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South High - March 30, 2000
Our Slogan:
· A United community that cares
· Hot spot + cool place
· Great place to live
· Bakersfield - the place to just chill
· High life in entertainment
· If we're old enough to die for our country, we're old enough to drink alcohol
· Bakersfield - City of Many Cultures
· Come for the clubs, stay for the people
· California's hot spot!
Our Image:
· A quiet but nice town
· More drama
· Clean
· Not dangerous
· We're all equal
· Advanced
· Safer places to live
· Fun cheap place to live
· Amusement parks
· Cheaper to live
· Boring old town -We want cute little community instead
· A clean & peaceful city
· People police others
· To go to a really nice school without paying tons of money
· Diverse city
Our Reputation:
· Clean cut and laid back people
· High self esteem
· Not a hick town
· Not a ghetto
· Boring - no jobs
· No clubs
· We live in the boondocks
· No entertainment - no place to hang out
· A fun place to come and see
· Clean environment
· More child care for young parents
· We want to stop being known as "the farmers"
· Friendly
· More courteous people
· Good wholesome people
· A place where people would like to come to
· Racing
Civic Culture:
· People who really care
· More librairies, better books, more books, computers, museums, zoos
Business Environment
· More growth in small industries or small companies
· Better shopping
· Cheaper gas prices, beings how we produce a lot of the oil
· More soul food restaurants
· More teen night clubs
· More engineering jobs for Hispanics
· More employment opportunities - for teens and single parents
· More variety of jobs for families
· Higher paying jobs for teenagers
· Business advantages for youth
· Companies should offer more than one job per person. This way people don't get tired of working on the same thing
· Pay higher wages but less taxes
· Technology- computer based
· Motocross stadium
· Creative shopping areas
· Criminal justice
· Fair opportunities
· More jobs based on technology & computers
Arts & Culture:
· More places to go on the weekends
· More comedy clubs
· Multi-culture shows
· More clubs, pubs, movies, theaters
· More concerts
· Better concerts
· More places to learn the arts
· Historical museum
· Better museums, art galleries
· More melodramas
· Plays, shows like Broadway
· Dance clubs for teens only (virgin drinks only)
· Street concerts
· Clubs with tons of rooms with differenct dance themes per room
· Art Museum for local as well as known talent
· Zoo
· Coffee houses with live bankds
· Karaoke bar
· Meoldrama (more) plays that people can be in without having to be in drama
· Car museum
· Black history museum
· Mexican-American Museum
Heart of the City:
· Water slide - Parks
· A park where people can rid bikes, rollerblades, etc.
· More museums, mores hopping malls (24 hour)
· More culture
· More homes
· More homeless shelters
· More cruising lanes (Chester)
· Beach
· More factory 2 us
· Entertainment - music, plays, outside restaurants, full of culture
· Activities for teens - keep them out of: drugs, gangs and bad communities
· More attention to the young generation instead of blaming them for the things that the parents should of raised the children not to do
· Romantic parks with caves and streams
· Water parks
· Downtown
· Pro Sports team
· Top final dragsters
Our Values:
· A community for and about people and their children
· Keep the peace
· Respect
· Respect yourself
· A better place
· Be loved
· The cost of housing going down and there should be no interest to be paid for a year
· More schools
· Youth center
· Get off drugs
· More churches
· Kids
· Money
· Morals
· Ethnicity
· More help for people who are down on their luck
· Respect for the community and how it looks
· Cars
· Homes, education
Technology:
· Computer integration
· Give computers to the community
· More Tech companies that hire Hispanics
· Interactive TV
· Laptops at each desk for children
· Everyons has access to computers
· Cyber cafe
· Medical technology
· Space learning - planetarium
· Affordable computers -make availabel to everyone
Transportation:
· Bike
· High speed train
· Self-driven cars
· Lower gas prices
· Bullet train
· Solar powered cars
· Bigger streets - more stoplights
· International airport
· 24 hr GET bus
· Teen insurance goes down
· Cheaper cars
· Less cops
· Cars that don't use as much gas - better for the environment
· Get on the GET bus
· Electric cars
· Trains
· Freeway to Rosedale
· Better controlled bus
· A more personalized bus system - smaller buses that work kinda like taxis but are inexpensive
· Subway
Biggest Changes:
· Better shopping
· More blacks & Hispanics in the White House
· Minimum wages of $10
· More parks in SW
· New Red Lobster, less McDonald's
· Lower cost for gas!
· Better and more hospitals
· Clubs for children to stay out of trouble
· Cleaner more attractive to visitors
· Daytime activities for all ages
· Safety
· No speed limit
· Higher wagers
· Sky scrapers
· Grand Canal
· Expansion of Southside of town
· Less expensive healthcare
· Lake
· More clubs
· Respectful community
Break Thrus:
· Professional basketball team
· High speed train to L.A.
· Open minds, less hate!
