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About Vision 2020
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What is Vision 2020?
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2020 is comprehensive picture of what the community wants Greater
Bakersfield to be in the next 20 years. The process starts by assessing our community�s strengths and
weaknesses and then creating a �big� picture (vision) of what we
want our community to be in the future. In the last phase, it determines how to get there
through action plans that will be implemented over the next two decades.
This process will build upon and incorporate activities that are already
underway such as the 2010 General Plan, the Kern County 2000 plan, the
Natelson Report recommendations, and the Community Development
Principles. But Vision 2020
is much more than a city/county land-use plan or workforce development
plan as it involves all aspects of the community � infrastructure,
jobs, education, quality of life, and the health of our residents.
Vision 2020 offers the benefit of bringing all these activities together into a
comprehensive, integrated, and focused effort.
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What is different about the Vision 2020 process?
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It starts from the future (Vision) and works back to the present to create
and implement action plans.
It is includes the broader community. (It is inclusive).
It builds on the past�what we accomplished/learned from Future Bakersfield, the Vision 2020 Community Development Summits.
It does not duplicate the present (2010 General Plan, Kern County 2000 plan, and Natelson Report recommendations).
It brings all these activities together into a comprehensive, integrated, and focused effort.
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What is the geographic scope of the Vision 2020?
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Vision 2020 covers the metropolitan �Greater� Bakersfield area. This would include the City of Bakersfield and surrounding areas. It is roughly equivalent to the area covered in the 2010 General
Plan.
It does not include the nearby cities of Wasco, Shafter, Arvin, or Lamont. However, we recognize that many residents of those cities work or shop in Bakersfield, go to school in Bakersfield, or participate
in cultural or recreational activities here. Residents of these outlying cities who have an interest in the
future of Greater Bakersfield are invited to participate in Vision 2020.
Q. What
is the role of the city and county policymakers in the Vision
2020
effort?
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Representatives of the City of Bakersfield and Kern County are active participants in
the Facilitation Team. In addition, the process is designed to involve city and county
policymakers through out the assessment and visioning process. Resulting action plans will be recommended for implementation by the city and county as well as the business, education, and non profit
communities and the general public.
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How did the Vision 2020 effort get started?
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Vision 2020 is an outgrowth of the Chamber of Commerce Community Development Summits that led to the development of the Community Development Principles. Vision 2020 goes beyond the Community Development Summits to include
the broader community in a process to develop a comprehensive �big� picture (vision) of what we want Bakersfield to be in 20 years.
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