Phase III  

Visioning Meeting

Community Connection for Childcare � March 28, 2000

Our Slogan:

�        We care!

�        Where the distance makes a difference!

Our Image:

�        Colorful

�        Perfect Collaboration

�        Friendly

�        Clean Neighborhoods

�        Clean up Trash � demolish abandoned buildings

�        Open-minded

�        Family & spiritually oriented

�        Sophisticated

�        Children first

�        Lowest teen pregnancy rate in state!

�        Clean

�        Green with landscape still has farming

�        Trees

�        Family oriented community

�        Improved law enforcement

Our Reputation:

�        Encouraging

�        Energetic

�        Family-oriented

�        Fun, Friendly

�        Family (not) Redneck

�        Tough on crime

�        Best town to visit

�        Excellent education performance

�        Family friendly employment opportunities abound

�        Child friendly

�        Aggressive in addressing problems (not swept under the rug)

�        Great schools for all the districts

�        Cultural diversity

Civic Culture:

�        We hold officials accountable

�        City & county officials housed in same building

Business Environment:

�        On-line

�        Hang on to our farming & Ag

�        4-day work week

�        More customer service, less on-line

�        Technological companies attracted to our city

�        Lots of jobs for our high school/college graduates

�        Downtown shopping area:  revitalized � tax breaks for new businesses using existing locations; transportation into downtown shopping area

�        World exporter

�        Better educated children & teachers = better jobs

�        Small businesses thrive

�        Minority business opportunity

Arts & Culture:

�        Strong music/art programs � elementary schools and up

�        More arts & culture Period!

�        School & community partnership

�        Good food

�        Theater district downtown � Fox/Nile/Stars & more

�        More poetry classes during the summer for the youth

�        A community center where the community is involved with their own talents, fun activity

�        More plays, operas

�        Jazz clubs

�        Jazz music stations

�        Children�s discovery center �hands-on�

�        A branch of the West Coast Smithsonian

�        Larger museum

�        Live Children�s Theatre

�        Outside concerts

�        Rock-n-Roll club

�        Affordable oldies concert

Heart of the City:

�        Greenbelts, not canals

�        Open the Kern River canal through center

�        More trees

�        Everyone makes a difference!

�        Cleaner city for the East side

�        Outside shopping mall like San Antonio River walk, for families and out of towners to want to visit Bakersfield more than one night

�        Our children, our families, our seniors

�        Our attitude

�        Zoo

Technology:

�        Jobs

�        All students have access to computers

�        Internet technology in auto

�        Hand held computers with children accessing

�        All children & families have access to tech. In homes and schools

Transportation:

�        High speed rail linking La-Bay area through Bakersfield

�        Major airlines

�        Connect to the desert

�        Clean highways

�        Efficient, low cost public transportation

�        24 hour transportation � free

�        Convenient to wherever you live an where you want to go

�        Low gas prices!

�        Easy access (high speed train) to L.A./San Francisco ( and Las Vegas)

�        More natural gas powered vehicles, less pollution

�        Beautification of highways

�        Bus trips to beaches � weekly

�        Trams thru heavily populated areas � i.e.. S.F.>, L.A.

Our Values:

�        Environment

�        Family activities

�        Responsibility

�        Youth projects

�        Everyone needs to take responsibility for their actions and tougher laws

�        Value diverse children and family life styles

�        Value the blue collar workers the substance of our society

Biggest Changes:

�        Clean, colorful, inviting freeways

�        More amusement parks and recreational areas

�        Convenient air travel everywhere!

�        Union Avenue Plunge reopened

�        CSUB � Division 1 sports

�        All air pollution resolved

�        #! Football team � NFL

�        Child development mandatory to graduate

�        Cleaner autos fuel economy

�        No prejudice

�        Disbandment of KKK/Militia

�        Affordable living for seniors

Break Thrus

�        Quality after school programs with transportation

�        Better medical research & technology here

�        Finding cures (medical/mental health)

�        Every neighborhood has neighbor watch and get to know their neighbors

�        Every school open to your for activities 18 hours/day

�        Professional women�s sports

�        A government that lends to the diversity of the entire community

Looking Back I�m most proud of�

�        Centennial Garden

�        Our safe, beautiful parks

What�s Our Vision for Our Economy over the next 10-20 years?

�        Higher wages

�        Diverse cultures represented in the workplace and classrooms!

�        Utilizing the tech. For agriculture

�        Improve high school education and more college & programs

�        With more higher ed classes offered @ high school campuses

�        On-line business

�        Cost of living and pay more equal

�        4 day work week/5 day pay (8 hours per day)!

�        Speed train that travels from Northern to Southern Calif. � Direct service-no buses!

�        7:30am-4pm work day

�        Use cloth bags for shopping

�        Funding to revamp older housing communities

What kind of Economic Development Initiatives do we want to create?

�        Music industry

�        Exporting Companies

�        Camping attraction areas for families

�        One more critical care hospital i.e. KMC

�        Movie industry

�        More major corporations based locally to attract our graduating college students to stay or come back

�        We need to create businesses that export outside our county

�        On-line local/regional Resource list

�        Community development to revitalize smaller �downtown� communities within Metro-Bakersfield

�        More stores/businesses - Southeast

What kind of Jobs do we want to attract here over the next 10-20 years?

�        More science-oriented

�        4-day, 6 hours jobs with full time pay; in work of child care (free); in work gym (free)

�        More businesses working from home because of technology

�        Technology

�        Warehouse/distribution factory

�        Transportation

�        School-age programs

�        Experienced Quality Teachers (all ages)

�        Internet expansion

�        Technological!

