Tell Us About Colonial Beach (an informal public survey)

Survey link posted on Downtown Colonial Beach (DCB) website and NextDoor. Survey was open for 4 weeks that ended 11/1/2017.

Disclaimer: Raw Data. All data presented as entered, no statistical or psychometric analysis was applied to these results.

Colonial Beach is the ____________ Capital of the world.

• Small resort

• crab

• retirement

• Motel

• Boater

• small town

• Crab

• fun and sun

• Trash talking

• Eccentricity

• Poverty

• fun

• 2nd Atlantic City

• history

• Small town

• Nothing. Not an appropriate phrase for CB

• Gossip

• empty building

• Golf cart

• I can see it being better!

• attack sidewalk. They're out to get ya!

• U.S. historical center

• Fun

• Music and Arts

• nothing special

• Most boring

• Crabbing

• Friendliest Beach

• Water-person's

• I don't think it's the capital of anything, honestly

You didn’t ask but I wanted you to know this. •

Market the town for it's waterfront location natural beauty, history, eagles, osprey, fishing, art Community.. continue to support events such as triathlon. I think those attract folks that may enjoy what CB already has to offer, so the town doesn't need to spend for new "attractions". Spruce up /maintain what we have!!!

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Boardwalk needs shops; get rid of town buildings on N Irving and use area for development. Move Tourist Info trailer to Colonial Ave on the Town Bulletin Board lot.

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Boaters love it there! Cannot wait to come back soon. We support all of your efforts!

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Eleanor Park needs to be sold

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Nothing here at all. Not a beach town

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Need more community events for children and the special needs community

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I love CB! I do believe we need more things to bring in people. Bring slots back, have more things to do such as this place...http://www.rubysarcade.com

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I love this little town but would like to see some beautification take place..

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Why are you doing this survey? What do you hope to get out of it? The true history of CB needs to be told/incorporated in any revamping done to the Town not someone's idea of what it should be like.

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We need things for families here

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Need parks and entertainment. Fun things for the youth of our town.

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There needs to be more good safe playgrounds and recreational activities for kids. Would love to see a life guard or two. Washington is a pretty street and its shops and eateries need to be spruced up and celebrated. It's coming along nicely but could use some help. I love the idea of the plans for the plaza at the end of Colonial.

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We checked into a motel on Irving, went out for pizza, came back, turned down bed - left!!!!! Soiled sheets!!!!! OMG!!!! (I think it was called Wakefield something)

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There needs to be more good safe playgrounds and recreational activities for kids. Would love to see a life guard or two. Washington is a pretty street and its shops and eateries need to be spruced up and celebrated. It's coming along nicely but could use some help. I love the idea of the plans for the plaza at the end of Colonial.

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The town has a lot of potential. A lot of improvements have happened in recent years, so maybe there will be a slow, gradual renaissance of the downtown area in Colonial Beach. In my opinion, there will have to be more full-time and part-time residents buying properties who have sufficient disposable income to support additional restaurants and other businesses in town for this growth to continue.

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What the plan to bring more businesses, tourists and events/activities to the town?

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CB has a lot of potential, just needs leaders with vision and managers who can manage.

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Lots of politics, schools that should be under Westmorland county, poor roads, infrastructure. Too much emphasis on being a Beach town (ocean City) we will never be. The residents that are not right at the beach are forgotten. Etc, poor roads, no police presence. Ditches not maintained, run down properties. Also, the problem that there is only one escape route out of the town, especially for people that live on the point and on the beach.

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Colonial Beach has a lot of potential. The town council and town management needs to encourage new businesses and development of the boardwalk and downtown areas. Seems to me both of these areas are lacking buildings for new businesses to open up.

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That new book that's sort of based on CBVa, 'Bad Neighbors', give a nice description of the type of town I'd like to see us go toward... first get rid of the trailer trashy house on way in and promote more beachy type businesses to move into the down town area. I here the town management/rules/regs... deter more businesses than encourage.

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advertising would bring in more people for events, and places to stay.

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I think the Town should hire grant writers to access public money from the State and other bodies for items such as sidewalk repair and parks. Should consider making Irving/Monroe Bay Avenues one way to allow for safety for walking, biking and for those who do not have driveways so they can STOP PARKING ON THE SIDEWALKS! Ninety percent of the turns are right turns, driving counter clockwise. All traffic would turn left at Boundary, and the interior streets would remain two way.

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Colonial Beach is becoming a fairly well-known regional art town.

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Improve the entrance to the town from 205. Help merchants get established at the Food Lion shopping Center & Rankins Shopping Center. Empty stores give a negative impression

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Colonial Beach needs to find it's pulse, it's theme, but definitely not playground

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The beach needs sand, not rocks. You can't keep long term vacationers bc there is nothing to keep them or their kids happy for more than one or two nights. I know from experience.

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There is so much potential; I have the sense that the old-timers don't want to spend any money to make CB known. It's really too bad because CB could really rock.

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Needs to be more pedestrian and bike friendly, sidewalks are in bad shape or non-existant

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We’ve recently retired (ages 56 & 58) and love Colonial Beach. We keep our 40ft sailboat here locally and support many local activities. We’d love to have the restaurants actually be open when they’re suppose to be, land not trying to be sold off and the drugs aggressively stopped. As we get more and more involved here, it seems that things here may have been mismanaged for many years and certainly hope this is changing.

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I would love to see the schools doing better, big reason why I rent and don't own a house here. I'm also afraid that there is mismanagement of funds in the town. A lot of people are afraid to swim in the water for fear of it being contaminated from Dahlgren or improper waste disposal. I love that it has a small town vibe with little traffic. The restaurants are friendly and exceeded my expectations of a small town. Dockside and High Tides have a great atmosphere. I love the golf cart culture.

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The town just needs to look nicer (sidewalks, underground utilities, curb appeal of homes, etc.)

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I do not want Colonial Beach to become and Ocean City!

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Has a shaded beach with calm water. Cradle of American Republic and Democratic form of government, more US presidents born nearby than anywhere else in America(?)

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"I think the businesses are catered to, while some citizens get their needs ignored. I simply, after twenty years of waiting, want a paved road. Houses close to and newer than mine have had their roads paved...streets with already-paved roads have had theirs re-paved....and still I wait for the original paving to be done. Every year I inquire, and every year I hear the rejoinder, "Next year!"I also think our taxes are incredibly high. However, on a very positive note, I feel very, very safe in my neighborhood, and my neighbors are the best."