Creative Entrepreneur Survey for Site Development 

As we search for long-term solutions to hunger, we’re hearing a common concern across our community, from program participants, shoppers, volunteers, and donors alike: The lack of affordable housing in our community is a key driver of hunger. We’re thinking about how we can maximize the use of our building and property to directly address this root cause by adding affordable housing to our site. While we’re still in exploratory stages, we are optimistic that the future Metro Caring site can directly address a leading cause of hunger and demonstrate how co-creating with community can lead to long-term positive change that reverses a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.

Informed Consent

You are being invited to participate in a short survey that will help us to more accurately understand the professions and trades practiced by members of our community, particularly those in the in ‘creative’ professions. These include but are not limited to artists of all types, ‘makers’ who create or invent things whether they use traditional methods or modern technologies, performers of all types, folk craft entrepreneurs who produce crafts which are linked to national, ethnic, or local traditions, or any of a wide variety of creative industries including journalism, illustration, copy writing, interior design, advertising, floral arranging or other plant based arts, tattooing, marketing, industrial design, graphic design, web design, or others.


We recognize that often work that we are passionate about isn’t always the work that brings in enough to pay for rent, food, and other necessities; this survey will ask you to share where the work or career that you are passionate about fits into your life.

This information will assist our fundraising efforts during our capital campaign and inform our future strategies to support our diverse community of entrepreneurs or those pursuing a change in career.


Participation in this survey is entirely voluntary and your choice to complete this survey or choose not to will not impact your access to any Metro Caring service, program, or resource. If you choose to participate in this survey, you may choose to stop at any time and share only information you are comfortable sharing.

Your responses will be kept private on a secure server and used only for the reasons shared above. For more information about our privacy policy visit our website or click here,


While it is our hope that your responses will support our ability to provide affordable housing and access to expanded support of our community of entrepreneurs, no direct benefit to participation is promised or implied.