1. Start with the North Stonington service boundary
A local automation decision needs a precise boundary. North Stonington is a town, not a synonym for Southeastern Connecticut, Connecticut as a whole, or every household and individual connected to the region. Its recorded planning-region relationship is Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Those distinctions matter when you decide which website inquiries, calls or consultation requests belong in the workflow. The population estimate is useful as eligibility evidence for discussing a local service area, but it does not predict how many people will contact your firm or which practice areas they need.
Recommended approach
Bring your preferred geographic definitions to the consultation. Decide whether the workflow should treat North Stonington inquiries as one routing category or combine them with other areas your firm serves. Measure the resulting inquiries by source and matter type rather than using population as a proxy for demand.
