The vote is in and it appears the residents of Suwanee consider their city a great place to live!
This comes after Suwanee held its first National Citizen Survey late last year. Surveys were sent out to approximately 1200 residents and received a 32 percent response rate. According to City Manager, Marty Allen, the purpose of the survey was to assist city officials in setting priorities for the city and improve areas of weakness.
The survey was conducted in November and covered eight areas:
- Community quality
- Community design
- Public safety
- Environmental sustainability
- Recreation and wellness
- Community inclusiveness
- Civic engagement
- Public trust
- Ranked quality of life as good or excellent - 95%
- Ranked Suwanee as a good or excellent place to live - 97%
- Those who plan to live in Suwanee for the next 5 years - 91%
- Ranked the city parks as good - 21%; Ranked the city parks excellent - 76%
- Residents who felt a strong sense of community - 90%
- Ranked Suwanee as a good/excellent place to raise children - 97%
As a resident of Suwanee for over 21 years and a regular visitor to the Suwanee Creek Park, the results are not a surprise! What was a surprise...Only 78% of those who responded rated the services for taxes paid as excellent or good - For me personally, I think every city tax dollar we have paid has been well worth it because the improvement in our quality of life has improved exponentially!!!
