The current issues facing the rock hill community are similar to other growing metropolitans

Diversifying local employment opportunities creates both a more equitable and resilient economy. When employment opportunities are diverse, residents are better able to connect their skills and experience to the right job, enhancing equity in opportunity. Based on a feasibility study conducted by the city of rock hill and the clinton connextion action plan committee there are several other alarming data points that a urban agriculture district can support and address. One being the provery rate in this censeaus tract that states that 33.4% percent of the people live below poverty line - this measure is an estimate of people living below the national poverty level. IT is a measure of material hardship, and is often used to determine eligibility in social safety programs. Census tracts with over 40% of residents living below the poverty line are considered to be areas of concentrated poverty. The other is the health environment- a health community contributes to the health of its residents. In this same census tract 24.4% diagnosed as diabetic, 50% obesity rate and 13.7% asthma we intend to have public forum to ask the residence what IT is that they would like to see in this agriculture district, also work with the city of rock hill and clinton college to finds ways to build a path more education centered aroundurban agriculture and to stimulate a local economy with in the southside of rock hill. The impact doing this research willlay the ground work for implentating a path to having an urban agiculture district in the city of rock hill, SC. This would also be the firstof its kind in the state of south carolina. Social benefits of this would help promote and increase the economic footprint of the residence of the southside of rock hill. IT would also make this area a designation for visitors of the city and the state.