HomeMy WebLinkAbout7-18-19 2019 Community Engagement SurveyCity of South Bend
Common Council
441 County-City Building ● 227 W. Jefferson Blvd
South Bend, Indiana 46601
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Fax (574) 235-9173
TDD (574) 235-5567
http://www.southbendin.gov
NEWS RELEASE
Subject: 2019 Community Engagement Survey
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019
From: South Bend Common Council and South Bend City Clerk
Contact: Office of the City Clerk,
sbcityclerk@southbendin.gov,
574-235-9321
SOUTH BEND, Ind.—Beginning Wednesday, July 17, the South Bend
Common Council, in partnership with the South Bend City Clerk’s Office, will
be distributing a survey to residents of voting age in the city of South Bend.
The Council has organized a survey in order to gather a general opinion about
the Common Council and what constituents believe may need to take place in
order to better the South Bend community. The project is headed by Dr. Janet
Evelyn of JEvelyn Consulting and the Common Council and City Clerk’s
Public Relations interns Ryan Wroblewski, Morgan Gonsoski, David Moses,
and Shanita Hunt.
Participants will be asked for their personal opinions on both the actions taken
in their specific district but also within the city in its entirety and be given the
opportunity to provide suggestions and feedback. The survey will consist of
four questions that include answers based on a linear scale along with short
answers.
The survey will be available in a paper and an online format. Participants can
find copies of the survey at the County-City Building in downtown South
Bend, in various community centers within the city, or in the mail. 100
residents from each district have been chosen at random to receive copies in
the mail, along with another 150 residents across all six districts, but are
available to every resident of the City of South Bend. They can be submitted
through the mail or brought directly to the County-City Building. The survey
can also be found online at https://forms.gle/ZXYhG7mpP9voTB3J7.
Once the survey has been completed, a presentation, along with data
visualization tools, will be prepared and presented to Council members and
then shared with the public via the Council’s website and social media
accounts. Council members will then be able to use the information to apply
solutions geared toward their specific district.
Tim Scott
President
Karen White
Vice-President
John Voorde
Chairperson,
Committee of the Whole
Tim Scott
First District
Regina Williams-Preston
Second District
Sharon L. McBride
Third District
Jo M. Broden
Fourth District
Jake Teshka
Fifth District
Oliver Davis
Sixth District
Gavin Ferlic
At Large
John Voorde
At Large
Karen White
At Large
City of South Bend
Common Council
441 County-City Building ● 227 W. Jefferson Blvd
South Bend, Indiana 46601
(574) 235-9321
Fax (574) 235-9173
TDD (574) 235-5567
http://www.southbendin.gov
“We’re really excited to gain direct feedback from our citizens,” said Council President,
Tim Scott. “This data will give us a chance to see what we’ve been doing well but also
what we can improve on in the eyes of our city and allow us to begin to apply a solution
to both our specific districts and to the city as a whole.”
The survey will be live for 12 days, opening on July 17 and closing on July 28. For more
information, please contact the City Clerk at sbcityclerk@southbendin.gov or Dr. Evelyn
at jevelynconsulting@gmail.com.
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