Members of the Ocean Pines Strategic Planning Advisory Committee released a new survey designed to gather community input on top priorities for the next several years.
Committee Co-Chairman Bernie McGorry said the goal for the survey is to capture a broad range of demographic and interest groups, including both young families and retirees, and full-time homeowners and seasonal residents.
The committee’s target is at least 1,000 respondents, with at least 500 part-time residents and 500 full-time residents taking part. The survey has 15 questions and should take less than 15 minutes to complete.
Committee members developed the survey after months of research, including detailed comparisons with neighboring homeowners’ associations, a SWOT analysis — or lists of strengths weaknesses, opportunities and threats — collected from Ocean Pines department heads, and input from other Ocean Pines advisory committees.
“We also had some great input on the survey from residents,” committee Co-Chairman Moe Delcher said.
To take the survey, visit
www.oceanpines.org and click on the “Community Survey” link at the top of the page. Reminder cards with a QR code link to the survey will also be available at several locations in Ocean Pines.
Those who wish to fill out a paper copy of the survey may do so by emailing
info@oceanpines.org, or calling the administration office at 410-641-7717. Paper copies will also be available at the administration building and Public Works/CPI office, and at the visitor’s center at The Parke.
“The goal was to make the survey easy to find and simple to take part in,” McGorry said. “And the data we collect, we hope, will help align Board members and management on priorities for the next three-to-five years, and give homeowners a say on that.”
McGorry said individual survey responses would be strictly confidential, and the overall results will be shared at a future town hall meeting and on the Ocean Pines website.
