Downtown Asheville Businesses Invited to Take 2019 Census

Downtown is the economic hub for Asheville and a five-county area. We’re booming. We’re growing. We’re attracting millions of tourists and are featured on dozens of top ten lists.

How do we ensure we grow responsibly? How do we ensure businesses that have helped establish our downtown have a voice and are prioritized in how we grow and what we need?

Last year over two hundred businesses responded to the first Downtown Asheville Business Census, a collaborative effort led by the Downtown Commission’s Local Economy Committee, Asheville Downtown Association (ADA), Asheville Grown Business Alliance (AGBA), and Asheville Independent Restaurant Association (AIR). Results of the survey, including business size, employment, goods & services, and collective needs, were shared with the city council, city leadership, organizations, funders, boards and commissions, and the public. The results of the survey are live and can be viewed through Google Docs.

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The group is back with the second annual downtown census and invites downtown businesses to share feedback about 2018 to help guide us in growing our downtown for all in 2019.

Downtown business can participate in the survey online at SurveyMonkey.com. The survey is about 50 questions and will take about 15 minutes to complete.