Community Insights

Where Colorado State University Meets Community.  

In the Office of Engagement and Extension, we work in partnership with individuals, communities, organizations, policymakers, counties and many others to enable the co-creation of solutions to meet needs in our Colorado communities. We start with learning.

Public Officials Survey

One way we learn is to invite state and local public officials to provide insight on awareness of CSU’s programs across the state, Extension offerings and changing community needs and opportunities. We use these insights to inform our planning processes and to gather feedback on our progress.

Community Needs Assessment

In 2020, CSU Extension embarked on a statewide community needs assessment process to understand changing community needs and to learn about the story of our communities. Working with stakeholders across Colorado’s counties, our local CSU Extension offices guided a process introducing new insights and learnings in addition to a broad review of existing data.

Our process included four main elements: a perception survey, secondary data analysis, key informant data, and a community needs assessment survey.