| LEGEND for "Most Value" Code: [aka What you most value about Hopkinton] | |||||||||||||
| FOT | = | Feel of Town (e.g Small Town, Quaint, Country/Rural, Geographic Beauty, etc…) | |||||||||||
| L | = | Location / Convenience | |||||||||||
| PF | = | People Factor (e.g. People, Friendliness, Sense of Community, Family Oriented, Tolerance, Diversity, etc…) | |||||||||||
| QL | = | Quality of Life (including Safety) | |||||||||||
| S | = | Schools | |||||||||||
| OS | = | Open Space | |||||||||||
| LEGEND for "See Changed" Code [aka What would you most like to see changed] | |||||||||||||
| CG | = | Increase/grow commercial base | |||||||||||
| D | = | More Diversity or balance in town. (e.g. economic or ethnic diversity, newcomers vs long time residents, etc…) | |||||||||||
| DR | = | Downtown Revitalization (also incl. beautification, more shops/restaurants, historical preservation, etc…) | |||||||||||
| GOV | = | change/modify local Government; less red tape & bureaucracy | |||||||||||
| OS | = | More Open Space | |||||||||||
| PE | = | Improve Political Environment or Political Tone in town; Improve working relationships of town boards. | |||||||||||
| R | = | More Recreation or Community - either space or activities | |||||||||||
| RG | = | Slow/stop residential growth | |||||||||||
| S | = | Improve Schools | |||||||||||
| SE | = | Spend more efficiently, Do more with less, Improve budgeting/planning, Re-prioritize town spending | |||||||||||
| T | = | Lower Taxes or reduce rate of growth | |||||||||||
| TR | = | Improve Traffic Congestion | |||||||||||
| Special Instructions for Rankings in Question 3 and 4 | |||||||||||||
| Situation: If respondent used checkmarks rather than number rankings, insert code 99 into EACH of the | |||||||||||||
| columns corresponding to characteristics checked by respondent. | |||||||||||||
| Situation: If respondent circled "more" or "less" for growth characteristics, but did not specify a numerical ranking, | |||||||||||||
| then insert code 50 into column corresponding to characteristic they circled [EITHER "more" OR "less" columns | |||||||||||||
| but NOT both]. | |||||||||||||