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Show new industries, new schools 995 an additional 60,000 jobs will be available in Mountainland, an increase of 89 over those available in 1 975. The major economic sectors which show the fastest rates of growth are finance, transportation, utilities, and services. In contrast, employment in the agricultural sector will decrease. New schools must be built to By 1 accommodate the projected school-ag- e population. New roads and public facilities must be constructed to serve future residential areas. Present governmental structures will become overcrowded and new buildings will have to be acquired to house a projected 9,000 additional employees in the governmental sector. providing governmental services to meet the demands created by the conversion of agricultural land to urban uses and determination of future service needs of Mountainland residents. In response to consumer and producer demands, raw materials, labor and energy are brought together to produce goods or services. The process, however, also produces "residuals (solid and liquid wastes) pollutants that all result from human inevitably activity. increased tones, new bond issues The projected growth appears to be inevitable. Such growth does not occur without creating some problems which must be overcome if the present living environment of communities is to be preserved or if it is to be improved. The three counties must now determine the costs of FUTURE MOUNTAINLAND CHALLENGES As human activity increases in Mountainland, more sewage plants must be built and more stringent controls over the use of our environment must be instituted. These efforts to provide satisfactory living conditions are costly. Since the benefits of these activities accrue to society as a whole, the costs to provide these increased services the taxpayer. will be borne by |
