Essex Economic Vision Survey
 

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1. Please tell us where you live.

2. Please tell us what age range you fall within.

3. What is your workforce and education status? Please check the option that applies best to your situation.

4. If you are not currently part of the paid workforce, please tell us about your work, volunteer or other status. Check as many answers as apply to you.

5. How do you feel about your status in the paid or volunteer workforce, and what you earn or do there? Please choose the response that best represents how you feel about your status.

6. Thinking about your PAID work, where is your PRIMARY workplace - the location where you spend the largest share of your working time? Please check the response that is closest to where you spend most of your paid working time.

7. If you work outside Chittenden County, which of the following best describes where you work?

8. How long does it take you to get to your primary place of work?

9. Please tell us whether you agree or disagree with the following statements.

I feel that there is a tradeoff between doing well financially and living in Vermont.

10. I feel that relative to Vermont, Essex has above-average economic opportunities.

11. I feel that Essex is too dependent on IBM for economic opportunity.

12. I feel the Town of Essex and Vermont agencies should work harder to provide opportunities for people who don’t have college or advanced degrees.

13. I feel that completing the Circ highway from I-89 in Williston to Route 117 is essential to the economic future of Essex.

14. I feel that improving passenger and freight rail service in and through Essex Junction is important for the economic future of the Community.

15. I feel the Town of Essex has good a balance between economic development and quality of life.

16. I feel that the quality of life in Essex is threatened by too much growth and development.

17. I feel that the quality of life in Essex is threatened by a loss of job and economic opportunities.

18. Thinking about economic activity in Essex, which of the following do you believe are POSITIVE characteristics of the Town? Check as many as you feel are positive economic characteristics of the Town and add any others you think of.

19. Thinking about economic activity in Essex, what do you think are NEGATIVE attributes of economic activity in the Town? Check as many as you feel are negative economic attributes, and add any others you think of.

20. Thinking about the businesses operating in Essex Town today, which of the following do you perceive as being strong or positive economic activities within Essex? Please check as many as you agree with, and add any that others that you see as strong/positive economic activities within Essex.

21. Thinking about Essex in the future, which businesses or economic areas, if any, do you feel should receive support from the Town and others involved in supporting economic opportunities?

22. Please take this opportunity to provide any other thoughts or questions you have on the economic vision and plan. Thank you for your participation and feedback!

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