PUBLIC’S PARTICIPATION REQUESTED BY MAIN STREET VINELAND

PUBLIC’S PARTICIPATION REQUESTED BY MAIN STREET VINELAND IN COMPLETING TO SURVEY TO DEVELOP THE DOWNTOWN VINELAND OF THE FUTURE

Survey Created by Main Street New Jersey. Results will be Used at Full-Day Strategy Session in Vineland on October 16-17. Survey Deadline Is October 15.

Main Street Vineland is requesting the public’s participation in a very important survey that will help develop the downtown Vineland—The Ave—of the future.

This online survey, developed by Main Street New Jersey, is currently being used in many communities throughout the state. Several questions are asked in this short survey about people’s current impressions of our downtown, shopping habits, choices for future businesses, and their vision for the future of our downtown.

People can take the survey by going to www.theave.biz/survey or scanning the QR Code below. The deadline for taking the survey is Tuesday, October 15, at 5 p.m.,

This will lead up to a two-day visit to downtown Vineland by Main Street New Jersey on October 16-17 for a “Transformation Strategy Development Technical Visit” involving Main Street New Jersey, as well as City, Main Street Vineland, business, and community leaders, and Vineland residents.

The October visit will include analyzation and application of the survey results, as well as helping to develop community-informed and market-driven strategies to direct and strengthen downtown revitalization efforts. Participation will include Main Street New Jersey leadership, Main Street Vineland leadership, Board members and staff, City leadership and stakeholders, business and property owners, and the community at large.

From the visit, strategies and activities will be developed from the assembled data to help steer revitalization efforts for the next three to five years.

“A downtown—like The Ave—is a constant work in progress. It is dynamic and always needs to be looked at with relation to the tastes, demographics, economic conditions, and shopping and business habits of the times,” said Main Street Vineland Executive Director Russell Swanson. “The survey and the subsequent two-day technical visit will help to adapt what was learned to our downtown’s needs and will move the process forward to chart a course of further progress with goals and objectives for The Ave.

Scan the QR Code below to complete the survey:

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