These priorities were collected at the Community and Urban IPM Conference that was held in Manchester, New Hampshire on March 15-16, 2005. Close to 200 people attended this conference and all were asked to submit what they considered the most important issues in Community and Urban IPM. These suggestions were then aggregated, and then the same group was asked to vote on which issues were most critical to address in the immediate future. The results are in the table below.
| TOPIC | VOTES RECEIVED | ISSUE |
| Education/Outreach | 46 | Develop IPM outreach to homeowners, retailers of pest management products, and multipliers (media, libraries, teachers) |
| Impacts + Successes |
27 | Develop criteria for measuring the successes of IPM implementation in community settings. |
| Public Buildings + Grounds |
25 | Quantify costs and benefits of implementing IPM in schools and municipal settings |
| Landscape |
21 | Encourage research and outreach for low-input landscape maintenance strategies |
| Nursery/Greenhouse | 19 | Identify IPM methods and low-impact, low-risk pesticide options for nursery
and greenhouse production. |
| Education/Outreach |
18 | Develop IPM curriculum for schools. |
| Rights-of-way |
18 | Implement best management practices for vegetation in rights-of-way and wild spaces. |
| Turf |
17 | Continue to develop IPM for turf including low-impact, low-risk pesticide options |
| Landscape |
14 | Develop cost-effective biological controls for landscape pests. |
| Wildlife |
14 | Wildlife pest management research and outreach |
| IPM Definitions . |
13 | Compile existing IPM elements/standards/protocols/definitions |
| Public Buildings + Grounds |
13 | Develop training programs for school IPM coordinators |
| Public Buildings + Grounds |
13 | Publicize the existence and success of implementation models, demonstrations, and programs. |
| Education/Outreach |
11 | Communicate IPM strategies to non-English speakers. |