New Pathways to Planning
Created by Martha Hale, Patti Butcher & Cindi Hickey

Profiling Your Community
Telephone Book Study


Assembled and adapted by Martha Hale from the South Carolina State Library resource, "Community Analysis Resources on the WWW."
  1. How many other sources of information are available in your community? Do they focus locally or on a larger territory?

    Local newspapers _______
    Local radio stations _______
    Local TV stations _______
    Bookstores _______
    Video stores _______
    Music stores _______
    Community access cable _______
    Internet/electronic services _______



  2. How many other libraries are located in your community?

    School (elementary, jr/sr high) _______
    Academic (technical schools, college/university) _______
    Hospital/medical _______
    Legal _______
    Corporate _______
    Other _______



  3. List the number of schools in your community. Are they private or public?

    Public Private
    Pre-schools ______ ______
    Elementary ______ ______
    Middle/jr.high ______ ______
    High Schools ______ ______
    Vocational ______ ______
    Community colleges ______ ______
    Colleges/universities ______ ______



  4. List the number of medical care organizations in your community:

    Hospitals ________
    Clinics ________
    Adoption agencies ________
    Hospices ________
    Long-term care ________
    Rehabilitation ________



  5. Estimate the number and types of the following organizations that have telephones in your community:

    Churches, synagogues and mosques __________
    Other religious organizations __________
    Fraternal organizations __________
    Sports related organizations __________
    Service organizations __________



  6. Are there any state or county offices in your community? Y/N____
    Which services do these offices provide?

    Do the people in these offices live in your community?



  7. How many of the following personal services do you find listed in your phone book with the telephone prefix for your community?

    Beauty shops __________
    Gyms __________
    Travel agencies __________
    Investment related __________
    Banks __________
    Hobby related __________
    Massage __________
    Other __________
    What are the "others"?




  8. How many professional services did you find?

    Doctors __________
    Which specialties?

    Dentists __________
    Lawyers __________
    Architects __________
    Accountants __________
    Realtors __________
    Carpenters/builders __________
    Other __________
    What are the "others"?




  9. At how many places can someone take classes in your community?

    Dance __________
    Music __________
    Nursery School _________



  10. Could someone buy any of the following household items in your community?

    Furniture ________
    Windows ________
    Gardening ________
    Appliances ________
    Building supplies ________
    Home decorating ________
    Home repair ________



  11. What else did you find in the phone book?




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