Following are the final results of the survey, which was conducted to determine young professional concerns and issues in advance of a November 6 event where young professionals and established professionals met for a social networking event. Visit one of the following links to view the written responses to the questions:
The results follow below:
Choose three issues that you feel are major issues facing the city of Birmingham as a young professional?
- Image 65%
- Crime 63%
- Education 46%
- Transportation 43%
- urban feel in city 38%
- Race 22%
- Other 15%
- Board vacancies 3%
Choose three thing that you feel make Birmingham an exciting place to be right now:
- Cost of Living – 70%
- Resurgence in downtown – 62%
- Parks – 39%
- Opportunities for Entrepreneurs – 32%
- Job market – 30%
- New mayor – 17%
- Other – 15%
What are ways that you as a young professional would feel more empowered?
- opportunities to serve on boards – 63%
- best practices – 53%
- more respect from baby boomers – 34%
- Other – 17%
Survey demographic breakdown
- 22-27 – 33%
- 28-32 – 39%
- 33-39 – 23%
- 40-45 – 4%
- 46-60 – 1%
