Category: Peak to Peak Community Indicators

Quality of Life Indicators Project

A new project to begin in 2001 to provide a process whereby the community develops a set of quality of life indicators to help citizens, businesses, non-profits and elected officials to determine positive trends (e.g., the indicators are going up or down), trends that need attention, and to illuminate interconnections among community issues. This project is regional in focus and will include Gilpin County and the Nederland area.

The focus of this project is to collect, analyze and publish information indicators to help local government and community members prepare for the number one issue we will face in the next 20 years, growth. With population growth forecasts of over 800,000 in the Front Range alone, a significant number of these people will look to make their homes in the peak to peak area. Clearly, the effects of growth on the quality of life in the peak to peak region will increase in the coming years.
The goal is to publish the data we have collected in the fall of 2002.

Meetings

Other Resources

  • Community Survey Report - This is a brief updated report outlining the top three indicator choices for each issue area of the Peak to Peak Regional Quality of Life Community Indicators Study. These indicators will be the foundation of the baseline Indicators Study for the Peak to Peak Region. Research is currently underway for these indicators, and the community report and presentations should be ready sometime in June 2002.
  • Indicators Study Community Survey - This is the Peak to Peak Regional Quality of Life Indicators Study Community Survey. All Peak to Peak regional community members are asked to fill out this survey and return it to PPHCP by April 1, 2002. This community input is vital to narrowing down the indicators that will be used in the baseline indicators study this year.
  • Nov 5-7 Community Forums Summary - A summary of community forums held in early November, 2001, which helped define the issue areas for the Indicators Study.
  • Quality Of Life Indicators Webpage - This website is an excellent resource for learning more about indicators.
  • Sustainable Measures - This is an excellent website about indicators.
Contact Person: Garry Sanfaçon
Contact Phone: 303-258-7119
Contact Address: PO Box 668, Nederland, CO 80466
Other Staff: Garry Sanfaçon
Funding Source: Town of Nederland, Nederland Lions Club, Gilpin County
Website:
Meeting Schedule: sporadic