Resident feedback guides Bloomington to address COVID-19 budget impacts, saving $390,000

  • 11 March 2021
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Resident feedback guides Bloomington to address COVID-19 budget impacts, saving $390,000

Resident feedback guides Bloomington to address COVID-19 budget impacts, saving $390,000

 

-By Julia Steege-Reimann-

Like many communities nationwide, Bloomington, Minnesota faces many simultaneous challenges regarding COVID-19 response.

Leaders want to protect residents from the spread of COVID-19, while also helping the economy to recover. Plus, limited ability to engage in-person and constantly changing circumstances make it a struggle to connect with residents, but it is even more of a necessity

So Bloomington’s leaders swiftly began problem solving for how best to reach their residents. They decided to turn to the online civic engagement platform Polco.

"We selected the Polco platform because of its ability to provide quick snapshots of how constituents we're faring and gather feedback on budget and service issues," said Diann Kirby, Bloomington's Community Services Director. 

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