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Help shape the future of our community!

Thank you for participating in this public survey for Our Valley Our Future’s five-year update of the community's vision action plan. Our Valley Our Future is a nonprofit organization that brings together residents to develop a community vision and plan for the future.

The answers from survey respondents like yourself will be compiled and summarized and made available to the public in a final report. All of your information will be compiled anonymously with that of other respondents. 

As part of this survey, we are first going to ask some questions about yourself and then some general questions on your perceptions of our community and its future. We then have a few questions about ways to achieve racial and social equity in the community. And then finally we have a series of questions to pose regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it has or will have on your life.

For purposes of inclusion, we are defining "our valley” to include not only the Wenatchee Valley and its communities, but also other nearby communities and rural areas that could be considered part of the wider community and economy of this region.
To start off, tell us a little about yourself!

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* 1. Where do you live?

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* 2. How old are you?

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* 3. What is your race or ethnicity?

Now, please answer the following questions. Your responses will help us craft an Action Plan to guide the community's future!

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* 4. What is one thing you value most about living in our valley?

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* 5. What is one way you see our valley changing today? Is that a good thing, a bad thing, or some of both?

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* 6. What is our valley’s greatest weakness as a place to live?

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* 7. What is our valley’s greatest strength as a place to live?

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* 8. What is the biggest challenge for the future of our valley?

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* 9. What is one vision idea you have for the future of our valley?

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* 10. Do you think our valley will be a better or worse place to live in the future?

We now would like to ask you a few questions about racial and social equity in our valley. Equity is a process that begins by recognizing that each person has different circumstances in life. Equity makes a commitment to addressing these imbalances by allocating resources and opportunities proportional to need, so that everyone can achieve fair outcomes.

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* 11. Have you ever experienced or witnessed racial or cultural discrimination in our valley?

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* 12. In what areas do you think racial and social equity barriers exist in our valley? (Select all that apply.)

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* 13. What is the most important thing our community can do to address issues of racial and social equity? (Please be specific)

The COVID-19 Pandemic has had a major impact on the world, the nation, and our valley over the last year, and promises to have continued impacts in the next few years. We would like to ask you a few questions about the impact of the pandemic on your personal life – as well as the life of our community.

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* 14. On a scale where the answers are Very Negative, Somewhat Negative, Neutral, Somewhat Positive, and Very Positive, how significant would you say the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on the following aspects of your life. (If an aspect doesn’t apply to you, choose the NA button.)

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Your personal life 
Your family and/or children 
Your place of employment and your co-workers 
Your own company or business 
Your income 
Your own physical and mental health 
Your housing 
Your transportation 
Your connection with the rest of the community 
Your spirituality and/or your place of worship
Your knowledge of government decisions in the community 
Your or your family's educational opportunities 
Your ability to engage in recreation 
Your ability to engage in arts and culture 

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* 15. How effective do you think our valley has been in responding to the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic?

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* 16. In what ways could our valley have done better in responding to the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? 

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* 17. Based on what you know now, what new projects or programs do you think the region could do over the next few years to boost our valley’s recovery and rebuilding from the COVID-19 pandemic? Please be as specific as possible.

At some point, we all expect the pandemic to end and our valley to enter a ’new normal’ – and a more hopeful future. To that end, Our Valley Our Future’s vision action plan will include a number of ‘game changer’ projects for the long-term future.

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* 18. Looking beyond the pandemic, when you think of the very long-term future, what is one big idea you have that would be a “game changer” to better prepare our valley for that future?

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* 19. Thank you for your thoughts and ideas! To learn more about Our Valley Our Future, please visit www.ourvalleyourfuture.org. 

We are interested in hearing more about any personal stories you may want to share with the rest of the community about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are interested, please use the form below to provide your contact information.

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