Dakota, a city staff member who led the tabling effort at First Friday, told the Troutdale City Advisory Committee on Oct. 1 that volunteers collected 56 survey responses during the event.

The results, Dakota said, showed 37 respondents identified as Troutdale residents and 19 either were nonresidents or did not state residency. "The total number of participants, they had 56," Dakota said during the committee meeting.

A nut graf on why the data matters: the city intends to use the tabling results to shape outreach and event planning. Committee members and staff said the findings will help decide when and where to hold future meetings and how to reach residents.

Among the survey takeaways, Dakota said social media (Facebook, Instagram) and local newspapers were the top sources of information; Dakota reported 25 respondents named social media and 19 named newspapers. Evening meetings were the preferred time, with 27 respondents citing evenings and 11 citing weekdays. Dakota noted many respondents gave multiple answers for information sources and availability.

On concerns about living in Troutdale, a word‑map summary Dakota presented showed the most frequent responses were "none" (many respondents said they like living in Troutdale) but recurring issues included parking, traffic, construction and a perceived lack of businesses or nightlife. Dakota summarized: "Parking, traffic, construction, and lack of business for some of the biggest comments we received back."

Tiffany, one of the volunteers, added context from conversations at the table: some residents asked for reserved on‑street spaces for people who live on dead‑end streets and for later business hours downtown to support nightlife. "They were wishing there's a little bit more nightlife in downtown," Tiffany said.

Committee members discussed repeating the tabling exercise and expanding the volunteer pool. Members recommended incentives (raffles or small giveaways) to increase participation and suggested adding a visitors subcategory to distinguish resident responses from those by people visiting Troutdale.

Ending: The committee praised volunteers Tiffany and Diane for their work at First Friday and agreed the outreach provides a baseline to measure changes in public concern after construction projects conclude or as events recur.