Carbondale outreach pushes include HOAs, apartment managers, schools and local media

Meeting participants and project staff discussed a range of outreach strategies to increase survey responses, including HOA newsletters, apartment property managers, in-store flyers for Latino community members, school presentations and local radio or media mentions.

Angie Dablin said the team has worked with property managers in Sonoma Village and planned a mailer that "should hit in the next 3, 4 days". She also noted RBR had run the announcement two or three times and the Collaborative is ramping up social media and signage.

Participants suggested presenting at schools and offering small classroom incentives to prompt families to complete surveys; one attendee recalled that after a firefighter visited their class decades ago, "everybody in our class had emergency exits" within a week, underscoring school outreach's potential.

Dablin also noted a limitation: funding covers data collection only within Carbondale town limits, so nearby HOAs and unincorporated residents may need to organize their own efforts or coordinate with property managers to ensure accurate building-level data.

The team plans to use a mix of mailers, QR-code flyers, HOAs, school newsletters and targeted store distribution to reach residents who are less likely to respond online.