Community Wide Visioning Survey Summary

Public Communications serves as a communications link between the city of Columbia’s municipal government and the citizens. The Public Communications Office coordinates several programs that are designed to link citizens with their city government.

Summary of Community Wide Vision Survey

General Statistics

Total Number of Surveys Submitted: 415
Total Number of Respondents Interested in Serving on Citizen Topic
Groups: 255

Survey Questions

The top 3 responses to “Check the top 3 areas you most appreciate about Columbia" were:
Area	Responses	Percent
Arts and Culture	217	17.40%
Parks and Greenways	206	16.50%
Downtown	187	15%

The top 3 responses to “Check the 3 most significant ways Columbia is
changing” were:
Area	Responses	Percent
Growth and Development	313	25.10%
Economic Development	118	9.50%
Housing	94	7.60%

The top 3 responses to “Check the 3 most important areas for planning
Columbia’s future” were:
Topic Group	Responses	Percent
Growth and Development	203	16.30%
Transportation	120	9.60%
Preservation of Natural Areas	96	7.70%

Topic groups receiving the most interest:
Topic Group	Responses	Percent
Growth and Development	41	9.90%
Arts and Culture	25	6.0%
Transportation	23	5.50%