During a meeting on Wednesday, city staff invited residents to share their thoughts on the future of the Bentonville Square.

The meeting was connected to the adoption of the Future Land Use Map earlier this year. During that process, city staff determined there was a need for more conversations about what it means to preserve and enhance the Square’s identity.

Residents at the meeting had all sorts of ideas, and we’re sure you do too.

What should the Square look and feel like in the years to come? What needs to be preserved? What should be changed?

We put together a short survey for our readers, and we plan to bundle up responses and share them with the same city staff that conducted the meeting.

Our survey isn’t officially sanctioned by the city (as an independent news site, nothing we do is). However, we know not everyone could attend the meeting, and we want to make sure you still have a chance to be heard.

If there are interesting trends in the responses, we might report on them, but we’ll double-check with you before quoting your answers in anything.