TUALATIN DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION SURVEY

DO TELL!! We need your perceptions, impressions, and theories about Tualatin's downtown (which includes the Commons, aka the home of the Pumpkin Regatta).

Please help us better understand how our downtown district is serving our community. We want to know what you think we can do to improve the entire downtown district, both in the short- and long-term. Our open-ended questions are meant to gather just your top-of-mind thoughts, so don’t worry about spending too much time on each question! Thank you for participating! (Also, a heads up: all responses are anonymous.)

1. What words would you use to describe the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons today?

2. What words would you use to describe the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons in the past?

3. What words do you most want to hear describe the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons in the future?

4. What are the people who live in Tualatin passionate about? (We mean across the whole City!)

5. Is there another place or district anywhere in the world that offers an experience that you think the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons could provide? What about that experience do you like?

(To be clear, this question is not asking if you want Tualatin to copy another place. Instead, we want to know what places make you feel something you might want to feel/experience in Tualatin! And dream big, don't exclude something because you are concerned it might not be possible, we can worry about that later. First, we want to know of any place that offers an experience you think the residents of Tualatin deserve in their downtown.)

6. If the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons was a person, based on how it looks, acts, and promotes itself today, what would you say it is feeling right now?

(Sometimes, to get at those "feeling" words, it's easier to begin by describing the person you envision: perhaps age, how they dress, what they do for work, their hobbies, anything really! After that, it's simpler to identify how that person feels. Please feel free to share both your descriptions of the people and how they are feeling.)

7. Who relates and who doesn't relate to the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons right now, and why?

8. What areas do you avoid in the downtown area around the Lake at the Commons?

9. What are the most beloved businesses in Tualatin as a whole?

(Again, just want your first pass, top-of-mind answers. Don't think about it too much. If you don’t have any, that’s fine too. )

10. What are Tualatin's leading businesses? (However you define “leading” is fine... these can be the same or different than beloved businesses.)

11. What words would you use to describe the region around Tualatin?

12. How is Tualatin perceived in the region? How is Tualatin perceived throughout the State of Oregon?