HCP Associates Completes PSTA Baseline Community Sentiment Study
PETERSBURG, Fla., (November 5, 2018) Pinellas County’s transit organization, The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), engaged HCP Associates earlier this year to conduct a community sentiment study. The organization conducts rider surveys but despite rising ridership, a majority of Pinellas County citizens are untapped by their services. This realization promoted the organization to extend its…
HCP Associates Completes Second Biennial Resident and Worker Ybor District Study for the Ybor City Development Corporation
TAMPA, Fla., (October 31, 2018) HCP Associates, the marketing firm on record for the Ybor City Development Corporation (YCDC), a division of the City of Tampa’s Economic & Urban Development Department, completed the second biennial worker and resident study of the district. The objectives of the study were to: Collect perceived assets and opportunities for…
HCP Associates Completes HART Baseline Community Sentiment Study
TAMPA, Fla. (October 29, 2018) – Earlier this year, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Agency (HART) selected HCP Associates to conduct a baseline community sentiment study. HART wanted to understand how Hillsborough County residents perceive the organization and the job they are doing as the county’s transit authority. HCP closely evaluated the organization’s internal documents, along…
HCP Associates Partners with Florida Institute of Government at USF to Conduct Sarasota Citizen Survey

SARASOTA, Fla. (September 13, 2018) Dr. Susan MacManus, a longtime political science professor at the University of South Florida retired in the Spring of 2018 after 47 years of service. MacManus has typically led the Sarasota County Citizens’ Opinion Survey, but HCP was suggested by MacManus’ longtime project associate Dr. Susan Schuler to take over…
HCP Associates selected to conduct Consumer and Commercial Recycling Awareness Research
PETERSBURG, Fla. (September 6, 2018)— Pinellas County approved a four-year agreement between the Pinellas County Department of Solid Waste and HCP Associates, Inc. for the provision of research services. This study has been ongoing since the late 1980’s. The results are used to prepare data such as recycling participation rates for Pinellas County’s annual Solid…
HCP Associates Selected to Conduct Community Sentiment Study for PSTA
PETERSBURG, Fla. (August 9, 2018)— Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) has selected HCP Associates, Inc. to conduct the organization’s first community sentiment study. The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) was first established in the early 1900s as the St. Pete Municipal Transit System (SPMTS) with a streetcar line running from St. Petersburg to what is…
HCP Associates Selected to Conduct Community Sentiment Study for HART
TAMPA, Fla. (July 20, 2018)— Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART), Hillsborough County’s mass transit system, selected HCP Associates, Inc. to conduct the organization’s first community sentiment study. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) was created in October of 1979 to plan, finance, acquire, construct, operate and maintain mass transit facilities and supply transportation…
HCP Associates Participates in Channelside Drive Design Project

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]TAMPA, Fla. (May 24, 2018) HCP’s Research Coordinator Madelin Ghomshe attended the first community meeting for the Channelside Drive Project. The meeting’s purpose was to engage the public and give people in the community a chance to suggest and weigh in on Channelside Drive improvements. Since 1975, the area has flourished from an industrial part…
HCP Presents Findings from First-Ever District Survey

TAMPA, Fla. (May 10, 2018) Senior Research Director Sarah Lindemuth presented the findings from the district’s baseline survey this week before an audience of close to 200 Westshore community leaders at the Westshore Alliance’s 16th Annual Development Forum. In fall of 2017, HCP was selected by the Westshore Alliance to conduct a baseline survey of…
HCP Associates Completes Culture Study for Local Tampa Charter School
LUTZ, Fla. (May 7, 2018) Lutz Preparatory School, a pre-prep through eighth grade charter school located in Hillsborough County, engaged HCP Associates for a second year to conduct a culture study. The school’s mission is to provide a rigorous and differentiated learning experience in order to cultivate and inspire a community of life-long learners. In…