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| Question: Following is a list of community characteristics. Please indicate your top 5 in order of importance, with "1" being your top priority, "2" your second priority, and so on through "5". | |||||||||||||||
| Top 5 Community Characteristics | |||||||||||||||
| Adding more open space | Adding more recreation areas | Historic Preservation | Maintaining rural character | Protecting natural resources | Constructing traffic improvements | More residential growth | Less residential growth | More commercial growth | Less commercial growth | Investing in our schools | Maintaining roads and public places | Limiting property tax increases | Other | ||
| # of Times Cited | 642 | 535 | 537 | 1194 | 975 | 490 | 45 | 788 | 577 | 280 | 1048 | 752 | 1012 | 57 | |
| Rank of above | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| When cited, what was avg. rank? | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | |
| Number of Times Ranked as: | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 125 | 41 | 43 | 341 | 179 | 66 | 5 | 111 | 84 | 20 | 389 | 36 | 285 | 20 | |
| 2 | 106 | 79 | 76 | 230 | 203 | 71 | 5 | 135 | 117 | 47 | 229 | 130 | 200 | 10 | |
| 3 | 128 | 113 | 79 | 225 | 185 | 119 | 9 | 145 | 103 | 42 | 159 | 154 | 170 | 3 | |
| 4 | 107 | 140 | 133 | 187 | 191 | 88 | 6 | 151 | 97 | 41 | 119 | 191 | 120 | 6 | |
| 5 | 125 | 125 | 145 | 148 | 150 | 105 | 6 | 109 | 88 | 52 | 108 | 190 | 171 | 16 | |
| 99 | 48 | 34 | 56 | 62 | 65 | 38 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 43 | 50 | 64 | 1 | |
| 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 106 | 56 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total Times Ranked | 642 | 535 | 537 | 1194 | 975 | 490 | 45 | 788 | 577 | 280 | 1048 | 752 | 1012 | 56 | |
| Question: In order to do many of the things listed above, it may be necessary to manage revenues differently. Please rank the following possibilities in the order of interest to you, with "1" | |||||||||||||||
| being the method you would be most willing to consider: | |||||||||||||||
| Things Most Willing to Consider | |||||||||||||||
| Bring more business to town | Bring more industry to town | Raise taxes | Maintain current spending levels but change priorities | Increase user fees for town services | Other | ||||||||||
| # of Times Cited | 1413 | 1087 | 880 | 1330 | 1060 | 92 | |||||||||
| Rank of above | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| When cited, what was avg. rank? | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | |||||||||
| Number of Times Ranked as: | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 853 | 152 | 36 | 518 | 94 | 17 | |||||||||
| 2 | 283 | 398 | 54 | 278 | 262 | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 | 134 | 206 | 135 | 340 | 290 | 13 | |||||||||
| 4 | 81 | 161 | 178 | 112 | 318 | 20 | |||||||||
| 5 | 26 | 150 | 465 | 57 | 85 | 21 | |||||||||
| 99 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
| 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total Times Ranked | 1413 | 1087 | 880 | 1330 | 1060 | 92 | |||||||||