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BEVERLY CITY TRANSIT VILLAGE LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT SURVEY

BEVERLY CITY TRANSIT VILLAGE LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT SURVEY


INTRODUCTION
From the financial assistance of a $90,000 Transportation and Community Development Incentive (TCDI) grant provided by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the City of Beverly is undertaking the preparation of a comprehensive land use plan element for a transit village of its master plan. The TCDI grant has enabled the City to engage two consulting firms – Mark A. Remsa, PP, LLA, AICP, ASLA, and WSP USA, Inc. – to guide the City through the planning process and to prepare the plan element. Since obtaining public input is a crucial part of the planning process, the City and its consultants prepared this survey for its residents, business owners, and other community members to take. The survey should take about 15 – 20 minutes to complete. Please return your completed survey by June 30, 2026.

The overarching goal for preparing the transit village land use plan element is to:
Recommend ways to guide the development, redevelopment and preservation of Beverly City for improving the quality of life for its residents, encouraging revitalization of its neighborhoods and business districts, and leveraging its assets such as its history, small-town character, waterfront and access to public transit.
1.To better understand the needs of the persons taking the survey please provide your age below.
2.Please indicate the number of years that you have been a resident of Beverly City.
3.Do you own or rent your home?
4.Do you think that Beverly City has small-town character?
5.Which of the following features of Beverly City do you think give the City its identity? Please check all that apply?
6.Do you think there are areas of Beverly City that need to be revitalized?
7.If you answered “yes” to the previous question, please tell us which are the three most important areas of the City that need to be revitalized.
8.Do you patronize the businesses in the downtown business district along Warren Street and Cooper Street?
9.If you answered “yes” to the previous question, please tell us the top three businesses you patronize.
10.If you answered “no” to the previous question, please tell us why you don’t patronize the businesses in the downtown business district.
11.Please tell us the top three types of businesses you would like to see in the downtown business district.
12.Are you satisfied with the appearance of the downtown business district?
13.If you answered “no” to the previous questions, please tell us the top three things you would do to improve the appearance of the downtown business district.
14.Are there enough parking areas for the downtown business district?
15.Would you support adding more residential apartments over commercial uses on the first floor if doing so would help revitalize Beverly City’s downtown business district?
16.If you answered “no” to the previous question, please tell us why you wouldn’t support adding residential apartments over businesses in the downtown business district?
17.Do you think the area along Railroad Avenue from Cooper Street to Broad Street that consists of a mix of empty lots and older industrial buildings should be redeveloped into something new and different?
18.If you answered “yes” to the previous question, please tell us the top three ways this older industrial area should be redeveloped.
19.If you answered “no” to the previous question, please tell us why you wouldn’t support redeveloping the older industrial area into a mix of residential and commercial uses.
20.Do you think Beverly City would benefit from the rehabilitation of older houses?
21.Do you think there are older houses in such poor condition that they should be demolished and replaced with new housing?
22.Do you think empty lots in neighborhoods should be developed with new housing?
23.Do think the waterfront is an important feature of Beverly City?
24.If you answered “yes” to the previous question, please tell us why you think the waterfront is important to Beverly City.
25.Please tell us the top three improvements you would like to see made to the waterfront.
26.If you think there are other improvements that should be made to Beverly City’s parks and recreational facilities, please tell us the top three improvements that should be made.
27.Please tell us about any other changes or improvements that you would like to see made to help improve Beverly City.
THANK YOU for completing this survey. Your input is crucial to helping Beverly City prepare its transit village land use plan element for the City's master plan.

NEXT STEPS in the planning process are:
- Consultants compile and analyze the results of the survey
- The City posts the analyzed results of the survey on its website for the public to review
- Consultants prepare draft recommendations that are based on analyses of the survey results
- The City posts the draft recommendations on its website for the public to review
- Hold a public meeting to discuss the draft recommendations and obtain additional public input to refine the recommendations
- Consultants prepare the transit village land use plan element that include final recommendations
- Consultants present the transit village land use plan element at a public hearing to the City's Joint Land Use Planning Board for adoption
- Consultants present the adopted circulation plan element to the City Council for endorsement
- The City posts the adopted transit village land use plan element on its website