The County of Starland is asking its residents about their feelings about economic development.
The County has published a survey available online to gauge the community’s feelings on the direction of the county.
“It is basically a pulse check," said Economic Development officer for the county Jason Jede. “That went through our economic development board to see how ratepayers and those in the immediate region feel.”
“It's a good pulse check to see where people think we should be going. The economic development board council really wanted to hear what kind of thing they would like specifically. It is truly the voice of the ratepayer more than anything else.”
They are hoping to get a response from the surrounding area as well.
“People travel through quite a bit and a lot of our folks frequent Drumheller and are back and forth, and people from Special Areas and Hanna,” he said.
He says the short survey is geared toward a few areas such as what can the county attract, what it can do for housing, tourism, new initiatives, and of course the business park.
“This is the big question mark in everybody’s mind, what is going in there and what’s happening,” said Jede “This is a good way for me to draw a line in the sand and find out what our ratepayers are really looking for.”
It is a short survey with 22 questions and is available at www.starlandcounty.com until March 5.
