Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

During the next twelve months, do you expect good times or bad times for local economic conditions in your community? 

Q23b. What overall impact do you believe the Right-To-Work laws and associated court cases have had on the ability of your community to attract and/or retain businesses?

During the next twelve months, do you expect good times or bad times for local economic conditions in your community?

Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next twelve months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially?

Thinking about the effects of COVID-19 in your community, please identify its impacts so far on economic conditions in your community (businesses closing, unemployment, etc.).

If there were no restrictions on the use of the funds, how important do you think it would be to apply the American Rescue Plan Act money to assistance for local businesses, if at all?

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

a. There are no local businesses in the community

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

b. No actions taken or planned

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

c. Facilitating financial assistance (e.g., small business grants/loans, etc.)

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

d. Waiving fees, fines, extending payment deadlines, etc.

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

e. Promoting or advertising local small businesses to the community

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

f. Creating more space for social distancing (e.g., support for outdoor dining, closed local roads, etc.)

Q17g. Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

Has your jurisdiction taken or is it planning to take any of the following actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

a. No action needed (local businesses are doing okay)

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

b. Our jurisdiction lacks resources to provide such help

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

c. Our community is divided or opposes such actions

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

d. Our Board/Council is divided or opposes such actions

Which of the following, if any, are reasons that your jurisdiction has not taken or is not planning to take actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19? (check all that apply) (Among jurisdictions that report taking or planning no actions to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

e. Don't know

Overall, how effective or ineffective would you say the action(s) your jurisdiction has taken so far to support local businesses in response to COVID-19 have been? (Among jurisdictions that report taking at least one action to support local businesses in response to COVID-19)

While circumstances can change rapidly, based on what you know today, how much longer do you think any significant negative impacts from COVID-19 will last on economic conditions in your community (business closings, unemployment, etc.)?

Thinking about the potential effects of COVID-19 in your community and in Michigan overall, please identify the impacts so far (or those you expect to hit soon) on economic conditions in your community (businesses closing, unemployment, etc.).

While circumstances can change rapidly, based on what you know today, how much longer do you think any significant negative impacts from COVID-19 will last on economic conditions in your community (business closings, unemployment, etc.)?

Thinking about business conditions in your community, do you think that during the next twelve months your community will have good times financially, or bad times financially?

What kind of role do you think the business community should play in solving the most important problem that you listed above?