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Build Unity

Goal 1: Implement Strategies to Eliminate Racism and Other
Forms of Discrimination and to Advance Unity in Arlington
Objective 1: Address General Disparities
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
BU Unity Council Recommendation – Finance
1.1.2 Citizen Survey Enhancement
Summary:
Milestone Estimated Actual
On June 23, 2020, the Arlington City Council created Completion Completion
the Unity Council tasked with creating an equity plan Work with Survey 11/30/2021
which includes strategies to eliminate racism and Consultant to Enhance
other forms of discrimination and to advance unity in Survey
Arlington. The Unity Council began meeting in July of Gather Feedback on Survey 12/31/2021
2020 and presented its recommendations to the City Enhancements
Council in February 2021. 2021 Survey Preparation 02/28/2022
Conduct 2021 Survey 03/31/2022
One finding of the Unity Council was that the “City of Present 2021 Survey 04/30/2022
Arlington needs an adequate data source for
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monitoring racial and ethnic disparities.” To address
this, the Unity Council recommended to “Enhance
Arlington’s “City Services Satisfaction Surveys” to
include a wider range of important variables such as
race/ethnicity, income, and education.”

These efforts will be undertaken in FY 2022 in
preparation for the 2021 City Services Satisfaction
Survey.

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