WHY CHANGE?

Resident Response
TEST QUESTION
Of the following, which is 10
your favorite Motown artist?
A. The Marvalettes
B. Stevie Wonder
C. The Supremes
D. Smokey Robinson
E. The Temptations

WHY CHANGE?
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Of the following, which is your favorite Motown artist?

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The Marvalettes
WHY CHANGE? Stevie Wonder The Supremes Smokey Robinson The Temptations
What is your gender? 10
A.Female ♀
B.Male ♂

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What is your gender?
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WHY CHANGE? Female ♀ Male ♂

How old are you? 10
A.17 or under
B.18-34
C.35-54
D.55-74
E.75 or older
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How old are you?
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17 or under 18-34 35-54 55-74 75 or older
How would you describe your 10
racial or ethnic background?
A. Arab American
B. Black/African American
C. Caucasian
D. Hispanic/Latino
E. Other
WHY CHANGE?
How would you describe your racial or ethnic background?

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American
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 WHO WILL LIVE HERE?

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Who will live here?

What is the most damaging impact 10

of population loss in your
neighborhood?
A. Increase in blight
B. Paying more for less effective services
C. Diminished sense of community
D. No impact

WHY CHANGE?
Who will live here?
What is the most damaging impact of population loss in your neighborhood?

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Increase in blight Paying more for less Diminished sense of No impact

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effective services community
Who will live here?

What is the ideal 2030 10

population of Detroit?
A. 2 million
B. 1 million
C. 850,000
D. less than 850,000
E. Does not matter
WHY CHANGE?
Who will live here?
What is the ideal 2030 population of Detroit?
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WHY CHANGE? 2 million 1 million 850,000 less than 850,000 Does not matter
Who will live here?

What is the best way to reverse

the city’s projected population
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loss?
A. Retain existing residents
B. Attract new residents
C. Both retain and attract residents

WHY CHANGE?
Who will live here?
What is the best way to reverse the city’s projected population loss?

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Retain existing residents Attract new residents Both retain and attract residents
 WHERE WILL PEOPLE LIVE ?

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Where will people live?

What is your neighborhood’s 10

most important asset?
A. Housing
B. Location
C. Sense of community
D. Access to recreational and cultural
opportunities

WHY CHANGE?
Where will people live?
What is your neighborhood’s most important asset?

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Housing Location Sense of community Access to recreational and

cultural opportunities
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Where will people live?

What should be done first to

make neighborhoods
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stronger?
A. Repopulate stable neighborhoods
B. Spread resources to neighborhoods
across the city
C. Disinvest in declining neighborhoods

WHY CHANGE?
Where will people live?
What should be done first to make neighborhoods stronger?

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Repopulate stable neighborhoods Spread resources to Disinvest in declining

neighborhoods across the city neighborhoods
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 WHERE WILL PEOPLE WORK?

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Where will people work?

How important is it for 10

Detroiters to have access to
jobs in Detroit?
A. Very important
B. Somewhat important
C. Not very important
D. Not important

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Where will people work?
How important is it for Detroiters to have access to jobs in Detroit?

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Very important Somewhat important Not very important Not important
Where will people work?

What industry could have the 10

greatest economic impact on
Detroit’s future?
A. Freight/Logistics/Trade
B. Manufacturing
C. Healthcare
D. Small Business Growth/Entrepreneurship
E. Emerging Industries
(Green/Creative/Technology Based)
WHY CHANGE?
Where will people work?
What industry could have the greatest economic impact on Detroit’s future?

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Freight/Logistics/Trade Manufacturing Healthcare Small Business Emerging Industries
Growth/Entrepreneurship (Green/Creative/Technology
Based)
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 HOW WILL PEOPLE MOVE?

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How will people move?

What is the most important

benefit of creating light rail in
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Detroit?
A. Access to jobs
B. Less auto dependency
C. Increased economic development
D. Improved connectivity
E. There is little or no benefit
WHY CHANGE?
How will people move?
What is the most important benefit of creating light rail in Detroit?

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Access to jobs Less auto Increased economic Improved There is little or no

dependency development connectivity benefit
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How will people move?
What changes are most necessary to
improve transportation? 10
Improvements for . . .
A. Pedestrians (i.e. sidewalks and
crosswalks)
B. Bicycles (i.e. bicycle lanes)
C. Automobiles (i.e. street maintenance and
repairs)
D. Mass transit riders (i.e. bus and rail
improvements)
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How will people move?
What changes are necessary to improve transportation? Improvements for . . .

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Pedestrians (i.e. Bicycles (i.e. bicycle Automobiles (i.e. street Mass transit riders (i.e.
sidewalks and crosswalks) lanes) maintenance and repairs) bus and rail
improvements)
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How will people move?

