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Pitkin County to use national community survey instrument, board debates custom questions and targeting
Summary
County communications recommended adopting the National Community Survey via Polco for 2026 to enable benchmarking and longitudinal tracking; commissioners discussed custom geographic splits, question wording and use of follow-up prioritization tools.
Pitkin County communications staff recommended on Jan. 13 that the county adopt the National Community Survey (NCS) instrument administered by Polco for its 2026 biennial community survey to improve benchmarking and longitudinal comparability. The proposal includes mailing roughly 4,000 surveys to yield a ~5% margin of error and supplementing mailings with online options and targeted follow-up engagement tools.
Polco’s director of survey research explained that the NCS is a…
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