Surveys

This section houses various community development surveys either directly or indirectly related to Town of Butner comprehensive and strategic planning efforts. There are two types of opinion surveys used here: visual and questionnaire. We kept these short so as not to overwhelm the taker. Visual surveys (3 - 6 questions); and questionnaires (never more than 25 questions) were divided into topics.

What are Visual Preference Surveys (VPS)?

A visualization technique that allows:

Citizens and decision-‐makers to determine preferences for various types of community design, architectural styles, land / streetscaping, and/or built-‐ environment options.
Stakeholders to determine which components of a plan or project environment contribute positively to a community's overall image or features.

A public engagement technique / tool that provides for:

Citizen-based, land-use planning
Visualization in land-‐use and transportation planning
Visioning and consensus‐building

A VPS allows citizens and decision-makers to:

Understand land-‐use and transportation concepts/ information instantly or intuitively.
View and rate visual aspects of and preferences for community design images (both existing or proposed).
Actively participate and provide public input as a factor in decision-‐making on design components that impact:
- Community land-‐use patterns,
- Scope/size/type of transportation facilities,
- Architectural style,
- The built and human environment, and
- Site design features.