Page 92 - Town of Newcomb Comprehensive Plan - 2010

School system
No library
No police
Location of salt shed
Look of Town around Town Hall and Fire Department
Unkempt properties
Inadequate snow plowing
Road to Goodnow Flow
Town jobs are given to retired people to avoid paying benefits
Favoritism in hiring of Town employees
Too many people
Traffic
Too many airplanes
High prices at store
Not enough to do
Lack of diversity
Close minded mentality
Lack of social places
Town should offer free land and tax abatements to attract businesses
APA
Isolation
No way to meet other residents except at bar
Pollution from Midwest (acid rain)
Summer too short
Code enforcement officer should be certified
Fire truck should be better maintained
Elderly population

7. Please indicate your agreement or disagreement with each of the following statements.
(Please mark only one response for each statement).

The Town of Newcomb Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly No Opinion
Should Try to Attract Agree Disagree
the Following:
a. Small commercial 83/74.8% 21/18.9% 2/1.81% 4/3.6% 1/0.9%
businesses
b. Forest product 50/45.5% 45/40.9% 5/4.6% 7/6.4% 3/2.7%
industries
c. Mining industries 23/22.6% 34/33.3% 18/17.7% 14/13.7% 13/12.9%
d. Agriculture 15/14.4% 34/32.7% 24/23.1% 9/8.7% 22/21.1%
e. Year round residents 69/62.2% 31/27.9% 1/0.9% 3/2.7% 7/6.3%
f. Seasonal residents 24/23.5% 40/39.2% 17/16.7% 9/8.8% 12/11.8%
f. Hikers, campers and 57/46.8% 47/43.1% 3/2.6% 4/3.7% 4/3.7%
paddlers
g. Historic and cultural 47/43.5% 48/44.4% 5/4.6% 1/0.9% 7/6.5%
resource facilities and
tourists
h. Tourists interested in 49/45.8% 49/45.8% 6/5.7% 1/0.9% 2/1.9%
nature/natural beauty
i. Recreation facilities 47/44.3% 49/46.2% 5/5.7% 1/0.9% 4/3.8%
j. Senior 63/57.3% 36/32.7% 6/5.5% 1/0.9% 4/3.6%
housing/facilities

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