Phase III  

Visioning Meeting

Stockdale H.S. Economics Classes

April 13, 2000

Our Slogan:

�        Where many roads converge

�        The most reasonable place to live

�        Bakersfield � a great place to stay

�        Creating a new tomorrow

�        A city for the future

Our Image:

�        Lots of things to do

�        Fun

�        Beautiful

�        Safe

�        Clean

�        Racially integrated

�        Sensuous

�        Skyscrapers

�        Theme parks

�        Family oriented

�        The next future

�        Successful

�        Aver. Sized city with culture and excitement

�        L.A. Booming

�        Good people

�        Close community

Our Reputation:

�        Hardworking people

�        Friendly & nice

�        Californian as opposed to ok..

�        I�m not afraid to admit I am from Bakersfield

�        Good place to raise a family

�        Activities for all ages and cultures

�        Close-knit

�        Conservative

�        Growing and environment

�        Safe to go to parks with family and friends

�        Ahead of the times

�        Good high school sports

�        Farmers

�        Positive

�        Good educational programs

�        Not a farm city

�        No Okies

Business Environment:

�        A revival of downtown

�        More locally owned business

�        Cultural food: Malaysian;  real Chinese, Indian, Thai, Persian, Greek

�        More �healthy� restaurants

�        TGI Friday�s, Hardrock Caf�, Pappa�s & Beer, Planet Hollywood

�        Another local newspaper

�        Higher pay

�        Average income $100,000

�        More businesses employing teens

�        More jobs with good pay

�        Jobs for ALL

�        More jobs for under 18 and no experience (not fast food)

�        Bigger mall

�        Flat tax

�        Casinos � community owned

Arts & Culture:

�        Improve Pioneer Village � encourage

�        Develop our museums

�        More for young people to do

�        More local theater

�        More concerts

�        Easier access to theaters for performances

�        More culture (foreign languages & museums)

�        More foreign languages taught at schools

�        Opera

�        Museums for starting artists

�        Affordable amateur theatres and coffee houses (beginning local bands and actors)

�        Pro Sports

�        Music (concert band @ CSUB)

�        Amusement park � water slides

�        Urban artists do murals

�        Art, cultural, tribal museums besides Pioneer Village

�        More Big Band concerts

�        More stations that play Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC

�        Drive in movies

�        Theme park

�        More art exhibits

Heart of the City:

�        A place to stroll on a balmy Saturday night � a boulevard

�        A Park

�        We have lots of parks, yet we need more trees

�        Add lakes/water to parks

�        Centennial Garden

�        Downtown

�        New waterslide park

�        Rollercoaster

�        Downtown (cleaner and cuter)

�        People nice

�        Not the Big Thermometer

Our Values:

�        Happy shiny people

�        Good community

�        Hard work

�        Tolerance

�        Keep family values

�        To work and earn a nice living

�        Family

�        Nature

�        Safe environment

�        Less guns � more discipline

Technology:

�        DSL service for all district

�        Better/more school computers

�        Cable in the classroom

�        Artificial intelligence

�        Cybernetics

�        Complete virtual society

�        Space travel

�        We need a UC Bakersfield

Transportation:

�        A monorail

�        Subway

�        Bake trails

�        Hiking trails

�        Better metro system

�        Bus 24 hr/day

�        Wider streets

�         El. Train

�        Subway

�        GET bus travels everywhere in B-town

�        E-bikes

�        Bigger Airport

�        Bullet trains to L.A.

�        International Airport

�        Cheaper gas

Biggest Changes:

�        Air quality � less pollution

�        Improved areas

�        The smell

�        No Buck Owens

�        Electric vehicles

�        Bigger city (more growth)

�        Bakersfield is beach front property

Break Thrus

�        Less closed mindedness � more open-ness

�        Encourage the gay community

�        Better radio stations

�        Better mews

�        Future movie and music stars

�        Laptops in high schools

�        Mall/shopping

�        Waterpark Outlet Mall

�        Zoo

�        Theme park

�        Medieval Times

Looking back I�m most proud of�

Our Vision for Downtown

�        Clean sidewalks and streets and paint for all areas

�        More parking spots

�        Lights �too dark�

�        Safer, cleaner nicer park (Central Park)

