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City of Louisville Citizen Survey <br />August 2008 <br />Community Characteristics <br />Survey respondents were provided with a list of 24 characteristics of Louisville and asked to evaluate <br />the quality of each characteristic. In general, residents were happy with the quality of characteristics <br />in the community. Nine in 10 or more residents said that the overall image or reputation of <br />Louisville (95%), ease of walking (90%), Louisville's overall appearance (89%), ease of bicycle travel <br />(89%), ease of car travel (88%), air quality (87%) and quality of overall natural environment (87%) <br />was "excellent" or "good." Less than half of respondents felt that the shopping opportunities, <br />availability of affordable quality housing and employment opportunities were "good" or better (46%, <br />39% and 33% "excellent" or "good," respectively). Between half and 85% of respondents rated all <br />other characteristics as at least "good." One-quarter or fewer rated each characteristic as "poor." <br />(See the table on the following page.) <br />Please note that 20% or more of respondents said "don't know" when rating the quality of the <br />following characteristics: opportunities to volunteer, opportunities to participate in community <br />matters, employment opportunities, availability of affordable quality child care, availability of <br />preventive health services and ease of bus travel in Louisville. For a full set of responses including <br />"don't know," see Appendix B: Complete Set of Frequencies. <br />All community characteristics were compared to the national benchmark. Twenty-three of the 24 <br />characteristics were rated higher than the national average. Louisville residents gave a similar rating <br />to that of residents in other jurisdictions across the country for shopping opportunities. <br />Sixteen of the 24 community characteristics could be compared to the Front Range benchmark. <br />Twelve characteristics were rated above the Front Range average. Opportunities to attend cultural <br />activities, availability of affordable quality housing and employment opportunities were given ratings <br />similar to that of other Front Range jurisdictions, while shopping opportunities was rated below the <br />benchmark. <br />:= <br />U <br />t <br />U <br />N <br />~4 <br />C <br />O <br />.~ <br />Z <br />0 <br />0 <br />N <br />O <br />of Results <br />10 <br />