There's an exciting new way to let your voice be heard! Every month, the city is asking residents to answer a a couple of questions that will help city staff deliver the best possible services to residents and businesses.

Look for the Fall/Winter Community Living Magazine coming to your mail box in August.

Rancho Santa Margarita is a "small city with the soul of a village." This motto suggests a lot of things to a lot of people, but for many it's about the ability to work, play, and shop right here in town. The city council has a commitment to ensuring that the services and retail stores that residents enjoy are here and patronized. The city has an Economic Development Committee, made up of current business owners, city staff, and city council members. Their mission is to attract new businesses and to help current business in any way possible to succeed here.
 
Engaging the community is another important element in making certain the correct mix of retail stores and services are available in RSM. To that end, the topic of this month's "Let Your Voice Be Heard" monthly survey is shopping in RSM.  Take the survey and tell us which retail stores and services in RSM are your favorites, which stores you would like to have here, and what activities you currently go outside of the city to do that you would like to do in RSM.
 
You can find the survey on the homepage of the city's website. I encourage and thank you for participating in our surveys. We (city council and staff) are listening and we keep your comments in mind when making decisions.
 
Have a great summer working, playing and shopping in Rancho Santa Margarita.
 
Steven E. Hayman