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Pitkin County adopts National Community Survey platform, plans mailed invitation to ~4,000 households
Summary
County staff will run the biennial community survey on the National Community Survey/Polco platform with an interactive dashboard, sub‑area mapping and a six‑week field period; planned oversample of rural commissioner districts aims for 500–700 responses and a margin of error below 5%.
Pitkin County staff told commissioners on Feb. 10 that the county’s biennial resident survey will use the National Community Survey (NCS) platform through consultant Polco and will emphasize shorter, longitudinal questions, interactive reporting, and sub‑area analysis by commissioner district and urban/rural status.
Allison Bechtash, the county’s strategic communications manager, and Jason Neumeier of Polco described the advantages of NCS: a 30–40‑page static PDF…
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