The details
The 10-question survey, available in English and Spanish, will be available to the public through Oct. 22.
“This survey is based on all the input we heard from the community at the listening sessions and design workshops, but asks people to rank order their preferences and priorities,” Jimmy Jenkins, who serves on the Smithville City Council, said in a social media post. “It also asks for open input that may surface new insights.”
Results will be shared with potential developers, local officials, nonprofit organizations and the public to facilitate a master plan.
Some background
In August, BCCHH hosted a series of community workshops.
”As we're starting to see a lot of our rural neighborhoods, ranches and farms start to disappear with new housing developments, we need to ask, ‘How do we as a county start thinking about healthy, safe and affordable homes for those who are here in the county and who want to stay within Bastrop County?'” Donna Nichols, Bastrop Public Health Department director, previously told Community Impact.
Also of note
BCCHH was established through a grant the St. David’s Foundation awarded the Bastrop County Public Health Department in January, and includes leadership from 13 nonprofit organizations, Bastrop County, and the cities of Bastrop, Elgin and Smithville.
“Everybody deserves a place to call home,” Nichols said. “So we just need to be smart about how we think about this and make sure that we don’t leave our county residents behind as the influx of new growth comes.”
