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City launches Polco community survey to benchmark resident priorities
Summary
Idaho Falls has launched a community survey run by Polco (the National Community Survey) using ARPA funds; city staff say postcards to a random sample will be mailed and the public version will open in mid-February, with preliminary results expected late March or early April.
City staff launched a community survey on Jan. 27 using Polco’s National Community Survey product, which staff said will allow Idaho Falls to benchmark resident opinions against similarly sized cities nationwide.
Community outreach director Margaret (as identified in the meeting) said the project is funded with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money for this cycle and staff hope to sustain regular surveying in future years. “This community outreach effort… gives us a way to judge our performance compared to similarly sized cities,” Margaret told the council.
How the survey will run
- Random-sample mailings: Polco will mail postcards to a randomly selected sample of approximately 3,500 households in the city. Those recipients will have…
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