KEYS Region Citizen Survey Results 2004
Transportation …
with transportation options that enhance community involvement and personal and community well-being
Rated #2 priority
- Create a diversity of transportation opportunities – i.e., public transportation, volunteer groups to provide transportation (individuals, businesses, groups), agencies that provide vehicles, car repair/maintenance to low income people
Rated #3 priority
- How can regionalism support and encourage efforts towards mass transportation resulting in less reliance on autos
Other comments – not rated
- Need bus services for the area for the general public
- Public is absolutely needed – park and ride to malls +236 to Portsmouth
- Mass transit (bus service) within KEYS
- Transportation involves all means of travel, public transportation, vehicles, pedestrian and cross borders
- Regional bus system
- Rt. 236 growth, access to S. Berwick and Eliot, summer traffic issues
- This is the piece that allows every person to truly access services, training, jobs
- Public transportation from town to town – bike trails along roadways – hiking or paved walking/biking paths to connect community
- Trails, public transportation, parking
Youth …
where all youth love where they live, feel safe and valued, are invited to speak and are listened to, and reach their full potential
Rated #1 priority
- And remain for their lives – raising their own families
Other comments – not rated
- Provide youth better alternatives to malls, drinking, overeating – make doing the healthier thing more exciting than the alternative
- Use/growth of children’s leadership councils, raising standards
- Support for children raising themselves – for parents who need additional resources
- Provide safe, positive, empowering opportunities for youth that are inclusive and have youth ownership
- Encourage youth involvement in this process by going into middle and high schools
- Community involvement plans, prevention programs/drug/alcohol, mentoring/self building programs for at risk-1st time offenders
- Vibrant schools and safe gathering places in town center for youth; kids involved in “our future by design”
- After school places to go – rec. or coffee shops
- We need more programs for the youth that aren’t in sports or after school clubs; how to get money for new programs
- More programs, a way to afford more opportunities, a way to include youth who cannot afford programs
- Development of community center with planned activities
- Opportunities for youth to volunteer on regular basis
- I’m concerned about the services for the kids at low income housing
- Art and music network for youth A & C interests
- Teach them to provide for the senior years, to provide a retirement program for themselves
- How can we support and expand youth services?
- Teach respect and responsibility early