What does Legacy say about Community Character?

• Create and perpetuate a unique, special, and distinctive image for the communities within Forsyth County
• Use quality design to display our pride in the rich and diverse history of the County
• Encourage major employers and institutions to display their pride through creative design incorporated in their buildings, signs, and landscaping
• Design attractive roadways that include auto, bike, and pedestrian features
• Create development design guidelines to promote livable, sustainable, and visually pleasing communities
• Encourage the preservation and reuse of existing sites and buildings
• Educate the community on the benefits of considering aesthetics in the development process
• Identify, protect, and promote historic resources
• Encourage the historic preservation of the various and diverse buildings and neighborhoods
• Create awareness of historic resources
• Develop historic preservation alliances
• Incorporate community gateways and boulevards to convey sense of pride
• Maintain rural farmland
• Incorporate wide green buffers to creeks and add walking trails
• Provide attractive directional signs and event banners