Results from Phase III Community Forums:

Building Industry Association (BIA) - April 11, 2000

Our Slogan:
· Positive
· Beautiful area
· Friendly

Our Reputation:
· Great place to live and work
· Great place to raise families
· Great education performance - 60% taking SAT and college

Business Environment:
· Promote new industries

Arts & Culture:
· Center of various types of entertainment and the arts
· Support of arts in education

Heart of the City:
· Pedestrian friendly activities & business

Technology:
· Availability of technological networking

Transportation:
· Kern River Freeway
· Freeway loop
· Wxpressways

Our Values:
· Affordable housing

Biggest Changes:
· Water year round in the Kern River

Break Thrus:
· Textile industry I nKern

Looking Back I'm most proud of…
· Clean air
· Affordable housing
· Extensive trail systems

What's our Vision for our Economy over the next 10-20 years?
· 3% unemployment

What kind of Economic Development Initiatives do we want to create?
· Better beltways into and out of surrounding communities
· Air transportation - new terminal

What kind of Jobs do we want to attract here over the next 10-20 years?
· Computer technology as in Silicon Valley
· Diversify economic base

Our Vision for Downtown:
· Golden State Hwy tie into NW (Hageman)
· Streetscape, restaurants, pedestrian plaza downtown
· Nordstroms, J.Crew, Williams & Sonoma stores
· Enhanced Central Park with concerts and Gardens
· Cute quaint housing S. of California
· Clean up area S of California - stores/shopping, better streetscapes
· Lakeview - more homes in vacant areas built by Habitat for Humanity
· More housing development projects in NE
· Streetscape TruxtunW of Hwy 99

In our community's future we wanted and we got…
· High tech jobs with education
· Higer education performance
· Continued enhancement of streets - additional landscaping in older areas, etc
· Trail systems - along river & NW
· Downtwon area - hub of entertainment and shopping
· Enhanced River areas
· More bike trail areas
· Incentives for downtown housing and development

What we didn't want and didn't get…
· Crive/gangs/drugs
· Air pollution/smog
· Higher school fees
· Higher transportation fees
· Disincentives to develop
· Bad air

2010 Planning Area - Metro Bakersfield
· Marketplace like development in NW
· Residential/commercial in NE/Rio Bravo area
· Freeway 58 beltway S of metro Bakersifled (Panama/Taft Hwy)
· Freeway 178 deoparting at Haley, along Truxtun, joining Stockdale Hwy to I-5

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