Resident serving programs like parks, sewer systems and social services win, tourist attractions lose.
- Sewer infrastructure and recycled water plant 3.6
- Parks and recreation programs 3.5
- Nonprofit food banks and social service agencies 3.3
- Funding for police and other public safety services 3.0
- “Helping out” restaurants, bars, retail shops 3.0.
- Arts, music and entertainment and tourism-related businesses 2.7.
Pacific Gove residents are most interested in using nearly $2 million in federal Covid-19 aid the city is getting to fund upgrades to streets, intersections and sidewalks and least interested in using the money for government technology upgrades, according to the results of a survey from 847 people.
The survey asked citizens to rank how they would like the federal taxpayer dollars to be spent on a scale of 1-5. Public infrastructure received the strongest responses and got a 3.7 average rating.