Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Compassion By Design Survey  

Valley Forge Christian College celebrates the leadership and services that make our community  

great and also identifies the areas where we need to work together to continue to build a strong  

and vibrant place to live, work and play. This survey is being conducted in the Phoenixville area,  

and is a Valley Forge Christian College class project.  

1. Please enter your zip code: 

19460 


2. Nominate one organization in each of  the f ollowing categories:  

(Nominate those that represent the BEST of our community during the last year)  

Education Provider  

(School, college, day care, after school, educational service or business): 

Renaissance Charter School 

 

Health Care Provider  

(Hospital, clinic, doctor’s office, medical service or business): 

Paoli Hospital 

 

Recreation  

(Park, fields, facility, organization, league):  

Valley Forge National Park 


Business That Gives Back  

(Contributes to the community with funds or other support): 

Petrucci's Water Ice 


Restaurant or Coffee Shop:  

Artisan's Cafe 


Nonprofit & Charitable  

(Local foundations, nonprof its, charities and benefit drives):  

5K Run for Dana Marie


Public Service  

(Any local service operated by government—library, police, fire department):  

Police Department 


Culture,  Arts and Historic Enrichment  

(Museums, etc):

Steel City Cafe 


3. The greatest thing about our community is:  

It is clean, and in most cases family friendly. It does not have a country feel, but it is not quite city either, so there is good balance. 


4. If  there is one area in which our community needs to improve it is:  

There are too many bars in this area. 


5. In our community, I think the following areas pose the greatest challenge:  

(Pick up to 5 of the following):  

___ Financial Pressure  ___ Marriage & Relationships  

___ Substance Abuse  ___ Job Security  

___ Affordable Housing  ___ Time Pressure  

___ Crime/Violence  ___ Single Parent Resources  

___ Sense of  Permanence  ___ Childcare  

  X   Stress  ___ Loneliness  

___ Education    X   Public Transportation  

___ Cultural Tolerance  ___ Gangs  

  X  Jobs  ___ Resources for low­income families  

___ Traffic    X   Cost of Living  

  X   Discrimination  ___ Negative Media  

___ Professional Development  ___ Health Care  

___ Teen Resources  ___ Sense of  Community  

___ Immigration  ___ Support for Charity  

___ Lack of  Public Services  ___ Other:__________________  


6. The one thing that would make family life better in our community is:  

To have more activities for families. Better play areas, picnic areas, etc. 


7. I am concerned about what is going to happen in the future with: 

Racism in the area. It is becoming increasingly diverse, and not everyone is accepting of that. 


8. A new affordable service that would really help us is:  

n/a 


9. A service that really needs to be improved is:  

Public Transportation - it is available, but very limited. 


10. Comments on any of the above:  

Developed by David Mills, Compassion by Design, dmills@compassionbydesign.org

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