File #: 24-114    Name:
Type: General Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/17/2024 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 6/4/2024 Final action:
Title: Carrboro Community Survey 2024 Results PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to provide the results of the Carrboro Community Survey.
Attachments: 1. A - Town of Carrboro Community Survey Findings Report, 2. B - Town of Carrboro Survey Open-Ended Comments, 3. C - Town of Carrboro Results for Qualified Census Tract, 4. D - Town of Carrboro Survey Maps, 5. E - Pocket Questions - Community Survey 2024
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Carrboro Community Survey 2024 Results

PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to provide the results of the Carrboro Community Survey.
Department
DEPARTMENT: Communication & Engagement
Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Catherine Lazorko, Communication and Engagement Director, clazorko@carrbornc.gov, (919) 918-7314 end
Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Information
INFORMATION: The Carrboro Resident Survey serves as a consumer report card for the Town of Carrboro. Residents rate their quality of life, their satisfaction with services, and perceptions of local government. Town of Carrboro leaders have conducted the biennial survey since 2016 to inform strategic planning and budgeting decisions.
Highlights from Overall Survey Results
Quality of Life in the Town -- Nearly all (97%) of the residents surveyed, who had an opinion, rated the Town of Carrboro as "excellent" or "good" as a place to live. Other areas in which residents rated the Town as "excellent" or "good" include: overall quality of life (93%), as a place to raise children (91%), and as a place that is welcoming and inclusive to all (89%).
Perceptions of the Community -- The overall perceptions of the Town of Carrboro that had the highest levels of satisfaction, based upon the combined percentage of "very satisfied" and "satisfied" responses among residents who had an opinion, were: availability of festivals and community events (85%), availability of cultural activities and the arts (82%), and access to parks and green space (80%).
Major Town Services -- The major categories of Town services that had the highest levels of satisfaction, based upon the combined percentage of "very satisfied" and "satisfied" responses among residents who had an opinion, were: fire services (95%), public works (trash/yard waste collection) (91%), recreation and cultural programs (84%), an...

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