RSS FeedDowntown Neighborhood Survey Now Open
A downtown neighborhood survey is being conducted as a collaborative effort among the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA), Downtown BID, The Downtowner, Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association and BB & T Bank. All downtowners are eligible to participate and the survey period is now open.
Why is the survey important? The last official Census was in 2000 and a lot has changed since then in the neighborhood. Better, more precise demographic data is needed to accurately reflect the makeup of the area. This information facilitates attracting retailers and businesses as well as justifying the required level of city services. How does a Whole Foods or Myer-Emco or any other business know a retail store could work here? Part of the answer lies in the neighborhood’s demographics. (Ed. Note: This survey is not the official Census done by the US Government every decade. This is a community driven survey.)
Prizes will be randomly awarded to survey entrants and each completed survey will also result in $1 going to Catholic Charities, an organization that does social work downtown. Surveys will be accepted until the end of the day on November 30.
PQ Living supports this survey effort and hopes our readers do the same.
More information about the survey can be found here: DNA Survey Summary
The survey itself can be found online here: Downtown Neigborhood Survey
Ed. Note: We’ll have a Whole Foods discussion update posted later today…
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good point PQ Survey Guy. the next official nationwide Census conducted by the US Government will be in 2010. more information about that can be found here: 2010 Census Homepage.
Where does anyone get the impression that this is “selling” this as something comparable to a census? If you read it, the introductory information made very clear that this isn’t even a “sample frame,” which is something lesser than a census.
Always cynics out here.
Uh. “Better, more precise demographic data is needed to accurately reflect the makeup of the area.” This implies the data from the survey will be shown to potential businesses as accurately reflective (i.e. a projectible survey) of the neighborhood (the sampling frame).
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I applaud the efforts to collect this information. However, please do not sell this as a representative survey or something to compare to a census. It should be characterized as a survey of people who are plugged into the community.