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Consultants say 4,000-person survey gives Harrisburg a public mandate for downtown revitalization
Summary
City-convened survey of downtown Harrisburg recorded more than 4,000 responses — including over 2,000 city residents and about 500 downtown respondents — and will feed targeted focus groups, tactical urbanism seed grants and a public workshop series to guide an autumn revitalization strategy.
A city-funded perception survey of downtown Harrisburg drew more than 4,000 responses and will shape a push of public workshops, targeted focus groups and small, fast demonstration projects, presenters told City Council at its legislative session.
"We had over 4,000 participants," said Ryan Hunger, who introduced the presentation as a representative of the downtown revitalization partners, calling that level of response "the most that we have seen at a survey of this size." Hunger and the Pennsylvania Downtown Center presenters said the survey ran from February through April and was designed as a perceptual baseline — how people feel about conditions downtown rather than a technical assessment.
The Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s Iris Quigley told council the survey was intentionally broad and broken down to surface the views of residents, visitors, downtown workers,…
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