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<br />Whether Respondents are Willing to Contribute Property Tax Dollars <br /> <br />FIGURE 11 <br /> <br />Whether Respondents Are Willing To Allow A Portion <br />Of Their Property Tax Dollars To Help <br />Build A YMCA In Hastlllgs <br />(N=350) <br /> <br />Don't Know <br />11% <br /> <br />Don't Pay <br />Tax <br />4% <br /> <br /> <br />Yes <br />61% <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Most Property Tax Dollars Respondents Are Willing <br />To Spend For Construction Of A New YMCA* <br />(N=213) <br /> <br />30% <br /> <br />5% <br /> <br /> <br />17% <br /> <br />16% <br /> <br />25% <br /> <br />20% <br /> <br />0% <br /> <br /> <br />12% <br /> <br />15% <br /> <br />10% <br /> <br /> <br />$1 . S 1 0 per year S 11 . $20 per 521 - $30 per 531 . $40 per More than $40 Don', Know <br />for 3 years year for 3 years year for 3 years year for 3 years per year for 3 <br />years <br /> <br />'Asked only of those respondents who are willing 10 allow a portion of their property taxes to help build <br />a YMCAc <br /> <br />. Sixty-one percent of respondents are willing to allow a portion of their property tax dollars <br />to help build a YMCA in Hastings; about one-quarter (24%) are not willing for this <br />allowance (Figure 11). <br /> <br />. Of the 213 respondents willing to allow their property taxes to help build a YMCA, one- <br />quarter (24%) would spend between $11 - $20 per year for the next three years, 17 <br />percent are willing to spend between $21 - $30 per year, and 30 percent are willing to <br />spend more than $30 per year for the next three years. <br /> <br />Other Findings <br />o Respondents who are classified as likely joiners are much more willing than respondents <br />classified as non-joiners to allow a portion of their property tax dollars to help build a YMCA <br />in Hastings (82% vs. 34%, respectively). <br /> <br />~,Niebuhr &Associates, Inc. <br />2000 Hastings YMCA Study <br /> <br />19 <br />