Shelby Township: Online Survey Opens For 2022 Shelby Township Community Visioning Process

Press release from Shelby Township:

10/04/2021 2:46 PM

Once again, the Shelby Township Board of Trustees turns to its managers for input in township governance as officials set the date to open the online survey for the annual resident community visioning session.

The township will hold the residents’ 2022 Community Visioning Exercise via a survey on the township website at shelbytwp.org/visioning.  This exercise is an effort to establish the 2022 Top 10 Priorities for Shelby Township. 

The survey will be available to residents from Sept. 9 to Oct. 6. The Shelby Township Board of Trustees and department heads will follow up with their visioning sessions.

“We want to know what items, policies or actions our residents want the township address in 2022 and beyond,” Township Supervisor Rick Stathakis said. “Because of our priorities, we have new assets such as the Shelby Township Activities Center, and we will open a new 26,000-square-foot library next year. We have these facilities because people took part in our visioning process and told us they were important.”

The township combines the residents' community visioning feedback with input from the Board of Trustees and township employees. Tabulation, which gives all three groups equal weight, sets the township’s top 10 priorities.

Administered by the Planning and Zoning Department, the visioning processes are a part of the Board of Trustees' continued efforts to have the government in Shelby Township be more participatory. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Planning Director Julijana Misich-Rasawehr at 586-726-7243.

“Our residents do a good job communicating immediate needs to our offices, but we rarely hear requests or plans for long-term improvements,” Misich-Rasawehr said. “The visioning process is a chance for our residents to raise awareness for new issues or ideas for our community.”

Stathakis said that setting the annual priorities is an invaluable tool for the Board to receive direction from the taxpayers and get feedback from community members.

“Because of the priorities and the support of the residents, our Board has been able to focus on major issues such as improving local roads, reforming township pensions and improving facilities,” Stathakis said. “This is an amazing opportunity for our residents to tell the local government exactly how they want their tax dollars spent."

Click here to participate in the 2022 Community Visioning process.

This press release was produced by Shelby Township. The views expressed here are the author’s own.