| "What Three Words Describe Wilkes-Barre
Downtown in 2001?" by Category |
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The participants in Workshop #1 on January 31, 2001 were divided into
twenty-two groups of about 15 members each. Each person was asked to
write down three words to describe downtown in the present and three
to describe its "desired future" in ten years.
Refer to the Community Visioning Workbook:
Workshop #1 for the wording of the questions.
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Summary |
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The Pennsylvania Downtown Center collected all responses and assigned
each to one of six categories: Organization, Design, Promotion, Economic
Restructuring, Safe & Clean and Attitudes.
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| CATEGORY |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Organization |
29 |
5 |
A |
| Design |
133 |
22 |
B |
| Promotion |
102 |
17 |
C |
| Econ. Restructuring |
141 |
23 |
D |
| Safe & Clean |
169 |
28 |
E |
| Attitudes |
38 |
6 |
F |
| TOTAL |
612 |
101 |
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| Response |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Challenging |
3 |
0.5% |
A |
| Directionless |
1 |
0.2% |
A |
| Fragmented |
1 |
0.2% |
A |
| Lack of Coordination |
2 |
0.3% |
A |
| Lost |
3 |
0.5% |
A |
| Neglected |
1 |
0.2% |
A |
| Politically Supressed |
1 |
0.2% |
A |
| Stagnant |
9 |
1.5% |
A |
| Unfulfilled Promises |
2 |
0.3% |
A |
| Unfocused |
6 |
1.0% |
A |
| ORGANIZATION |
29 |
5% |
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| Response |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Crumbling |
1 |
0.2% |
B |
| Depressed |
29 |
4.7% |
B |
| Declining |
13 |
2.1% |
B |
| Deteriorated |
43 |
7.0% |
B |
| Dreary |
12 |
2.0% |
B |
| Haphazard |
1 |
0.2% |
B |
| No Parking |
1 |
0.2% |
B |
| Old |
7 |
1.1% |
B |
| Ugly |
6 |
1.0% |
B |
| Unattractive |
18 |
2.9% |
B |
| Uninviting |
2 |
0.3% |
B |
| DESIGN |
133 |
22% |
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| Response |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Boring |
36 |
5.9% |
C |
| Dead |
47 |
7.7% |
C |
| Inactive |
1 |
0.2% |
C |
| Lifeless |
16 |
2.6% |
C |
| Sound Asleep |
2 |
0.3% |
C |
| PROMOTION |
102 |
17% |
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| Response |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Anti-Consumer |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| Cheap |
1 |
0.2% |
D |
| Closed |
7 |
1.1% |
D |
| Desolate |
15 |
2.5% |
D |
| Empty |
95 |
15.5% |
D |
| Ghost Town |
5 |
0.8% |
D |
| Inconvenient |
3 |
0.5% |
D |
| Lackluster |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| Limited |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| Low Property Values |
1 |
0.2% |
D |
| Low Income |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| Older People |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| Poor |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| Unpopulated |
2 |
0.3% |
D |
| ECON. RESTRUCT. |
141 |
23% |
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| Response |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Dangerous |
67 |
10.9% |
E |
| Dirty |
100 |
16.3% |
E |
| Nuisance |
1 |
0.2% |
E |
| Unhealthy |
1 |
0.2% |
E |
| SAFE & CLEAN |
169 |
28% |
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| Response |
# Resp. |
% |
Group |
| Biased |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Bigotted |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Desparate |
2 |
0.3% |
F |
| Ego-Driven |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Friendly |
2 |
0.3% |
F |
| Frustrated |
4 |
0.7% |
F |
| Helpless |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Hopeless |
5 |
0.8% |
F |
| Inadequate |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Ignorant |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Insular |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Pathetic |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Pregnant w/ Possibilites |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Sad |
7 |
1.1% |
F |
| Selfish |
2 |
0.3% |
F |
| Small Town Mentality |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| Struggling |
2 |
0.3% |
F |
| Unfriendly |
3 |
0.5% |
F |
| Worthless |
1 |
0.2% |
F |
| ATTITUDES |
38 |
6% |
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