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The Town of Amherst is creating new design standards to guide future development and maintain a welcoming, attractive, and vibrant downtown, and we need your input! This survey will help us understand your preferences on key design elements like building massing, articulation, setbacks, and window treatments. A separate survey focusing on streetscape details will be available later this fall.

Please review the images in the following questions, which show recently built examples from other communities. Consider if these buildings and/or streetscapes would be appropriate within the downtown Amherst study area (outlined in orange on the map). Some examples may be suitable for certain parts of downtown but not others. If so, rate each image based on where it would be most appropriate.

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A few notes before you begin:
  1. We recommend using a computer or tablet. The questions may be hard to read on a phone.
  2. As you complete this survey, you will be rating the image BELOW the question.
  3. For the purposes of this survey, "streetscape" refers to the area between the curb and the front of a building. It may have street trees, sidewalks, street furniture, etc. Roadways (motor vehicle travel lanes, on street parking, bicycle lanes, etc.) are not included.
  4. If there is more than one building shown in an image, please rate the building at the center of the image.
Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey! Your feedback will shape the future look and feel of downtown Amherst.

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