Residents Asked To Consider Desirability Of Downtown Deerfield

DEERFIELD, IL — Residents wishing to share their thoughts about downtown Deerfield were asked to fill out a survey from the Village Center Commission.

The survey takes about five minutes to complete. It asks residents whether they feel "downtown Deerfield is safe to walk [through]," whether they "would recommend downtown Deerfield to a friend" and how often they patronize various types of businesses in the area.

The commission is accepting responses to the 2019 Village Center Resident Survey through March 31. It aims to promote improvements to the village's downtown to support its vitality and desirability, according to village staff. The results of the survey will better village officials to design programs to meet the needs and preferences of residents.

The commission is an appointed body tasked with "generating ideas for promoting downtown Deerfield, advocating for Village Center businesses, and working with the Deerfield-Bannockburn-Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce to promote and facilitate public, private and commercial interests in downtown Deerfield." The seven-member commission has a vacant seat and has not posted minutes of any meetings for the past 11 months.

Complete the 2019 Village Center Resident Survey »