Launch Survey Shows Light Turnout

Now the Worthington Together launch survey deadline has past, I half wonder why the submission deadline was extended from July 31 to August 15. Read my other article to learn more about how we got to this point; the pre-baked plan to change Worthington’s zoning from a common sense zoning map to a no-limits developer free for all map.

The estimated numbers reported at the Worthington Together committee meeting showed low turnout for the surveys.

Approximately 205 attendees were at the Launch in June, and 40 attended the Launch Webinar. Approximately 450 surveys were submitted online.

In a city of 15,000 residents, getting 700 participants is pretty low. Even with the deadline extension, let’s assume an additional 300 surveys are submitted for a total of 1,000 participants. That’s still lower than some of the community surveys that have been promoted by local citizen groups the past five to 10 years.

This is alarming to me considering this survey is going to be a major baseline for the biggest rewrite of the city’s planning document in the past 20+ years.