POTTSTOWN PA – Public opinion, maybe as much as consumer spending, could make the sluggish local economy flourish once more … or, at least, that what Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township and several surrounding municipalities hope.
The township this week on its website officially issued its call for local residents to participate in a study intended to determine how Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove and their neighbors can grow their own economies without robbing business life from the borough. A survey that is part of the Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee’s regional market assessment and fiscal impact study is now available online.
Most survey questions ask about local residents’ shopping habits: what they buy, how frequently, and where. They ask about out-of-home dining, too, as well as about home ownership and future lifestyle changes. Survey answers are anonymous and confidential, and no personal identification is required.
The study is being funded, in part, by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and is being supervised by Montgomery County. Its results will depend on “a significant amount of public input through interviews, focus groups, surveys and public meetings,” according to county Community Planner Darlene Wynne.
The migration of businesses, particularly retailers, from Pottstown to its more residential neighbors like Lower, Upper and West Pottsgrove has been an increasing source of irritation to Pottstown Borough Council.
Committee members generally agree it’s in the area’s best interest to focus on the borough as an economic center. In recent years, though, more commerce has left the borough’s boundaries to be closer to desirable traffic in the townships. The study hopes to find ways to counteract future changes.
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