· Cure to AIDS and STD
· No more gang violence - reduce gangs
· No discrimination to Latino's
· More money for schools, bigger schools, smaller classrooms
· Education shouldn't come with a price tag
· More home business - professional
· Cleanliness
· Paintball arena
· Concert hall
· Major league baseball team
· 120 Octane fuel
· Best education
· Good mass transit
· Cultural centers
Looking Back I'm Most Proud of…
· Centennial Gardens
· Nice & affordable houses
· Downtown improvements
· Better schools
· Bakersfield
· Centennial Arena
· Of the people who came to ask the younger generations' opinion
· Vision 2020 - thank you
In our Community's Future We Wanted and We Got…
· Nicer jobs with good pay for some advancement for young people
· More equal opportunities for jobs
· More activities to keep youth entertained during the week and weekend
· More wealthier people with good jobs
· Nicer place to live
· More dance clubs
· More nicer restaurant - for ex: Red Lobster
· Teen summit
· Basketball gyms
· Theme parks
· Major arcades
· Increase minimum wage
· Football stadium
· Water parks
· Major clothing outlets
· Recreational parks
· Less drive bys
· More stuff for teens to do
· More money
· Better colleges in town
· Later public transit
· Nordstrom malls
· More shopping malls
· A reasonable prices for youth that are single and want live on their own independently
· Clean up the streets
· Cheaper gas
· Bullet Train
· Better jobs
· Skate parks
· Ice rink
· Later curfew on weekends
· Community activities
· Better education systems/schools
· Summer youth activities
· Better bus systems
· UC in Bakersfield
· Beach in town
· Lower drinking age to 18 years
· Legalize marijuana
· More recreational parks, places, areas for teens
· A big zoo
· Live Bands Café
· Sports entertainment
· Cheaper bowling
· Music
· Cleaner environment
· Better movies
· Snow
· More lights downtown
· More trees
· Better transportation
· More freeways
· Waterway - Venice
· Libraries
· Grand Canal
· Bakersfield Live Show
· Expressways
· Original Tommies
· Monorail
· IMAX Theatre
· Museum of Arts
· Remodel school
· New Plaza
· Town meetings (involve youth)
· New books in school
· Teachers that respect students and value opinions
· Drug rehab hospital/programs
· Better 911
· Better police response
· Later school hours
· Churches
· Music studios
· Drive-in movies
· Soul food restaurants
· Big library
· More concerts
· Etiquette awareness schools
· More romantic places
· Skyscrapers for job opportunities
In our Community's Future We Didn't Want and We Didn't Get…
· No pollution
· Harassment - racial comments
· No dress codes
· The town to be all broke down
· Drive bys and gangs
· So many people on welfare
· Potholes
· Don't want so many drugs on the streets
· Illiterate people
· Trash in the parks
· Old outdated buildings
· Homeless
· Guns
· Hate crimes
· Prostitutes/pimps
· People living on the streets
· Violenece
· Teen pregnancies
· Security at South High
· Smog
· Vandalism
· Criminals
· Abandoned houses
· Union Avenue
· No Hatred -racial conflicts
· No more fast food jobs for teens
· Older people to take all the good paying jobs
· Graffiti
· L.A. people
· Ice cream trucks
· Bad attitudes
· Motorbikes
· Police
· Rich/poor part of town
· Empty fields (will produce clean space)
· Camelot
· No bad dads
· Less taxes
· Higher real estate prices
· No 3 strikes/electric chair
Our Vision for Downtown:
· Water Park and Amusement Park by Museum grounds - Zoo
· Concert Hall
· Teen dance clubs
· Ice Rink
· Fitness Club
· Mall
· Race Track
· Homeless shelter
· Expand downtown with shopping areas
· Amusement park
· Water Slide
· Lights everywhere
· Safer streets
· More greenery
· Clean up around Central Park - zoo
· Beale: Building with bowling, pool, skating all in one place
· Better parking downtown
· Better parks
· S. of California - clean up
· Resurface 34th st.
· More business buildings
· Opera, theatre/Broadway
· Outdoor stage
· Trees
· Drive-in Movies
· Lakeview - clean up and better places for kids to go
· Better. Safer shops - Truxtun & California
· No more empty lots
· Cruising strip
· Parks
· Recreation area - E. on 34th
· Drag Strip
· Remodeling and clean up NE and SE
· Rebuild houses and clean up streets on E. Side
· Basketball Gym on Lakeview
· Redo the bridge
· Destroy the ghetto
· Clean up downtown
· Liquor store for minors
· Outside mall
· Strip Club for minors
· Skate Park in 5 locations including downtown, near OakN of Truxtun and also S of California - on Truxtun and California, E of Union
· Waterslides, a lake, a park, and a skate park near Columbus
· Bike trails and Motorcross near Golden state
· Football stadium near Museum
· Tean Club with all kinds ofmusic
· Walk of Fame on Chester below California
· Paintball course near Lakeview
· Lots of gyms and parks
· Nightclubs downtown
· Disneyland,Magic Mountain, Seaworld (all downtown)
· Family recreation E of Lakeview
· Entertainment park by Pioneer Village
· Water Park S of California
· Health Clinic and Country Club W of Lakeview
· School and Outdoor MusicStage N of 34th
· Art Museum and Music Museum with young and old talent, S of California
· Water Park, Theme Park, and Food Court bet. Chester and Oak, S of California
· Extend freeway
· Theater for Plays on California
· Sky scrapers downtown. Expand Central Park - street concerts every Saturday
· Trees everywhere
· 6 story Father Garces
· Dance club with different dances in every room
· Kern River with boating activities
· Better schools - better education
· Snow Park
· Blow up Union And everything East of it - not the people
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