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Quick Survey July/August 2008: Can Your Community Handle The Truth?

A Special Request from Charlie Grantham and Jim Ware

We're paraphrasing Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men." The real deal is that everyone wants to think they live in "The Community" - or why else would they live there? But the truth is that not every community is going to be a place where innovation happens, or that attracts highly talented and motivated people, and that builds a healthy local/regional economy.

We clearly believe there are a distinctive set of characteristics that are valid predictors of a community's health and sustainability. Ron Willett's "first-person" Notes from the Field, above, suggests some of those characteristics. Now we'd like to encourage you to ask yourself a few questions about your own community.

So here they are (when we say "Community," we mean the geographic area within 25 miles of your home). We're interested in:

Is traffic congestion an issue in your community?
Do a lot of professional people live around you?
Can you get high speed Internet connections in your community?
Do your local public officials support changing/growing the local economy?
Is there more than one college (community colleges included) in your community?
Does your community have a "brand" you are proud of?

Just click the link below to go to the electronic version of this survey and provide your own answers. No hassle and less than two minutes of your time. If you complete the survey, we'll share our findings with you. And we'll summarize what we learn when the newsletter reappears in September.

Online Survey on Community Characteristics

And if you answered "Yes" to four or more of these questions, then maybe you can handle the truth. Give us a call and tell us more about your community.



		July/August 2008 From Jim and Charlie Setting the theme for this month: Community and Energy Prices HTML \| PDF Feature Article: Ding Dong, The Dream Is Dead The "American dream" of quiet suburban life is dead HTML \| PDF Compass: Living and Working With High-Cost Energy Coping with the rising cost of energy HTML \| PDF Notes From The Field: Assessing The Potential For Telework Centers... Is your neighborhood a good place for a Business Community Center^TM? HTML \| PDF Quick Survey: Can Your Community Handle The Truth? Six questions to help you figure out how your neighborhood stacks up HTML \| PDF What's Happening? Where we're gonna be in July and August HTML What Do You Think? Share your thoughts with us Email \| Blog