Last week’s Open House provided a chance for the public to review a current draft of a Livability Performance Measurement System for our area. We appreciate the feedback that was received at this event, which has been transcribed and posted on our website. We welcome you to peruse this feedback, and leave additional comments here. This input will be taken into consideration and incorporated where appropriate into the final performance measurement system.
Since many of the comments suggest additional indicators or question why certain indicators were used, we thought it would be helpful to explain the data criteria in more detail. The performance measurement system is designed to evaluate our region based on data that is currently available. In other words, we are not collecting data for this project, such as conducting an inventory of animal species found locally, or carrying out a survey of housing conditions. For a majority of the indicators, we rely on credible, third-party sources to supply the data.
One of our main sources is the US Census Bureau – which conducts both the US Census (every 10 years) and the American Community Survey (or ACS, which is conducted on a continual basis, thus providing more current data). ACS data includes surveys of housing, the economy, population demographics, and social characteristics. We invite you to review the data we used for Albemarle County and Charlottesville and to explore the American Factfinder website to better understand the types of data that are available. The US Census offers a wealth of information that is relevant to our community. What measurements from the Census do you think could be helpful to better understand our region?
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