Economic Development Strategy Engagement Questionnaire Are you completing this form as a: Resident Business Education organisation VCS Council employee Someone who works or studies in the city Other If other, please specify Developing a Wellbeing Economy 1a) What are your thoughts on the idea of developing a wellbeing economy for the city with a focus on sustainable, inclusive growth for everyone? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 1b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 1a... Our vision for the Economic Development Strategy 2a) How do you feel about our vision for becoming a city where businesses and communities flourish and residents can enjoy better work, higher wages and improved quality of life? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 2b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 2a... Supporting businesses to start up, grow, thrive and innovate 3a) Do you agree that we should prioritise enabling businesses to start up, grow, and create employment opportunities? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 3b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 3a... Making Stoke-on-Trent a more attractive destination for businesses, people and investors 4a) Do you agree that addressing crime, housing, transport and environmental improvements would attract more workers and businesses to the city? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 4b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 4a... Creating opportunities to boost employment, improve education and skills and ensure that people are ready for work 5a) How do you feel about our goal of reducing economic inactivity levels and boosting productivity to raise income levels and improve quality of life for residents? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 5b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 5a... Improving living standards and the quality of life, relative to national and regional averages 6a) Do you agree that ‘Improving living standards and the quality of life’ for people who live and work in Stoke-on-Trent should be an important priority for the city? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 6b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 6a... Revitalising our high streets and town centres 7a) Do you support our ambition to reshape high streets and town centres into places that attract visitors and trade and instil pride in communities? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 7b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 7a... Developing economic infrastructure and social capital in our communities 8a) Do you support our aim to give local communities more say over how they can contribute to, and benefit from, economic growth? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 8b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 8a... Community wealth building 9a) Do you agree with our idea that more of Stoke-on-Trent’s economic wealth should come from, and stay within, our local communities? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 9b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 9a.... Maximising the benefits from responsible procurement 10a) Do you support using the combined spending power of the City Council and its partners to benefit local communities? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 10b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 10a... Enabling and supporting green growth 11a) Do you support using renewable and low-carbon energy innovation to help to create environmentally sustainable economic growth? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure 11b) Please provide your comments based on your selection for 11a... 12) Are there any other economic priorities or challenges that you think should be a particular area to focus on instead of, or as well as, the ones above? Please provide your comments: