FOCA Surveys
The Crane Lake Association is a member of FOCA, the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations. The following is an update from them on their recent Cottage Country Hot Topics Survey and a new Trends in Waterfront Ontario Survey.
survey recap: Cottage Country Hot Topics & FOCA's Roles
Thanks to the hundreds of you who took part in our June 2022 survey, asking about the top issues facing cottage country, and FOCA's related roles, communications and member benefits. Here are some highlights (we'll share more at the FOCA Fall Seminar):
97% of those with an opinion (n=487) agreed with the statement, "FOCA has information worth sharing with others." Thank you, and please keep sharing!
We heard that you value: FOCA's advocacy, our network, our programs, our communications, and your member benefits (like a member price on events, dedicated online resources, and discounts or deals from our partners and corporate sponsors). However, some folks said "A lot of these I didn't know about" or "My association hasn't been sharing that information with us." As a result, we've decided to feature one membership benefit each month in the Elert; check out the new section, below: FOCA Member Benefit: a Highlight!
1/4 of our survey respondents live at their waterfront year-round (n=696). Although these hundreds of respondents only represent a fraction of the thousands of waterfront property owners in Ontario, this bears out the shift we've noticed since urban real estate began to get out of reach, and especially since the pandemic started in 2020.
new FOCA survey: Trends in Waterfront Ontario
With this question about usage in mind, we are now launching a new survey to help us learn more. Did you use your property more, less, or the same amount as usual, during the past two pandemic years? Do you have year-round access? Are you on an island? A private road?
Also, we received hundreds of responses in our June survey about the top current cottage country issues. See what made the “top 10”, and help us decipher which ones should be at the very top of the list, in this new survey.
Participate by September 23rd, and please share the survey link widely with all your community contacts: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FOCAusage2022
Feel free to post the link online; we'd like to hear from everyone in this survey!
