The June 10, 2026 Village of Linden agenda includes “Consideration / Approval Community Wide Income Survey Grant Eligibility Last Completed Year 2016.” This indicates the village is evaluating whether to conduct a new community-wide income survey, likely to document low-to-moderate income status and qualify for state or federal grant programs (e.g., CDBG or infrastructure grants) since the last survey was in 2016. A new survey would require planning, survey design, distribution, data collection, and analysis, and may be carried out by a consultant or with third-party tools. For vendors, this is an early-stage signal to offer services related to community surveys, grant-writing, and data management, as well as to help the village translate survey results into competitive applications for upcoming funding cycles.

Community income surveys are often prerequisites for CDBG and other infrastructure or community deve...