Attend a town hall meeting in your pajamas? That’s exactly what you can do tonight. On February 16, at 7 pm, the City of Longmont is hosting its first telephone town hall meeting and all Longmont residents are invited to participate.
At tonight’s meeting, residents will be asked to provide input on revised strategies that are proposed for inclusion in the City’s Focus on Longmont strategic plan update. Feedback will be considered by the Longmont City Council as they finalize how they will support Longmont's strategic direction over the next five years.
For those who would like to participate in person, the meeting will be held in the City Council Chambers at 350 Kimbark Street. For those who prefer to attend from the comfort of home, it's easy! Calls will be made to all Longmont residents this evening. If you want to participate, simply answer the phone and contribute your ideas. Residents can also call in at 1-888-886-6603, Ext. 17764#.
For more information on the Focus on Longmont strategic plan, please call the City Manager's Office at 303-651-8601.
Here are the questions residents will be asked at the Telephone Town Hall on Thursday, February 16.
You can take the survey now if you're not able to attend tonight’s meeting.
Promote a healthy business climate
Of the following, which would you most like to see the City focus on?
1. Partnering with the private sector to redevelop Twin Peaks Mall
2. Reducing “red tape” for businesses
3. Providing business incentives to attract well-paying jobs
4. Marketing the community to potential employers and businesses
5. None of the above
Support education as a community-wide value
Of the following, which would you most like to see the City focus on?
1. Funding early learning programs for preschool children
2. Providing lifelong learning classes for adults
3. Creating access to technology that connects Longmont to the world
4. Supporting connections between businesses and the schools to create real world learning opportunities
5. Partnering with schools and business to create more career technical training programs
6. None of the above
Focus on downtown
What improvement would make downtown most vibrant?
1. Continuing to make downtown more pedestrian-friendly
2. Filling store fronts with a variety of shopping and dining experiences
3. Providing more entertainment such as music, theatre, dance, and visual arts
4. Enhancing marketing of downtown
5. None of the above
Promote a sense of community and cultural inclusion
Of the following, which would you most like to see the City focus on?
1. Implementing more activities that are attractive to youth
2. Organizing new neighborhood groups throughout the City
3. Increasing City support of currently organized neighborhood groups
4. Supporting more neighborhood activities
5. Enhancing diversity of representation on Boards and Commissions
6. None of the above
Enhancing our environmental legacy
Of the following, which would you most like to see the City focus on around its natural environment?
1. Creating and maintaining parks, open space and public lands
2. Continuing energy and water conservation programs
3. Enhancing the St. Vrain River corridor
4. Expanding composting programs
5. None of the above
Of the following, which would you most like to see the City focus on around transportation?
1. Continuing to “connect” trails, greenways and bike paths
2. Improving citywide transit within Longmont
3. Improving transit connections between Longmont and the region
4. None of the above
Download the Report Card
To read the City's progress over the last five years, check out our Report Card to the Community (pdf 1,847kb).
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