Utah State University is conducting another Wellbeing Survey for residents and they are needing folks to complete the survey. This is the same type of survey that was conducted a year ago for Price, Wellington, Helper and East Carbon. Castle Country Radio was able to speak over the telephone with Dr. Courtney Flint to discuss all the details.

“Well we’ve been doing surveys in Helper for every year for four years, we’ve done a couple years in Price; Wellington and East Carbon joined us last year. So we’ve been working in the Carbon County for a few years now,” said Dr. Flint. These surveys are intended for residents 18 years and older and take about 10 minutes to complete.

Each year the survey has been conducted so that city/state/local officials can use the results to determine the needs of their residents. “When we first got going on this Wellbeing Project it was before COVID and we’re just wanted to check every year to help the cities keep the finger on the pulse of their residents; how they’re doing, what they’re perspectives are on local issues,” stated Dr. Flint. By conducting these surveys gives an idea of trends that are taking place in the county.

What will make this survey interesting is to see how folks are bouncing back from COVID. “We’re looking for that big event that we’ve all had to deal with in a variety of ways, are we bouncing back from that? What’s kind of stable? What’s changing from year to year? This is a really good chance to look at that and for Helper and some extent Price, we can actually compare it to some data that’s from before that whole COVID experience and see if we are rebounding or where we’re headed,” explained Dr. Flint. This will shed some light on whether things are going back to normal or not since the COVID pandemic.

“The purpose of this is to provide local leaders with these perspectives in a timely manner. We try to get the information back to city council and the city leaders, I will try to come a present to these city councils and provide the information to the planners so that it’s readily available to use. The point is to partner with the cities so that we can gather this information together,” said Dr. Flint. The survey may be accessed by visiting the Price City website at https://www.pricecityutah.com/