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Total Responses: 371 (343 in English, 19 in Portuguese; 9 in Spanish)
1. Where do you live? (Total 370)
(76) Downtown Framingham
(244) Other Framingham
(50) Other town
2. How many people are in your household? (Total 371)
(60) one
(126) two
(150) three to four
(35) over four
3. What is your age group? (Total 369)
(20) 19 or under
(50) 20-34
(114) 35-44
(125) 45-59
(60) 60 or over
4. What is your sex? (Total 365)
(139) Male
(226) Female
5. What is your household annual income range? (Total 344)
(55) under $24,999
(79) $25,000 - $49,999
(102) $50,000-$74,999
(108) $75,000+
6. Where do you work? (Total 355)
(151) Framingham
(55) Other MetroWest
(41) Boston/Cambridge
(108) Other
7. Approximately how often do you go to downtown Framingham? (Total 373)
(138) daily
(143) frequently (2-4 times a month)
(55) occasionally (6 to 12 times a year)
(32) seldom (a few times a year)
(5) never
8. What do you do downtown? (Check as many as apply)
(60) work
(150) commute by vehicle through downtown
(67) use commuter rail
(167) go shopping
(232) go to the library or museum
(195) go to town hall
(46) go to a state office or agency
(129) go to the post office
(91) go to professional services
(30) go to social services
(130) go to the bank
(113) go to a restaurant
(23) other
9. What's the BEST thing about downtown? (Total 233)
Library
convenience
nothing
Fabric Place
train
diversity
buildings/architecture
ethnic businesses
10. What's the WORST thing about downtown, (not
including the railroad intersection)? (Total 270)
traffic
not enough stores/variety of stores
parking
dirty
unsafe
loiterers
looks rundown/shabby
looks rundown
11. What do you think of downtown as a place to shop?
Please rate the area for the following attributes:
Excellent Good Fair Poor
quality of businesses 16 104 144 75
variety of businesses 18 83 149 35
prices 8 132 144 24
business hours 11 124 118 59
quality of restaurants 11 88 139 82
variety of restaurants 14 70 146 97
cleanliness 14 86 138 83
safety 15 100 142 110
appearance 4 50 157 104
pedestrian-friendliness 16 79 139 96
convenience of parking 5 81 105 165
availability of parking 8 69 134 152
12. Please rank the top three improvements needed to
downtown ( where "1" is the top priority):
1 2 3
== == ==
improve cleanliness 23 80 61
improve feeling of safety 68 27 26
improve business mix 26 29 29
improve quality of goods 6 12 9
open stores in evenings 4 3 6
open stores longer on Saturdays 1 1 2
open stores on Sundays 1 6 7
improve quality of restaurants 6 18 15
improve variety of restaurants 7 20 15
improve pedestrian environment 28 19 32
improve availability of parking 18 26 23
improve convenience of parking 10 21 12
improve physical appearance 18 40 39
traffic flow 60 29 25
other .... build housing, better lighting
13. What kinds of businesses are most needed downtown?
clothes store
bookstore
movie theatre
specialty shops
nice restaurants
supermarket
14. Would you come downtown for the following?
Yes No Maybe
a farmers' and crafts market 200 37 96
multicultural festivals 128 80 86
music events 215 51 80
children's events 142 102 57
sidewalk cafes 207 51 69
ethnic restaurants 185 63 74
movie theater 198 57 71
other (please indicate) ... more trees, outdoor entertainment, art events