwidb <br /> help to neighbors in keeping Efland attractive. Ask Orange <br /> County to participate in areas along McGowan Creek where sewer <br /> construction debris remains. <br /> d. Ask the County to consider apportioning local park funding to <br /> help provide a Town Commons. Use combined public-private <br /> effort to create the commons. <br /> COMMUNITY ISSUE S: APPROPRIATE LAND USE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING <br /> This issue is always a divisive question, especially within Orange <br /> County. It is also a catch-all, encompassing questions of <br /> employment opportunities, incorpoation, and the future character <br /> of the community. <br /> The need for employment opportunities within Efland and northern <br /> Orange has been recognized for years. Outside of the Efland Hosiery <br /> Mill and a few small manufacturing plants, the opportunity for <br /> local employment of any type around Efland is slim. In this effort, <br /> the community agreed that linkages should be pursued with the <br /> Economic Development Commission's efforts to prezone and recruit <br /> employment opportunities for a site just west of Efland. Great <br /> concern exists, however, on the "appropriateness" of any new <br /> employment-generating industry from an environmental and community <br /> character standpoint. <br /> As previously mentioned, the question of incorporation is a theme <br /> that runs throughout all aspects and issues for the community. This <br /> decision will be studied by a group of Efland residents, who will <br /> examine the feasibility of and desire to become a Town. If Efland, <br /> does become a Town, it can create its own land use policy. <br /> 31 <br />