By Joseph M. Morgan
joseph@southerntorch.com
FORT PAYNE, Ala.—The Fort Payne Main Street Alabama program is entering a new phase next week, kicking off a round of two surveys on Tuesday April 5: one for local businesses and an additional survey for residents of Fort Payne and the surrounding area.
Fort Payne Main Street Executive Director Beverly Pike said local real estate company Fort Payne RE/MAX Property Center—Annette Wright and team—have volunteered to distribute the first of the two surveys, the Fort Payne Main Street Business Survey, to businesses within the Fort Payne Main Street District.
“Annette Wright and her crew at Fort Payne RE/MAX Property Center will begin distributing our Business Surveys the "old fashioned" way—in person,” Pike said. They will then be returning to pick them up on Thursday, April 7.”
Pike said the second survey, the Main Street Fort Payne Community Survey will give the organization an opportunity to hear from the public in addition to local businesses.
“The Community Survey link will be live on April 5 for distribution as well,” Pike said. “It is an electronic link and we really want to encourage any resident of Fort Payne or anyone who lives within a 20-minute drive of Fort Payne to participate in the survey.
These surveys will be invaluable to our efforts to improve downtown Fort Payne and give business owners and members of the community a real voice as we fine tune strategies to improve Downtown Fort Payne and enliven the heart of our city. . We hope once we release the link that everyone will share and pass it along. We will be sending the link to all corporations in Fort Payne for them to distribute to their employees and encourage participation.”
Pike said that anyone that would like to participate but does not have a internet access, can contact the Fort Payne Main Street office by phone 256-996-2131 or via social media to make arrangements for submitting a survey.
The Fort Payne Main Street program hopes to receive feedback from 75 businesses through the Business Survey and set a goal to reach 2,000 participants/survey completions through the Community Survey.
For information regarding the Fort Payne Main Street Business Survey or Community Survey, contact Beverly Pike at 256-996-2131, or online at http://www.mainstreetalabama.org/fort-payne/, http://fpmainstreet.com/, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Fort-Payne-Main-Street-Alabama.
