The St. Cloud Times and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation are the co-sponsors of the survey. The other partners supporting the survey include the United Way of Central Minnesota, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud Area Economic Partnership, and St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce.   

The survey uses a variety of mediums, from online surveys, focus groups and telephone survey methods. The survey questions are designed to measure responses in several areas including awareness of opportunities to get connected in the community and the willingness to reach out to others, whether you are a student, a long time residents or a relative newcomer.
 

The act of strengthening ties between the residents of the community has shown to increase residents satisfaction overall within their community.