If you do not currently use public

transportation, which of the following 10
best describes the reason?
A. Unreliability
B. Cost
C. Lack of access to bus stop
D. Safety and/or quality of bus stop
E. Inability to reach destination

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How will people move?
If you do not currently use public transportation, which of the following best
describes the reason?

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Unreliability Cost Lack of access to Safety and/or Inability to reach

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bus stop quality of bus stop destination
 WHAT SERVICES WILL PEOPLE NEED?

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What services will people need?
Which of the following services is
most important to your quality of 10
life?
A. Mass Transit
B. Public Lighting
C. Public Safety
D. Public Health
E. Parks and Recreation

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What services will people need?
Which of the following services is most important to your quality of life?
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Recreation
What services will people need?

Your ability to access which of

the following is most critical to
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your quality of life?
A. Quality education
B. Affordable, quality healthcare
C. Grocery stores/fresh food
D. Quality goods and services

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What services will people need?
Your ability to access _________ is most critical to your quality of life?

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Quality education Affordable, quality Grocery stores/fresh food Quality goods and
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 HOW WILL WE INVEST?

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How will we invest?

How should the City target its

financial resources?
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A. Areas of greatest need
B. Downtown
C. Traditionally strong neighborhoods
D. Opportunities for greatest return on
investment

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How will we invest?
How should the City target its financial resources?

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Areas of greatest need Downtown Traditionally strong Opportunities for greatest

WHY CHANGE? neighborhoods return on investment
How will we invest?

Are there active interventions or

investments in your
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neighborhood?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Don’t know

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How will we invest?
Are there active interventions or investments in your neighborhood?

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WHY CHANGE? Yes No Don’t know

How will we invest?

Which of the following investments is

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Most Important
to Detroit’s future?

A. Housing
B. Infrastructure
C. Social services
D. Education
E. Commercial corridors
WHY CHANGE?
How will we invest?

Which of the following investments is

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2nd Most Important
to Detroit’s future?

A. Housing
B. Infrastructure
C. Social services
D. Education
E. Commercial corridors
WHY CHANGE?
How will we invest?
Which investment is most important?

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corridors
How will we invest?
Which investment is 2nd-most important?

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corridors
How will we invest?

Which of the following three questions

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is Most Important
When thinking about Detroit’s future?

A. Who will live here?

B. Where will people live?
C. What services will people
need?

WHY CHANGE?
How will we invest?

Which of the following three questions

10
is 2nd Most Important
When thinking about Detroit’s future?

A. Who will live here?

B. Where will people live?
C. What services will people
need?

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How will we invest?
Which question is most important?

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Who will live here? Where will people live? What services will people need?
How will we invest?
Which question is 2nd-most important?

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Who will live here? Where will people live? What services will people need?
How will we invest?

Which of the following three questions

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is Most Important
When thinking about Detroit’s future?

A. Where will people work?

B. How will people move?
C. How will we invest?

WHY CHANGE?
How will we invest?

Which of the following three questions

10
is 2nd Most Important
When thinking about Detroit’s future?

A. Where will people work?

B. How will people move?
C. How will we invest?

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How will we invest?
Which question is most important?

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Where will people work? How will people move? How will we invest?
How will we invest?
Which question is 2nd-most important?

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Where will people work? How will people move? How will we invest?
 SUMMARY QUESTIONS
Resident Response

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Resident Response

At today’s meeting, you felt that 10

you had an opportunity to share
your opinion.
A. Strongly agree
B. Agree
C. Disagree
D. Strongly disagree
E. Don’t know
WHY CHANGE?
Resident Response
At today’s meeting, you felt that you had an opportunity to share your opinion.

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WHY CHANGE? Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don’t know
Resident Response
After today’s meeting, you better
understand the challenges facing 10
the city of Detroit.
A. Strongly agree
B. Agree
C. Disagree
D. Strongly disagree
E. Don’t know
WHY CHANGE?
Resident Response
After today’s meeting, you better understand the challenges facing the city of
Detroit.
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WHY CHANGE? Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don’t know
Resident Response

After today’s meeting, you will

participate in other Detroit
10
Works Project activities.
A. Strongly agree
B. Agree
C. Disagree
D. Strongly disagree
E. Don’t know
WHY CHANGE?
Resident Response
After today’s meeting, you will participate in other Detroit Works Project
activities.

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WHY CHANGE? Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don’t know
Resident Response

The Detroit Works Project will

result in a plan that will
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positively affect the city.
A. Strongly agree
B. Agree
C. Disagree
D. Strongly disagree
E. Don’t know
WHY CHANGE?
Resident Response
The Detroit Works Project will result in a plan that will positively affect the city.

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WHY CHANGE? Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don’t know