Improving walkability in Downtown Spartanburg
Approved by City Council in 2013, Spartanburg's $2.3 million streetscaping improvement plan includes eight projects touching all corners of downtown. Meant to both improve the appearance of important areas downtown and enhance walkability for visitors, plans call for widened sidewalks and redesigned landscaping to provide for a more enjoyable pedestrian experience.
Funding from the projects comes from a variety of sources including hospitality tax, stormwater fee revenue, federal grant funding, and the Broad Street tax increment funding (TIF) district, a mechanism that allows the City to capture the increase in tax value of properties in the district generated from new investment.