Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Priorities Survey

Thank you for participating in our Fiscal Year 2024-25 (July 2024-June 2025) City of Asheville Budget Priorities survey. Your responses will be shared with staff and Council to help inform development of the FY 2024-25 Budget. The survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete.

This survey will remain open until midnight on February 23, 2024.

The survey is also available in Spanish, Ukranian and Russian.

We appreciate your time and insight.

For more information on the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget process, please visit this page.

Below is a list of services provided by the City of Asheville. Which do you think the City should prioritize for additional investments and which should the City consider investing in less? Investment could be staff or financial resources.

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Of the services you ranked 4 or 5 above, which are the three most important for the City of address in the FY 2024-25 Budget?

Community safety and emergency response

Public information and community engagement

Facilities maintenance (including buildings, parks, etc.)

Water production and distribution system

Affordable housing and homelessness

Trash and recycling collection

Stormwater drainage system

Sidewalk maintenance and construction

Transit

Roadway maintenance and construction

Business support

Code enforcement and urban planning

Parking

Recreation programming

City management and administration

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In the FY 2023-24 Budget Survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Community Safety and Emergency Response. Please rank the following potential investments.

Closed to responses | 714 Responses

In the FY 2023-24 Budget survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Water Production. The City understands that water rates impact users significantly. In your opinion, when considering a rate increase would you prefer:

A smaller increase to maintain current levels of service only

72%

A larger increase to minimize the frequency and duration of service disruptions

63%

Closed to responses | 1,093 Responses

Thinking about your neighborhood or the areas of Asheville that you frequently visit, what types of physical infrastructure should the City prioritize in the next five years?

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Of the items you ranked as a high priority for the next five years in the previous question, which two are the most important for the City to address in the next five years?

Playgrounds

Ball courts (tennis, pickleball, basketball, etc.)

Ball fields (baseball, soccer, etc.)

Other outdoor park facilities (greenspace, community gardens, etc.)

Community centers (new or major renovations)

Pools or splashpads

Public safety facilities (Fire stations, Police Stations, etc.)

Housing (incentives for affordable housing projects, loans to developers/homeowners, etc.)

Roadways (streets, bridges, etc.)

Sidewalks (including crosswalks, curb cuts, pedestrian signals, etc.)

Traffic calming (speed humps/cushions, roundabouts, medians, etc.)

Greenways

Bike lanes

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In the FY 2023-24 Budget Survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Roadways. Please rank the following strategies.

Closed to responses | 822 Responses

In the FY 2023-24 Budget Survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Sidewalks. Please rank the following strategies.

Closed to responses | 794 Responses

Please provide any comments about the questions above, or other feedback about the FY 2024-25 Budget.

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Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Priorities Survey

Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Priorities Survey

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Below is a list of services provided by the City of Asheville. Which do you think the City should prioritize for additional investments and which should the City consider investing in less? Investment could be staff or financial resources.

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Of the services you ranked 4 or 5 above, which are the three most important for the City of address in the FY 2024-25 Budget?

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In the FY 2023-24 Budget Survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Community Safety and Emergency Response. Please rank the following potential investments.

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In the FY 2023-24 Budget survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Water Production. The City understands that water rates impact users significantly. In your opinion, when considering a rate increase would you prefer:

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Thinking about your neighborhood or the areas of Asheville that you frequently visit, what types of physical infrastructure should the City prioritize in the next five years?

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Of the items you ranked as a high priority for the next five years in the previous question, which two are the most important for the City to address in the next five years?

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In the FY 2023-24 Budget Survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Roadways. Please rank the following strategies.

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In the FY 2023-24 Budget Survey, respondents wanted additional investments in Sidewalks. Please rank the following strategies.

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Please provide any comments about the questions above, or other feedback about the FY 2024-25 Budget.