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          Phase II   Strengths Table

8.5% Friendly, caring people, community volunteers, easy to get involved in (6.0); community minded, compassionate (2.5)
8.3% Location:  close to oceans, mountains, urban, easy access to world, close to farms(7.9); Transportation hub structure: air, rail, trucking (0.4)
7.7% Entertainment-Variety(2.8);malls(2.4), movie theaters(1.2);Marketplace(0.9);Crystal Palace(0.3);night clubs(0.1)
6.5% Parks-Neighborhood parks-Panorama parks (2.6); outdoor rec (1.9);open space (0.9); KR Parkway (1.1)
5.4% K-12 Education
5.3% Diversity-Cultural diversity (including religions) (2.2); churches (1.2); museums (0.5); cultural activities theatre, arts, Fox (1.4)
4.9% Centennial Garden
4.9% Business activity, economic activity (1.4); job opportunities (2.2);family-owned business (0.5);business climate (0.4); affordable labor (0.2); partnerships (0.2)
4.8% Affordable housing
4.6% Cost of living
4.4% Traffic-Relatively light traffic, uncongested -comparatively speaking, proximity, commute (3.7); Wide roads-6 lane roads/transportation (0.7)
4.3% Small city-small town character/atmosphere (4.0); small town (0.1); peaceful & relaxed (0.2)
4.1% Family oriented-Good place to raise family (3.0); Family and friends (1.1)
3.7% Education-College opportunities:  CSUB and Bakersfield College (3.6); CSUB (0.1)
3.1% Downtown redevelopment/streetscape, revitalization
2.9% Law enforcement agencies strong and do an excellent job, safe streets
2.3% Climate Cool evenings, spring and summer/nice summer nights
2.2% World leader in agriculture and oil-Greatest Ag area in world
1.9% Restaurants
1.5% Medical facilities-close
1.3% Community pride/history
1.0% Accessible public officials
0.9% River runs through Greater Bakersfield
0.8% Youth Activities
 
0.6% Sports teams-Bakersfield Blaze & Bakersfield Condors(0.4); sports facilities, soccer park, mesa marin(0.2)
0.5% Bakersfield Business Conference
0.4% Skate parks
0.4% Public/social services
0.4% Clean city
0.4% Public Transportation GET
0.3% Fair and Fairgrounds
0.3% Kern County Network for children
0.3% Natural surroundings-Beautiful city- rolling, golden hills-NE Bks(5) viewMtn(3)
0.2% Land-Room to grow, ie: airport
0.2% Conservative community
0.2% Southwest Area-Growth in SW Bakersfield-clean, newer houses. Schools are better
0.1% Water
0.1% Community organizations, Old Towne Kern
0.1% Natural disasters-Few natural disasters
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