The city once again surveyed residents about various quality of life and service issues, and downtown was one of the key topics. What can we learn from the latest numbers? More people are going downtown. But something may be amiss with what they’re seeing and experiencing. Take a look and tell me what you think:
Quality of Downtown:
2005: 70 percent
2007: 68 percent
2008: 64 percent
Visited Downtown Past Year:
2007: Yes, 81 percent, No 18 percent
2008: Yes, 82 percent, No, 18 percent
Frequency of Visits Downtown in the Past Year
2007
Less than five times: 46 percent
Five to 10 times: 22 percent
Ten to 20 times: 31 percent
Don’t know: 1 percent
2008:
Less than five times: 36 percent
Five to 10 times: 32 percent
Eleven to 20 times: 14 percent
Twenty times or more: 18 percent
Why Are People Visiting Downtown?
Leisure: 70 percent
Cultural event: 45 percent
Sporting event: 35 percent
Business: 34 percent
Festival, parade, special event: 33 percent
Shopping: 16 percent
Live downtown: 4 percent
Other: 9 percent
Satisfaction with downtown visits:
2007
Very satisfied: 33 percent
Satisfied: 51 percent
Neutral: 10 percent
Dissatisfied: 4 percent
Very dissatisfied: 2 percent
2008
Very satisfied: 29 percent
Satisfied: 52 percent
Neutral: 11 percent
Dissatisfied: 6 percent
Very dissatisfied: 2 percent
