Question

what might be some of the inherent problems with bedroom communities that out pace the rural infrastructure planning projects. Consider the county of Chatham, NC.

Answer 1

Bedroom community is a small community lives just outside of the city that has no major industries, People who lived here go to another town or city to work. There are so many inherent problems with bedroom communities like housing, poverty, the quality of public schools etc.The condition of roads, bridges and other infrastructure is a major problem for bedroom community. Bedroom communities have Lack of Resources. Most of the rural families are dependent on agro based activities for their livelihood, where land is the limiting factor. Large numbers of people are seasonally employed, causing severe underemployment. Rural development projects are often implemented without adequate planning. In the absence of an integrated approach to tackle multidimensional interrelated problems, sector development activities may not deliver expected results. Many of these projects also lack proper planning and resource mobilization. Rural infrastructure planning projects are helping bedroom communities to overcome these problems. Infrastructure planning helps in to organizing input supply, finance, post production processing and marketing of the produce.

Economic development strategic planning process for Chatham County, North Carolina undertaken by the Center assessed the county’s current economic conditions and provided policy options for capitalizing on the county’s economic, geographic, and cultural assets. Chatham County has faced tremendous residential growth pressure as portions of the county have transitioned into a bedroom community. The county’s most contentious issues are the increased demand for costly infrastructure such as water, sewer, roads, schools, and other government provided services. Retail development is also an area of concern. Chatham County strategic planning process on Institutions, Organizations, and Economic Development yielded a series of lessons learned that can be generalized to other economic development planning efforts and important for policymakers and community leaders to consider before undertaking their own planning efforts. For rural infrastructure planning projects the county manager appoints directors for and oversees many county services, such as the planning department, public works, emergency management, library services, recreation, and the travel and tourism department. Chatham County Strategic Plan, drafted several goals, such as balanced growth, resource and open space conservation, effective government, citizen participation, quality of life factors, and community cooperation. Chatham County focused on attraction, retention, and entrepreneurship around industry clusters identified in the planning process. Chatham County strategic planning lessons and the underlying focus on the challenges of bedroom communities are important points of consideration for scholar and practitioners working in these communities.