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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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