Results from Phase III Community Forums:

San Joaquin Hospital - April 20, 2000

Our Slogan:
· The Place to Be!
· The Best Kept Secret

Our Image:
· Kind
· Friendly
· Fun!!
· Connected
· Accepting

Our Reputation:
· Take care of our own
· A great place to work and live
· Honest, fun-loving and hard-working
· Health conscious

Business Environment:
· Low cost of living
· Fair allocation of state healthcare funding

Arts & Culture:
· More children related plays, musicals, etc
· More productions - live theater, musicals, etc
· Bette Midler, Garth Brooks, Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand. Celine Dion, Shania Twain

Heart of the City:
· Family oriented
· Fun
· Value spirituality/faith
· Accessible health care
· Care for underserved

Our Values:
· Family
· Security
· Fair/equal treatment & access to resources

Technology:
· Increasing opportunities for people to learn about computers

Transportation:
· "Beltway" Freeway
· Local transportation
· High Speed rail to L.A. (stops at San Diego)

Biggest Changes:
· Shift in minorities
· Healthcare delivery/management
· Focus on care of elderly

Break Thrus:
· Cure for diabetes
· 100% immunizations for kids
· Cure for cancer
· Cure for mental diseases
· Cure for Valley Fever

What's our Vision for our Economy over the next 10-20 years?
· Greater diversity and higher paying jobs
· Steady growth
· Increasing opportunity for women inbusiness
· Magic Mountain
· Flat tax
· Curbside recycle (mandatory)
· Major/Big golf tournament

What kind of Economic Development Initiatives do we want to create?
· Dairies are great
· Agriculture has been our foundation - retain it
· Tax incentives for business
· Increasing manufacturing e.g. Fritolay

What kind of jobs do we want to attract here over the next 10-20 years?
· Computer science
· Compete Silicon Valley
· Affordable childcare for working parents & flexible hours (for NOC workers)
· Increasing opportunities for teenagers, i.e. working in amusement park, grocery stores, etc.
· Increasing technologic jobs
· Nurses
· Qualified teachers
· Psychologist/therapists

Our Vision for Downtown:
· River Walk
· Hockey Center & NHL team
· Baseball stadium
· Water World in East Bakersfield

In our Community's Future We Wanted and We Got…
· More community sponsors in the schools (Business partners for schools)
· Safe bike path
· Aquatic centers at high schools
· Cleaner air
· Better transportation
· More entertainment - theaters, plays
· Increasing literacy rates
· An unbiased newspaper
· Wider freeway 65/41
· More parks/water parks
· More restaurants that stay open later and serve more vegetarian and healthy foods
· Hockey Center
· Baseball stadiumdowntown
· Christian community
· Nordstrom's
· RNs
· A return to a strong agricultural base
· Develop a community "personality"
· Affordable therapy for families
· More "community hours" required for high school students
· Senior oriented day care programs
· Freeway loop around city
· Coffee shops
· Pediatric hospital/treatment facility
· More cops in school areas & on public transportation
· Increased competent, qualified teachers
· Fast food vegetarian
· More things for teens to do

In our Community' Future We Didn't Want and We Didn't Get…
· Drugs
· Congested streets/freeways
· Gangs/violence
· To look like every other "big city"
· Graffiti
· Uninsured population
· More movie theaters
· Child abuse
· Elderly abuse
· Teachers that don't care
· For profit hospitals
· Teen pregnancies

Metropolitan Bakersfield - 2010 General Planning Area
· Freeway to bypass Bakersfield proper
· High speed rail station downtwn
· Park off of Hageman and Allen Rd.

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