How did Vision 2020 get started?
As we approach the turn of the century, a number of individuals and organizations in the Greater Bakersfield area have been looking ahead to the future of our city and neighboring areas. Many are asking what Greater Bakersfield will be like in the years ahead, how well our workforce will be prepared, and what the quality of life will be for all our citizens.

To leverage this future-looking momentum, a group of interested citizens have come together to facilitate the creation of a long-term vision for our community. Greater Bakersfield Vision 2020, Inc. is an outgrowth of several past efforts to improve the quality of life in our community, including Future Bakersfield and most recently the Chamber of Commerce's Community Development Principles.

In the spring of 1999 a volunteer facilitation team began meeting to develop and facilitate an open and inclusive process to create and realize the Vision. The scope of the process was defined and Vision 2020 was introduced to elected officials at the September 13 joint meeting of the Kern County Board of Supervisors and Bakersfield City Council and to the Greater Bakersfield community on September 14.


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