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Colwood Community Place Survey

Colwood Neighbour:

What is your postal code? (in the format A1A 1A1 - use CAPITALS and a space in the middle)

What brings you into Colwood? (check all that apply)

Family Visits
Sports and Recreation Opportunities
Beautiful Places to Go
Arts Culture and Heritage
Shopping/Business Reasons
Other

Transportation:

What's your primary form of transportation?

Personal Vehicle
Car Share/Car Pool
Public Transit
Cycle
Walk

What's your secondary form of transportation?

Personal Vehicle
Car Share/Car Pool
Public Transit
Cycle
Walk

How often do you use public transit?

Regularly (several times a week)
Weekly
Monthly
Never Why?

If you usually drive your own vehicle to move you and your family around, what would it take to get you out of your car
(or at least making fewer trips)? (check all that apply)

Better transit service in my area
Cycle/walking lanes/paths which better connect our community
Car share service that's easy to access
More local amenities (corner stores etc.) decreasing frequent trips for basic goods/services
Other

Local Food:

Do you grow any of your own food?

YES If yes, where does it grow? (check all that apply)

In my garden
On my deck/patio/greenhouse
In my plot at the community garden
Other

NO If no, why don’t you grow your own?

What would help make it easier for you to grow more of your own food? (check all that apply)

More community gardens where people can work together to grow food
More courses/workshops to learn how to grow food
More Free Time (I'm too busy to tend a garden)
Help to do the work (I cannot manage all the physical work)

What would help make locally grown and processed food more accessible to you? (check all that apply)

Year-round West Shore Farmers' Market
Directory/Map of the region's farms and local food processors
Local products section at grocery stores
Other

Do you shop at any of the region's many farmers' markets or farm stands?

YES NO If no, why not?

Do you make a point of buying locally grown produce at the grocery store?

YES NO

How important is it to you that a local restaurant use locally grown ingredients on their menu?

VERY Important Important NOT Important

GO LOCAL Business:

Do you make a point of supporting home-grown businesses?

YES NO If no, why not?

What matters most to you in selecting a local business/service provider?

Product/Service Excellence
Business Ethics
Price
Convenience
Other

Thank you for your time. Please visit us at the beginning of September to learn the results. In the meantime, enjoy a great GO LOCAL summer here on the wonderful West Shore.

If you would like to be added to our Colwood Community Place network, to receive info updates and details on events in our community, please visit our contact page.

We are grateful for the generous sponsorship of: