STAUNTON, VA – (WSVA) – The City of Staunton is conducting a community survey to get feedback from residents giving them an opportunity to shape the future of Staunton.

The questions will cover a wide range of topics including city services, utilities, safety, and quality of life. The survey responses are confidential. City leaders are excited to get this feedback and learn more about residents’ priorities, concerns and how to best utilize resources.

Approximately 3,000 randomly selected households will receive a postcard in the mail this week, inviting them to participate in the survey. The postcard will contain a link that can be used to fill out the survey electronically.  If households receiving the invitation are more comfortable participating by paper, they are encouraged to wait a few days, as a paper survey will also be mailed to all 3,000 households.

To maintain integrity of the survey data, it is important that only the households included in the random sample fill out the survey.

In early February, a separate, community-wide electronic survey will become available for all citizens to take part.  More information will be provided on that as we get closer to that date.

The surveys will close on Feb. 16. Results from the survey are expected by mid-March.

This survey is being conducted through a partnership with Polco and the National Research Center, using a platform utilized by hundreds of communities in nearly every U.S. state.