�        Baseball Park

�        Nice housing developments by Beale Ave

�        Trees make it nicer � Lakeview

�        More police protection on Lakeview

�        S of California � more jobs, cleaner area. Police substation

�        When Mercy closes, put in cute shops

�        Better parking for Centennial Gardens

�        Motorcross track and Pro baseball near Pioneer Village

�        Put canopies and misters along the sidewalk downtown

�        Skate park

�        Fix road � California Ave

�        Better bus routes

�        Water Park by Oak St. S of California

�        More lights  and fix all lights south of California

�        Trees, trees in S.E. and E. Bakersfield

�        More police in Lakeview

�        Basketball courts in all sectors of the downtown area

�        More bus benches

�        Fix Oildale

�        Amusement Park & underground arcade in E. Bakersfield

�        More free tennis courts downtown

�        Jumbo Tron near Central Park � like Times Square

�        Mall S of California

�        Water Slides on N. Union

�        Police substation on Lakeview

�        Drive in movie theater and Nascar W of Chester

�        Lake in NE Bakersfield

�        Java Jazz back

�        Better bars

�        More bathrooms S of California

�        More clubs and dancing

�        Improve housing and streets in Lakeview area

�        Extreme sports park-bungee jumping- in Pioneer Village area

�        Day care center downtown

�        �Big� new Central Park

�        Renovate old building

�        Water ski lake (no raw waste)

�        Wildlife Park or golf course (or both) � in Lakeview area

�        Lake N of 34^th Street

In our Community�s Future we wanted and we got:

�        High speed trains

�        Waterslides

�        Entertainment � ex: Universal studios city walk

�        The Olympics 2054

�        IMAX Theater

�        Teen dance clubs

�        A roller coaster that goes under a waterfall and everyone is wet

�        Bigger airport

�        More parks with trees and flowers

�        A happy place to live

�        Better roads

�        More restaurants

�        More entertainment places/activities for teenagers

�        Westside Costco

�        Another University or giant educational system

�        A city monument (a gold one)

�        Miniature golf courses � game-fun places

�        Place to hold local concerts-show off community skills

�        More �healthy � restaurants

�        Opera

�        Bigger and better Mosques

�        Big Central Park

�        More athletic options (gymnastics)

�        Swings at Pin Oak Park

�        Jobs

�        Big Green Tube (waterslide)

�        Dewar�s in the S.W.

�        Red Lobster

�        Quit selling off all our farmland (we need it)

�        Water Park (big, good, not cheesy) like Raging Waters or Wild Water Adventures

�        Gambling � local control

�        Nicer parks with big trees and bathrooms

�        Revitalize downtown�s shopping:  more cute shops, & name brand stores instead of medical buildings and office buildings

�        Nice malls - Nordstrom

�        Medical Care

�        Monorail system

�        Another community college (in SW)

�        Arena Football Franchise

�        Themepark

�        Everyone speaks English

�        Classy strip clubs

�        Soccer-pro

�        Sports parks for pro�s

�        Drama theater

�        Good metro system

�        Indoor surf and snowboard park

�        Life improvement counseling for homeless

�        Hot springs

�        Free rehab for drug users and abusers

�        Traffic solutions

�        Make a freeway all the way to Rosedale

�        Bus & car pool lanes on Rosedale Hwy More arts funding

�        Better murals

�        Money

�        Improve Cottonwood

�        Lower movie prices

�        Underground subways with a 24 hour A/C system

�        More place to stay like Market Place

�        More KORN

�        Virtual reality games in all schools

�        Celebrities

�        Disneyland (Bako Disney)

�        Higher speed limits

�        Greener grass

In our Community�s Future We didn�t Want and Didn�t Get�

�        Urban development

�        Overpopulation

�        Earthquakes

�        Dust, tumbleweeds

�        Large freeways

�        Ghettos

�        Gay bars

�        Pollution

�        A run-down downtown

�        Trashy & unsafe

�        Nothing to do in Bakersfield (no activities �places to go)

�        Ghettos

�        Bakersfield cops

�        Seagulls

�        People driving through Haggin Oaks to look at Christmas lights

�        No vandalism

�        More apartments

�        Crappy GET bus routes

�        No more movie theaters

�        No more hockey teams

�        XFL (extreme football league)

�        No more high schools

�        No more Jr. Highs

�        Less Ag more city life

�        Not too much industrialization

�        Buck Owens and Crystal Palace (but I do like the burgers)

�        More theaters

�        Car accidents

�        Drug dealers

�        Pointless stoplights

�        Messed up housing

�        Gangs and cliques

�        Illegals (go home)

�        Higher rent for apt. or payment on house

�        No more farm land

�        No more police

�        Don�t want the bullet train

�        Small streets downtown-wider