City officials and volunteers are working feverishly to get persons with a vested interest in Bogalusa to participate in the Louisiana Development Ready Communities program by completing a survey.
Two surveys are available — one for individuals and one for businesses — and the city has set a goal of 1,001 returned surveys, or one more than was returned by DeRidder, last year's top-responding community.
Community survey:
Business survey:
As of last week, the online community survey had been accessed 572 times with 188 completions and 55 partial completions. The business survey had been accessed 207 times, with 51 completions and 25 partial completions. In addition, a little more than 50 paper surveys have been returned.
That means Bogalusa is at about 36 percent of the community goal of 1,001 surveys, although the marketing and communications committee established a goal of 1,400 returned surveys.
The deadline for returning the surveys is July 30.
As part of the process, information from the surveys is being compiled, but vocal input is also being sought. To that end, two town hall meetings will be held on Monday, July 25 at the Senior Center on Willis Avenue. At these meetings, persons will be able to offer input in regards to what they feel are Bogalusa's specific assets and shortcomings. Additionally, participants will be asked what they would change if they had the ability to do so.
The town hall meetings will be at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Surveys are available online and are also available at a number of locations around the community, including city hall, the newspaper office and the chamber of commerce. It is estimated that an online survey takes about five minutes to complete and a paper survey between 10 and 15 minutes.
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