- Sugar Mountain will comprise single- and multi-family residences and the infrastructure to support them in a style conforming to the geography and native ecology.
- Sugar Mountain will sustain and grow its principal population of full-time and seasonal residents.
- Sugar Mountain will administer an orderly process for land use planning considering safety, aesthetics, public utility, and preservation of the ecology.
- Sugar Mountain will promote and maintain its identity as a desirable destination for vacationers and short-term visitors, providing recreational facilities and lodging at all seasons.
- Sugar Mountain will provide or contract for educational, safety, and recreational facilities that will attract visitors at all seasons of the year.
- Sugar Mountain will facilitate lodging facilities, both private and commercial, that accommodate visitors and vacationers.
- Sugar Mountain will adapt to meet the needs of a year-round resort community.
- Sugar Mountain will be one of the top three winter resorts in the Southeaster United States.
- Sugar Mountain will provide municipal services to meet the needs of its constituents, operating openly and responsively as an effective steward of its resources.
- Sugar Mountain will conduct its governmental affairs in an open and accessible manner.
- Sugar Mountain will employ qualified people and will encourage their professional or occupational development.
- Sugar Mountain will create and maintain public physical facilities that promote efficient work by its employees and serve the general population well.
- Sugar Mountain will administer a public works program that provides and maintains infrastructure to support and enhance its populations.
- Sugar Mountain will solicit and facilitate commercial, professional, and not-for-profit enterprises that serve its residents and visitors, providing a stable economic base that supports the Village and its residents.
- Sugar Mountain will encourage development and operation of enterprises that directly support its resident population.
- Sugar Mountain will solicit new economic activities that are supportive of its economy and compatible with its environment.
- Sugar Mountain will expand its interaction with local educational institutions to enhance cultural and academic experiences for residents, visitors, and students.
- Sugar Mountain will develop on-going relationships with its representatives at all governmental levels and will exploit those relationships to obtain favorable allocations of governmental resources.
- Sugar Mountain will coordinate its activities with those of Avery County and neighboring municipalities to the benefit of the regional populace and the nature setting.
- Sugar Mountain will coordinate its governmental relations efforts with those of Avery County and other municipalities to see larger benefits that will serve the region.
- Sugar Mountain will coordinate its economic development efforts with those of Avery County and other municipalities to see new enterprises that meet the expanded needs of the region.
- Sugar Mountain will increase its interaction with merchants and providers in the surrounding region.q
Adopted by Council at its meeting of March 18, 2008
s their four-(4)-year terms expire. The elections are non-partisan. The council is assisted by a planning committee and a zoning board of adjustment.