October 3 Survey Responses and Analysis

The following information breaks down survey responses from 90 participants, taken on October 3, 2020.

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A majority of the people who took the survey are residents of the East Side. Furthermore, the graph and image below shows that the majority of the people who took the survey are either residents of the East Side neighborhood or live close to the East Side.

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The green circle is over the city of St. Paul. 78 of the 90 survey participants live in that area.

The survey group overwhelmingly felt that the youth of the East Side and of the St. Paul community are not being given sufficient recreational opportunities. With the skatepark we are trying to give those youth a safe and free community space to gather and socialize at.

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We are trying to make a space that can be used for purposes other than just skateboarding. We asked survey takers to list some of the recreational activities they and their children participate in. Some of the activities they listed that we would like to accommodate with our skatepark project are:

  • Skateboarding

  • BMX

  • Biking/hiking/walking

  • Roller skating

  • Public parks

  • Public art

  • Live music

  • Mix communities

  • Volunteer advocacy work

  • Geocaching

  • Exercise

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A majority of the survey takers said that they have been to a skatepark before. This makes sense with the type of event we put on. It attracted lots of skateboarders. 

The next step of our outreach for feedback is to engage with the East Side community more directly. These are the people who live closest to the proposed location of the park. We are currently discussing best practices with engaging with the community while also respecting social distancing guidelines during Covid-19. A few of our ideas to broaden the survey group to the East Side community are:

  • Go door-to-door with the survey and record responses on an iPad with no physical interactions with the survey takers.

  • Find online outlets like Facebook or community boards to ask for people to take the online survey.

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Many of the survey takers were either people who use skateparks or know someone who does. We are trying to get a skatepark for the East Side so that everyone in the neighborhood has free access to a skatepark regardless of their access to transportation. Our proposed location is directly on Payne Ave. with a bus stop located on the corner.

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The survey showed us that 100% of the people surveyed would like to see a skatepark built on the East Side. All but one person was in favor of the skatepark being built on the corner of York and Payne. Again, we need to reach out to more residents of that area and make sure that we are building a public recreation space that they are in favor of having and that they would use.

A skatepark of the size we are proposing would also bring in people from outside the neighborhood. There are many local businesses within walking distance to the corner of York and Payne that would benefit from those people taking the day to use the skatepark.

As mentioned above, we are trying our best to serve the neighborhood with a public space that they would use. In the survey we asked what other amenities they would like to see at the park. Below is a graph based on the responses of the 90 people who filled out the survey:

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Ellen Puls