Saturday, September 13, 2003
Here's a good example of how a chamber of commerce is using the Internet to engage citizens in assessing the community. It covers issues such as rural garbage collection, city-county merger, economic development, job skills improvement, and beautification efforts. In addition, it gives community leaders a chance to inform citizens about new developments.
It's a good model for other smaller communities to follow. (Henderson County has a population of about 44,000.)
Here's a design tip. The survey is broken into five smaller pages. In this way, it becomes more engaging and interactive.
You access the survey off the main chamber site. Go.
You can read more about how this survey fits into a broader community planning effort. Go.
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Web Watch: Henderson, KY citizen survey
