SHAPING A BETTER COMMUNITY

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

SURVEY OF AREA RESIDENTS

 (Primarily Cleveland, McGee’s Crossroads and Pleasant Grove areas in Johnston County and the area of Wake County south of Hwy 42)

People who live in this area find much to enjoy and appreciate about our neighborhoods, but also realize that more could be done to improve certain aspects of life. What do you think? The purpose of this survey is to gather opinions on what would make this an even more close-knit, safe, and enjoyable community. The focus is not on major economic development or governmental issues, but on grass-roots, volunteer-driven services to address, for instance, isolation and loneliness, poverty, juvenile alienation, or simple health-care concerns.

This survey project recognizes that recent growth in this living area has occurred in separate pockets of development. Disconnected subdivisions often possess little sense of a greater neighborhood identity. Residents are spread across a wide geographic area that discourages cooperation. What can be done to unite scattered neighborhoods into an extended community and simultaneously provide better personal services to those in need? It is on this question that the survey seeks your responses.

The survey is conducted by members of White Memorial Presbyterian Church (1459 White Memorial Church Road, Willow Spring, ph.639-9973) as a mission outreach to the community. Members of the church do realize that some issues are beyond the ability of a single congregation to address. Still, certain narrowly-defined projects could be undertaken, and larger projects could be referred to other interested residents, churches and civic organizations.

To participate in the survey, click here.