Amy Blaisdell Communications Director City of Palm Springs (760) 323-8250 September is Census Action Month! City Council to Host Sept. 16 District Caravans Urging Residents to Respond; U.S. Census to Roll Out Citywide Mobile Information Booths Sept. 11, 2020 Be Counted! September is Census Action Month and due to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recent announcement that the deadline to complete the survey has been moved one month earlier to Sept. 30, it is now more important than ever that every Palm Springs resident submit their response so that the our city can receive its fair share of millions of dollars in federal funding for schools, hospitals, public safety, infrastructure, community projects and initiatives that will help shape the future of Palm Springs for the next decade. With that in mind, on Wednesday, Sept. 16 the five members of the City Council will kick off a friendly competition to see whose district can get the highest Census response rate by hosting drive- by caravans throughout their respective districts to urge residents to respond. The caravans will kick off at 5:30 p.m. from the parking lot of the Palm Springs Public Library, 300 S. Sunrise Way, with several representatives from city departments, business, nonprofit and neighborhood organizations on hand along with a few local celebrities, including NBC Palm Springs anchorman Gino Lamont, NBC Palm Springs personality “Manny the Movie Guy and popular local Drag Queen Bella daBall. The District with the highest response rate will be announced at a future Council meeting this fall. In addition, the U.S. Census will be launching several Mobile Information Booths throughout Palm Springs to provide residents with information and online assistance in completing their Census questionnaire. The information booths will available at the following locations: • Downtown Palm Springs in front of Welwood Murray Memorial Public Library, Sept. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 & 26 at 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. 100 S. Palm Canyon Drive • Palm Springs Leisure Center, Sept. 12, 19 & 26, 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 401 S. Palm Canyon Drive • Palm Springs Public Library, Sept. 14, 21 & 28 at 10 a.m. – Noon, 300 S. Sunrise Way • James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center’s FIND Food Bank Mobile Pantry Food Distribution, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.- 6p.m. 480 Tramview Road The U.S. Census takes place every 10 years and provides an important picture of our nation that helps determine where to build new schools, hospitals, and businesses; how federal funding is distributed; and how Congressional seats are apportioned. It also helps the government see how many communities have changed over time. By law, Census responses are required to be confidential and cannot be used against anyone in a court of law or by a government agency such as the FBI, Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Immigration Enforcement. The survey is available in 12 different languages, including Spanish. To respond to the Census now, visit www.My2020Census.gov.
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Amy Blaisdell
Communications Director City of Palm Springs (760) 323-8250
September is Census Action Month! City Council to Host Sept. 16 District Caravans Urging Residents to Respond;
U.S. Census to Roll Out Citywide Mobile Information Booths Sept. 11, 2020 Be Counted! September is Census Action Month and due to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recent announcement that the deadline to complete the survey has been moved one month earlier to Sept. 30, it is now more important than ever that every Palm Springs resident submit their response so that the our city can receive its fair share of millions of dollars in federal funding for schools, hospitals, public safety, infrastructure, community projects and initiatives that will help shape the future of Palm Springs for the next decade. With that in mind, on Wednesday, Sept. 16 the five members of the City Council will kick off a friendly competition to see whose district can get the highest Census response rate by hosting drive-by caravans throughout their respective districts to urge residents to respond. The caravans will kick off at 5:30 p.m. from the parking lot of the Palm Springs Public Library, 300 S. Sunrise Way, with several representatives from city departments, business, nonprofit and neighborhood organizations on hand along with a few local celebrities, including NBC Palm Springs anchorman Gino Lamont, NBC Palm Springs personality “Manny the Movie Guy and popular local Drag Queen Bella daBall. The District with the highest response rate will be announced at a future Council meeting this fall. In addition, the U.S. Census will be launching several Mobile Information Booths throughout Palm Springs to provide residents with information and online assistance in completing their Census questionnaire. The information booths will available at the following locations:
• Downtown Palm Springs in front of Welwood Murray Memorial Public Library, Sept. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 & 26 at 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. 100 S. Palm Canyon Drive
• Palm Springs Leisure Center, Sept. 12, 19 & 26, 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 401 S. Palm
Canyon Drive • Palm Springs Public Library, Sept. 14, 21 & 28 at 10 a.m. – Noon, 300 S. Sunrise Way
• James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center’s FIND Food Bank Mobile Pantry Food
Distribution, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.- 6p.m. 480 Tramview Road The U.S. Census takes place every 10 years and provides an important picture of our nation that helps determine where to build new schools, hospitals, and businesses; how federal funding is distributed; and how Congressional seats are apportioned. It also helps the government see how many communities have changed over time. By law, Census responses are required to be confidential and cannot be used against anyone in a court of law or by a government agency such as the FBI, Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Immigration Enforcement. The survey is available in 12 different languages, including Spanish. To respond to the Census now, visit www.My2020Census.gov.
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