Community, Natural Resource, and Economic Development

Polk County Strategic Planning Survey Results

New Polk County Strategic Plan

Question 1: WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?  Back to the future.  What are some significant changes and history of Polk County that have taken place in the last 150 years. Answers divided into categories listed below:

• All Focus Groups
• Complete answers from surveys mailed or walked in office
• Edited answers divided into categories from focus groups and mailed in surveys

Question 2: WHERE ARE WE NOW? Current Assessment. What trends and issues do you see developing in our County and in our communities?

• All Focus Groups
• Complete answers from surveys mailed or walked in office

Question 3:  WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? Preferred future. What does Polk County's preferred future look like?

• All Focus Groups
• County Board and Dept Heads
• Complete answers from surveys mailed or walked in office
• Edited answers divided into categories from focus groups and mailed in surveys

Question 4: How will we get there? Shape the path. What are some strategies or possibilities? What can be done, by stakeholder and others, to deal with the trends and issues occurring in Polk County?

• All Focus Groups
• Complete answers from surveys mailed or walked in office
• Edited answers divided into categories from focus groups and mailed in surveys