Emmett/Gem County Community Review Report Summary

Table 9: Desired Accomplishments for Emmett
Percent of
Respondents Number
Attracting business and industry to provide well-paying jobs 23.0 37
Better traffic management (e.g., wider streets and roads) 13.7 22
Improved quality of streets and roads 10.6 17
Complete Island complex/park 8.7 14
Attracting large retail stores to area 7.5 12
Note. The percentages listed are “valid percentages”, meaning that they are calculated
out of the total number of respondents who completed the item (125 respondents, or
43.6% of the sample, did not complete this item). Because the respondents could make
more than one response to this item, the cumulative percentage may exceed 100.
Lastly, the respondents were asked whether they had any addition comments or
suggestions to make. Several blank lines on the survey were presented to allow the
respondents to address any issues that they felt were important to them, and which hadn’t
been listed on the survey. Although only 35% of the respondents made additional
comments, several prominent themes were found among the responses. As seen in Table
10, the most common response theme concerned the perceived need for Emmett and its
surrounding communities to promote or create better paying jobs (mentioned by just over
one-fifth of the respondents who completed this item), followed by a desire to see an
enhanced sense of pride in the community. Other discernible themes included a desire
for the area to promote controlled, responsible growth, and to have more effective
city/community leaders (see Table 10).
Table 10: Additional Comments and Suggestions
Percent of
Respondents Number
The area needs to promote and create better paying jobs 21.0 21
The area needs to develop and promote a sense of community 20.0 20
pride
The area needs to promote controlled, responsible growth 14.0 14
The area needs more effective city officials and local
11.0 11
government
Note. The percentages listed are “valid percentages”, meaning that they are calculated
out of the total number of respondents who completed the item (186 respondents, or
65.0% of the sample, did not complete this item). Because the respondents could make
more than one response to this item, the cumulative percentage may exceed 100.
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