�        Work-voice activated computers!

�        Variety for all ages & stages

�        Jobs available for our 18-20 year olds not just fast food!

�        4 day work week/more time with family & older people

Our Vision for Downtown:

�        Golden State blight free

�        Include areas out to Allen Rd NW to SE to SW in the planning

�        Street lights

�        Create more activities on weekends at Downtown to make it more inviting or spend the weekend.

�        Change (24^th) � large hwy!

�        Walking mall with specialty shops and restaurants

�        Riverwalk along central Park

�        Youth Center south of California, with more teen happenings, events, fun, safe places to go � Park

�        Cleaner streets

�        Super market in Lakeview area and 2 Center Day Care

�        More landscaping

�        Clean up River and widen 178

�        Safe neighborhoods on 34^th ST

�        More river access

�        Cleaner streets and more trees in 34^th

�        IMAX

�        Soccer fields by Museum

�        River left natural with horse & bike trails

�        More synchronized lights on 24^th St.

�        Block off residential area from 24^th

�        Kern River Parkway kept green � no freeway

�        Highway connecting NW to downtown

�        Shopping mall

�        Park surrounding South Fork of Kern with boats and a bike path

�        River concerts

�        Horses

�        Multicultural festivals

�        Parks and Rec.

�        Landscaped and updated housing  near 178 and Beale

�        Rehabilitated businesses and homes around Beale � assistance given to fix up rundown property

�        Supermarket  @ Truxtun and E.B.

�        Lakeview area: More childcare centers; more soccer fields; free/low cost recreation programs and centers; More employment opportunities; Less graffiti/lower crime rate

�        Quality child care

�        Homes to move unwed moms towards self sufficiency

�        S. of California:  Children�s hospital; Housing for families with in-patient children

�        County hospital (another one)

�        Supermarket on Union Ave.

�        Rebuild Union Ave. hotels, etc.

�        Get rid of weird one-way streets and no-turn intersections

�        Grocery store downtown

�        Theater District downtown

�        S. of California: no more slum lords!; Own here, live here!

�        Require clean-up of properties

�        Play areas for children

�        Better access to services:  grocery stores, banks, dept. stores, cleaners, auto repair � Lakeview

�        Cleanup Lakeview Ave.

�        Metrolink with W. Kern

�        More shopping stores and restaurants

�        Do not move center of commerce from downtown to new Amtrak station

�        Same types of activities NOR offers  @ Beale and also @ 34^th St.

�        Let the water out of canal � Greenbelts, parks!

�        Open canal for walkway

�        Trees, trees

In our Community�s Future We Wanted and We Got..

�        Cultural diversity

�        Good transportation between E & W Kern

�        Curbside recycling

�        Less traffic on Rosedale Hwy!

�        Free or low cost activities for youth

�        High speed train

�        More affordable housing development

�        Jr. High School males working part-time with professional males

�        More Trees

�        More outdoor summer concerts

�        Great community interest in quality child care

�        Family-oriented activities for single parents & children

�        More entertainment (publicity)

�        Make all neighborhoods safe

�        Our youth to see and project positive attitudes

�        Low cost of living

�        S.W. Airlines

�        Drive In Theaters

�        Vocational education opportunities

�        More good restaurants

�        International airport

�        Ethnic restaurants

�        Community gardens instead of vacant lots

�        More free after school programs

�        Theater � Centennial

�        The Beach!!

�        More jobs for the youth

�        Outlet Mall!

�        All moms and dads realize importance of family life

�        Teenage clubs (14-17 years old)

�        All day kindergarten school

�        Cooler climate (85 degrees) year round� More emphasis on �small� community development

�        Lower cost of living in the SW

�        More (family/children) group activities in the NE

�        Water Park/Amusement Park

�        Zoo/Disneyland

�        Affordable Vet. Care (student voc. Training ) dogs, cats, horses, etc.

�        Less crime

�        Youth programs/more school age after school activities (with meals) summer activities expanded/holiday too!

�        Quality & affordable living for seniors

�        More colleges

�        High speed rail to L.A.

�        Kern River Parkway kept as Green Belt & recreation area/horse trails

�        Agriculture/oil still the basis of our community

�        Children�s hospital

�        More bike paths

�        Centers open more hours and weekends (affordable)

�        More programs to move the homeless towards self-sufficiency

�        Increase child care supervision

�        Quality childcare teachers who understand and implement child development theories and practices and really take them to heart

�        CSUB with more Ag programs

�        Mandatory recycling

�        Bring the trades back in H.S.

�        High school graduates

�        Every person volunteering at least once a month in their community

�        Recover our Kern River

In our Community�s Future, What We Didn�t Want and Didn�t Get..

�        Isolation of services

�        Pollution

�        Outrageous gas prices

�        Traffic gridlock

�        Increased gang activity � violence

�         No more dairies in area!

�        Track homes

�        Increase in # of strip Malls�

�        Grand Canal Project

�        Elks Club on Calif. Ave./Lakeview

�        Higher property taxes

�        Continuation schools

�        No more Rock-n-Rodeo

�        No more Crystal Palace

�        Los Angeles moving towards Bakersfield

�        Crime and sewage

�        More empty shopping centers (No!)

�        Adult entertainment in city limits (No!)

�        Graffiti

�        Our city to get TOO BIG

�        Overpopulation

�        Cost of living increases

�        Teenage pregnancies

�        To lose our sense of community

�        School dropouts

�        Increase population/traffic