Public Comment Survey

Want to tell your civic leaders what your community should be like in 20-30 years? Want to tell them which issues you feel are most important? Here’s your chance! The City of Dawsonville is updating their Comprehensive Plan that will help guide development and capital projects.  This plan is updated every five years as part of the city’s long term planning efforts and required through the Department of Community Affairs. Your hometown can only achieve its vision if it knows what that vision is, so please take part in this process and tell us about your vision for the future Dawsonville! 

All comments will be read and incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan, and all responses will be kept confidential.   Be sure to also check for future announcements about additional meetings and other opportunities to participate.

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* 1. I am submitting comments for Dawsonville as a:

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* 2. For purposes of future grant applications for Economic Development and Planning, the City and Stakeholder Committee wishes to identify the demographics beyond the previous identification question. Please answer the below age range question to aid us in this endeavor.

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* 3. Please answer the below generational cohort question to aid us in this endeavor.

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* 4. Please answer the below income level question to aid us in this endeavor.

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* 5. As part of a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) analysis please list a strength for Dawsonville.

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* 6. As part of a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) analysis please list a weakness for Dawsonville.

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* 7. As part of a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) analysis please list a opportunity for Dawsonville.

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* 8. As part of a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat) analysis please list a threat for Dawsonville.

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* 9. For the following community issues, please rank them in order of importance (1-5 with 1 being the most important):

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* 10. Our community's most important asset that should be preserved in the future is:

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* 11. Our community's biggest liability that should be changed in the future is:

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* 12. With respect to historic and cultural resources, our most important issues are (pick 2):  

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* 13. With respect to housing, our most important needs are (pick 2):

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* 14. I would like my community to try to _______ growth and development:

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* 15. New growth and development should be directed toward:

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* 16. Highway development can attract significant growth and development. Regarding these vital corridors in Dawsonville, please rank the following in order of importance (1-6 with 1 being the most important):

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* 17. Regarding the previous questions on growth and development, should exactions be enacted to mitigate the impact of such on the city? (Exactions are payments made by a developer to local governments for the right to proceed with a project. Exactions can include development fees, impact fees, the dedication of public land, the construction or maintenance of public infrastructure, or the provision of public services.)

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* 18. For the same growth and development questions would you support a fee or TSPLOST initiative to fund beautification, façade grant programs, transportation enhancements, etc. in certain area such as downtown, elsewhere to entice these efforts? (What is a T-SPLOST? A Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) is a sales tax used to fund capital outlay projects proposed by county and municipal governments. A Transportation SPLOST (T-SPLOST) is a sales tax where the capital outlays are intended for transportation purposes only (roads, streets, bridges).

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* 19. With respect to economic development, our top priorities should be (pick 2):

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* 20. With respect to the previous question on economic development, our top priorities should be:

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* 21. For the following public services, please rank them in order of importance (1-8 with 1 being the most important):

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* 22. Is water at your home/property provided by the city/county or a well?

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* 23. If you are on a well, would you switch to city water if it were available?

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* 24. What type of home internet service do you have? DSL, fiber optic, satellite, cell phone hot spot, none available, other.

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* 25. How would you rate your home internet service? Please rate your response from 1-5 with 1 being excellent and 5 being home internet service not available.

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* 26. What is keeping you from obtaining faster more reliable internet?

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* 27. Please share any other questions, comments, concerns or issues you feel are important and would like to elaborate on regarding life in Dawsonville and that have not been covered sufficiently in the survey questions above.

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