Dablin contrasted Carbondale’s early response with the team’s experience in Marble: although the model revealed useful insights there (including a safe area east of town), online survey uptake in Marble was low and the project relied on firefighter-led field collection to gather building-level information.
"There's 200 and teen homes in Marble, and we got, like, 12 responses," Dablin said, describing limited online participation there and noting firefighters conducted the in-person data collection. She used Marble as an example to explain why the Collaborative plans contractor-led house-to-house collection in Carbondale if online and mail outreach fall short.
The Marble example informed the project’s operational plan: prioritize online and mail outreach first, then deploy funded contractor teams (or coordinate with local firefighters) to complete the remaining addresses inside town limits.