Sterling Community Master Plan - Greenville County

Sterling Neighborhood Master Plan July 2010
Other parts of Sterling are characterized by substandard housing, inadequate infrastructure, and
concentrated poverty. At the same time, the neighborhood is located along the edge of the
rapidly redeveloping West End Historic District, and has seen some measure of gentrification
along its northeast flank (as evidenced by the Pendleton West mixed-use development). Sterling
is also less than a mile from the under-construction A.J. Whittenburg Academy and Kroc Center
as well as the soon-to-be-completed Swamp Rabbit Trail. Sterling is also home to a number of
community facilities, including the Sterling Community Center, Sterling Senior Center, Sterling
Youth Center, and Sterling Hope Center, as well as several churches and social service
providers.
Sterling has a high number of vacant parcels in Sterling especially south of Dunbar Street. If one
considers the total acreage of the neighborhood, 30 percent of Sterling is vacant residential and 4
percent is vacant commercial. North of Dunbar, only 17 percent of the total acreage is vacant
residential and 7 percent is vacant commercial. South of Dunbar Street, these figures are 43
percent vacant residential and less than 1 percent vacant commercial. Although many of these
vacant parcels have complex title histories, the precise number of so-called heirs’ properties is
currently unknown.
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Continuing the community legacy and leadership