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IV . LAXI➢ mUSE PLANNING 17 ij 65 thii It I u y � . , 1999 , hundreds of additional residents were displaced . critical watershed from runoff and pollutants that result The city began working to relocate these people into from development . homes closer to downtown and out of the floodplain, and secured federal grants to allow more apartments to While Kinston may not be seeing the influx of eco - be added to an existing complex . nomic development it was expecting from projects such as Global TransPark, it has nevertheless managed to plan Kinston also worked with other developers and wisely for growth when it does occur. By consolidating Preservation North Carolina to turn a former high new development in areas out of the floodplain and school into housing for the elderly. Using volunteer and already served by utilities , the city is making growth prison labor, the city is building new homes on vacant much less expensive, both economically and environ- lots near downtown . All of these new housing options mentally. It has also managed to take hold of vacant make use of existing infrastructure such as sewer, water land that might have otherwise been a drain on the and roads . Rather than spending massive amounts of community to turn it into a draw for tourists and resi- money to extend these to new suburban developments , dents alike . taxpayers in Kinston are making use of what has already been paid for. PLANNING FOR GREEN SPACES AND CUBANUCK Ulu PROMOTING TOURISM : Working with graduate students in the Department of PROVIDING FOR S U S TA I N A B L E GROWTH City and Regional Planning at UNC- Chapel Hill , THROUGH PUBLIC FACILITIES Kinston and Lenoir County developed a " Green Located south of the rapidly growing Norfolk, Virginia Infrastructure Plan for the Neuse River Floodplain " in area , Currituck County faces intense growth pressure . May of 2001 . The plan identifies areas in the floodplain In October of 1994 , in response to citizen concern , the that would be best used for active or passive preserva- county added an adequate public facilities (APF) ordi- tion , or as conservation areas . The entire area will serve nance . Typically, these types of special use ordinances do as a greenway connecting downtown Kinston to other not cover all subdivisions . However, any development parts of the community. As a part of its effort to over six lots is subject to the APF ordinance . This tool increase its draw as an area for tourists , Kinston will does not put an end to growth , but works to insure that provide education centers , such as the planetarium, and adequate infrastructure is in place to serve new devel- restore forests along the river. The city has also been opments , " including but not limited to schools , fire and sponsoring canoe and raft rentals , turning the river into rescue, law enforcement , and other county facilities ." a draw. An added benefit of limiting development in the greenways , aside from preventing the costly damages to In another effort to direct growth , Currituck County property associated with floods , will be to protect the adopted an open space design regulation in 1996 . This