Greenwood Village quality of life affirmed by citizens

By Jan Wondra

What makes a great city? Its beauty? The quality of its parks and trails? Mobility and ease of travel? Safety? A sense of community? A government that listens to and helps its residents? Apparently in Greenwood Village, all these things contribute to the 98 percent satisfaction with the overall quality of life according to a citizen survey conducted in November 2012 by the Howell Research Group.

This was the city’s sixth citizen survey since 1999, the last conducted more than four years ago in 2008. A statistically reliable total of 1,657 surveys were returned, for a 27.7 percent response rate. Satisfaction with life in the Village has increased between 2001 and 2012 from an average rating of