By Staff
December 18th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
As we go into the holiday season and start to wrap up 2024, we want to thank you for all your time, energy, input and feedback you provided to the City through the various projects. This year, Burlington community members provided feedback on City priorities such as the 2025 budget, Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review, Community Engagement Charter, Official Plan, events, park renewals, Community Panel and many more.
- 12,165 surveys or polls completed
- 97,065 visits to Get Involved Burlington engagement webpage
- 11,623 documents downloaded
- 119 engagement opportunities were available in the Public Engagement Calendar
- 6500+ people subscribe to the weekly newsletter
- 172 volunteers contributed 6334 volunteer hours
A Gazette readers see the volume of surveys a little differently.
12,165 divided by 365 days works out to just over 33 polls or surveys a day.
That is very impressive.
One has to wonder if this is since the website started or just in the last year.
Without a timeframe, it is difficult to understand what the numbers mean.
Another comment might be: Enough Already!
Many of us go to the website to see what the city is asking residents input on. We then delete the email and move on with our lives.
We know that questions are posed in such a way that one has little choice but agree that what the city is proposing is the way to go.
“Enough Already” sums it up perfectly.