Survey

The purpose of this survey is to understand a little more about the media you use, the messages you trust, and how you'd like to receive information and engagement opportunities from the City.

All the information you give will be anonymous, and nothing will be traced back to you. City of Hobart will use this information to better understand our community.

The City invites you to share your thoughts on the City's permanent response to the Crowther monument in Franklin Square.

BUSINESS SURVEY | ELIZABETH STREET PLAN

Dear Business Owner/Manager

We are asking for your help!

We would like to better understand how businesses feel about Elizabeth Street and work together to identify ways to improve the experience for both businesses and visitors to the street.

Business Community Engagement.

As a business owner, manager and/or property owner you are invited to take part in this survey.

We have enlisted the help of Associate Professor Louise Grimmer from the University of Tasmania (UTAS profile) to add her extensive research experience in retail and business to the project.

A/Prof. Grimmer has helped prepare the questions in the survey and will use her expertise to analyse your feedback, insights and ideas.

This work will help us better understand the business environment in the Central City and North Hobart through focusing on a specific sample of businesses, in this instance those located along Elizabeth Street (from the wharf through to Federal Street).

Your participation in this study is voluntary and your responses will be anonymous.

Take part, and you could win!

Your participation in the survey is voluntary but we’re hoping this incentive helps encourage you!

All participants have the chance to win one of four 2-week advertising packages on the digital carpark screens at Argyle Car park during the Christmas season.

Eligibility

• Participants must be over 18 years of age
• Own/run a business or organisation
• Be located on Elizabeth Street (within the geographical parameters set for the survey).

The Survey

• You will be asked to complete an online survey. 
• The survey will take approximately 10 minutes. 
• You will be asked about general information about your business and perceptions of the trading area in which you operate and;
• Suggestions for improving the physical location in which your business operates.

All your responses will be completely anonymous.

What will the City of Hobart use the findings for?

The findings from the business community engagement will provide valuable insights into the business and physical environment along Elizabeth Street.

The anonymous data from this engagement will be published via Council reporting, UTAS research and in the media. Again, all data will be reported anonymously.

If you wish to be notified about the results of this study, or if you have any queries, concerns or issues with this study, please feel free to contact the City of Hobart Community Engagement team on engagement@hobartcity.com.au 

The City of Hobart is seeking your feedback on the 12 month expanded outdoor dining trial in Midtown.  

As a business owner/operator or property owner in the precinct, your feedback will provide us with valuable on-the-street insights into the benefits and challenges experienced throughout the trial.

This feedback will form part of the overall evaluation of the trial and inform future recommendations for this type of infrastructure in the city.

Thank you very much for your time and contribution to this survey. Your feedback and insights are incredibly valuable in contributing to future initiatives and improvements on Elizabeth Street and surrounds.

As an incentive for participating in this survey, we are really pleased to offer responding businesses a chance to win one of four 2-week advertising packages on the digital carpark screens at Argyle Car park during the Christmas season.

To enter the draw for one of these incentives, please provide your contact details.

The contact information provided for prize draw is not linked in any way to the survey data.

Winners will be notified in writing in October 2025.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey to inform the City of Hobart’s City Economy Strategy 2023-2028. Based on research and consultation, we’ve drafted a Strategy Discussion Paper, and we’d like to gather feedback to ensure it is accurate and helpful. 

Some questions relate to specific pages in the Strategy Discussion Paper, and you will need to have the document open to answer. 

The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete. We recognise this is not a trivial amount of time, but the development of a City Economy Strategy will help us to promote Hobart for the benefit of those who work, live, and spend time here. So, it is important that we get it right.

We greatly appreciate your ideas and input. If you have any questions about the survey or need assistance in completing it, please contact business@hobartcity.com.au.

Have you experienced one of the City's street-side dining locations? Share you thoughts now!

Thanks for your interest in this workshop.  Your input will inform a more inclusive approach to engagement that encourages participation from all members of our community.

The workshop will also be a great networking opportunity to meet other members of the Hobart community.

Thank you for your attendance at the recent business roundtable event.

So we can continue to improve our business engagement activities, we would love to hear your thoughts on the roundtable event and how you would like to engage with the City in the future.

This survey should only take a few minutes to complete.

Hi CityPILOTS artists,

We are keen to understand more about your experience of working on your/your teams CityPILOTS public artwork with us. 

This will allow us to consider how we continue to evolve the program, if funded for another round. It will also be included as part of our acquittal for the RISE grant. 

You can provide your feedback anonymously if you wish.

NOTE: the target audience of this survey is for business owners/operators that are next to or near by the installed Street-Side Dining. 

As part of our place and city shaping work, the City of Hobart is working with a number of traders who have requested an expansion of their outdoor dining areas. 

The Street-Side Dining project also seeks to improve the accessibility of Hobart's streets by enabling continuous-line-of-travel on footpaths along the building line in the location of the participating hospitality traders. 

These are: 

• Simple Cider (189 Elizabeth Street) 
• Straight-Up Coffee + Food (202a Liverpool Street) 
• Pilgrim Coffee and Dumpling World (50 - 54 Liverpool Street)  

The City is now seeking your feedback on this program. 

These findings will help shape and define the City’s outdoor dining program, both retrospectively for those who already have spaces, and to develop consistency and shared understanding in support of future requests.

As a business owner/operator in the precinct, your feedback will provide us with valuable on-the-street insights into the benefits and challenges experienced throughout the trial.  

This feedback will form part of the overall evaluation of the trial and inform future recommendations for this type of infrastructure in the city.

Thank you for attending one of our community workshops. To help us improve future workshops, we would love to hear your feedback. All feedback is anonymous.

Thank you for attending our climate leaders workshop. To help us improve future workshops, we would love to hear your feedback. All feedback is anonymous.