1. What’s your zip code?

2. How would you describe yourself?

Downtown area resident

Downtown worker

Indianapolis resident

Visitor from elsewhere in Indiana

Visitor from elsewhere in the Midwest

Visitor from elsewhere in the USA

Visitor from outside of the USA

3. What is your age range?

17 & under

18-24

25-44

45-64

65 & up

Prefer not to answer

4. Which categories describe you? Select all that apply.

African American or Black

Asian or Asian American

Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e

Middle Eastern or North African

Native American or Alaska Native or Indigenous or First Nations

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White or Caucasian

Multiracial

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

5. Please list your gender:

6. What's your annual household income?

Under $15,000

$15,000 - $49,999

$50,000 - $99,999

$100,000+

Prefer not to answer

7. If you live in Central Indiana but are NOT a downtown resident or worker, when was the last time you were downtown?

a day ago

a week ago

a month ago

a year ago

more than a year ago

I have never been to downtown Indianapolis

8. What brought you to Monument Circle today? (check all that apply)

SPARK events/SPARK park

A special event downtown

Just hanging out downtown

Business or work

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

Shopping

Meeting friends

Staying in a nearby hotel

Other (please specify)

9. Estimate how much time you’ll be at Monument Circle today.

Just passing through

15 to 30 minutes

31 minutes to an hour

More than an hour

More than two hours

10. Did SPARK encourage you to spend more time than you normally would at the Circle?

Yes

No

11. Should this park be here all year as a permanent feature on the Circle?

Yes

No

12. Did your experience at SPARK make you feel more positive about Downtown?

Yes

No

13. Did your experience at Spark make you feel more positive about Monument Circle?

Yes

No

14. Do you feel safe at Monument Circle today?

Totally safe!

I feel somewhat safe.

No, I don't feel safe.

Other (please specify)

15. If you feel safe, please share why:

The number of people

The visibility

The presence of security/police

The presence of SPARK staff

The variety of activities

I don’t feel safe

Other (please specify)

16. If you don’t feel safe, please share why:

17. Did you feel welcomed at the Circle today?

Yes

No

18. Did you feel comfortable at SPARK park today?

Yes

No

19. Did you participate in a SPARK activity today? Which ones?

Played games

Enjoyed music

Made art or writing

Talked with a friend

Enjoyed food or drink

Sent a postcard

Other (please specify)

20. How did you travel to Monument Circle today?

Drove a car

Motorcycle

Bicycle

Public transit

Scooter

Taxi cab/Uber/Lyft

Walked

Other (please specify):

21. Who did you come with?

I visited solo

I’m with one other person

I‘m with a group of friends

I’m with a group of co-workers

I’m with family members

22. Where are you going when you leave the Circle?

Shopping downtown

Restaurant downtown

Home

A destination outside of downtown

Work

Hotel

Other

23. Did you have a conversation with someone new at SPARK?

Yes

No

24. Do you normally talk with strangers on a regular basis?

Yes

No

25. Did visiting the SPARK park today help you feel more relaxed or less stressed?

Yes

No

I'm not sure

26. Do you feel that visiting the SPARK park helped improve your physical wellbeing?

Yes

No

I'm not sure

27. Did you feel that visiting the SPARK park helped improve your mental well being?

Yes

No

I'm not sure

28. What do you like most about the SPARK on the Circle?

29. What should we improve? What ideas do you have for us at the Circle?

30. SPARK on the Circle is a collaboration between the nonprofit arts organization, Big Car Collaborative, Downtown Indy, Inc., and the City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development — with support from the Indiana War Memorials Commission.

Please provide your email address if you’d like updates on SPARK and e-news from these partners.