Charity Means Love Foundation

Newport News Community Developer Roundtable

Participant Intake

This short intake helps us understand who is developing, or trying to develop, in Newport News, what is making small and community scale projects harder, and what could help more projects move forward.

We are especially interested in small, incremental, infill, nonprofit, and neighborhood scale development, generally projects of approximately 25 residential units or fewer.

Estimated time, about 5 minutes

About You

1. Name *

2. Organization or business name

3. Email address *

4. Phone number

5. Which best describes you? Select all that apply.

Your Development Experience

6. What is your current relationship to development in Newport News? Select all that apply.

7. Tell us briefly about the project or projects you are working on, have attempted, or would like to pursue.You may include project type, neighborhood, number of units, development stage, or anything else you believe is relevant.

8. Approximately how many residential units does your current or most recent project involve?

9. What types of development are you pursuing or interested in pursuing? Select all that apply.

Barriers and Impact

10. What have been the biggest barriers to developing in Newport News? Select all that apply.

11. Of the barriers you selected, what ONE issue has had the greatest impact on your ability to move a project forward?

12. Have any of these challenges caused a project to become more expensive, significantly delayed, reduced in size, or abandoned?

13. If yes, what happened?Share as much or as little as you are comfortable sharing. Specific examples are especially helpful.

14. If you can reasonably estimate it, approximately how much additional cost did the issue create?

15. Approximately how much additional time did the issue add to the project?

Solutions

16. What would make the biggest difference in helping you successfully develop in Newport News? Choose up to three.Select up to three.

17. If Newport News could change ONE thing tomorrow to make small-scale development easier or more productive, what should it be?

18. What is working well right now that Newport News should NOT lose or change?

19. Are there development tools, policies, programs, or approaches you have seen in another city that Newport News should explore?

Building the Network

20. What expertise or experience could you potentially contribute to this developer community? Select all that apply.

21. What would you personally like help with or want to learn more about?

22. Would you be interested in participating in future Community Developer Roundtables?

23. Would you be willing to participate in a short one-on-one conversation about your development experience if we need to better understand an issue you identified?

Use of Responses

We want participants to be able to speak candidly. Aggregate reporting combines responses across participants. A specific quote, project experience, or statement will not be publicly attributed to you without separate contact and permission.

24. May we use your responses in aggregate data and findings from this initiative? *

25. May we contact you before publicly attributing a specific quote, project experience, or statement to you?