Burien’s businesses and nonprofits make this community a vibrant place to live, work and play. The City of Burien values your contributions to our community and our local economy. We want to make it easier for you to grow and thrive here. With that goal in mind, we want to understand your needs in order to enhance communication and collaboration, and craft programs, policy and services that will benefit your business.
 
We value your time. Enclosed is a short survey that should take less than 10 minutes. Your answers will help guide City policies and services over the next several years. Please complete and return this survey by November 30 to ensure your voice is included in these efforts. Please note that responses may be considered a public record subject to disclosure pursuant to Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 42.56.

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. How many employees do you have?

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* 3. Please check all that apply to your business:

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* 4. In what area of Burien is your business located?

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* 5. What is the primary activity of your business?

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* 6. What methods do you use to recruit and attract new employees?

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Sign at business location
Online job board listing
Job placement agency
Word of mouth
Newspaper or blog ad

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* 7. Over the past year, how would you best characterize your profit trend at this location?

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* 8. Do you plan to do any of the following in the next 5 years? (Please check all that apply)

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* 9. What are the top three challenges faced by your business?

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* 10. What are the top three advantages Burien has to offer as a place to do business?

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* 11. What is your overall opinion of Burien as a place to do business?

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* 12. How satisfied are you with City government services? (services include: parks, permitting, public works, public safety, economic development, human services, etc)

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* 13. Using a scale of 1=very important and 5=not important, please rate what types of assistance would be most useful to you in the coming 2 years.

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Financing assistance (grants, loans)
Infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, lighting, etc)
Marketing/customer attraction
Finding new employees
Site location assistance/business expansion
Public safety/crime mitigation
Curb appeal (litter pickup, graffiti removal etc)
Finding a new location due to displacement

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* 14. Using a scale of 1=most preferred and 5=least preferred, please rank your preferred methods of receiving information about City of Burien programs and services.

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Email/E-newsletter
City website (burienwa.gov)
Burien Magazine
Text message or WhatsApp message
Social Media
City Council meetings
Local business associations or trade groups
B-Town Blog

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* 15. What is one thing the Burien City government can do to improve the job it is doing?

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* 16. What ideas or suggestions do you have to enhance economic development in the City?

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* 17. Has the COVID pandemic impacted your ability to attract and retain employees?

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* 18. Have you reduced your hours of operation due to COVID?

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* 19. Have you seen an increase in crime at your business during the pandemic?

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* 20. What measures, if any, do you think the City should take to improve public safety?

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* 21. The City of Burien will be holding business owner roundtable discussions in three different languages to further discuss the needs of businesses in the City. If you would like to participate in a roundtable please complete the below and provide your email and phone number contact information.

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* 22. If you would like to participate in a business roundtable, please provide contact information:

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* 23. Is there anything else you would like the City to know?

 
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