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Title: VISION 2020


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VISION 2020
  • 18month process involving over 15,000
    Bakersfield residents, including youth, from
    across the community

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VISION 2020 PROCESS
  • PHASE
  • Planning
  • Assessment
  • Visioning
  • Action Planning
  • Hand back to Community
  • COMPLETED
  • Sept ember 1999
  • January 2000
  • June 2000
  • December 2000
  • January 2001

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IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
  • 2001Year 1 of 20 year implementation
  • 2001 2002 2003 20042020

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2002 YEAR 1 Laying the Foundation
The Community is moving forward!
  • People are talking working together
  • People are acting
  • Things are happening

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People are talking working together
  • Business, industry, education leaders are looking
    at how to best deliver technology/career
    preparation for youth
  • The City, downtown business organizations
    property owners, Historic Preservation Commission
    are talking about the future of Central Park
    district

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People are talking working together
  • The Connecting Kern County Taskforce is setting
    the stage for crucial technology infrastructure
    improvements
  • Foster Care Task Force was formed

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People are talking working together
  • Existing climate of collaboration has become even
    stronger
  • Intensified collaboration
  • Focused on common objectives based on community
    input
  • Collaboration between
  • City County
  • Educational institutions
  • Business community based organizations
  • All of the above!

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People are talking working together
  • More than 100 agencies, organizations actively
    involved
  • More than 150 Vision Force volunteers from across
    the community continue to monitor urge
    implementation of Action Plans
  • Vision 2020 mindset emerging
  • Emphasis on collaboration
  • Learning from each other
  • Can do attitude

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People are acting
  • City of Bakersfield adopted Vision 2020 Report
  • County of Kern adopted Vision 2020 Report
  • Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Cal State
    Bakersfield, Bakersfield College, Kern High
    School District have embraced the Vision

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People are acting
  • Workforce Investment Board, Kern Economic
    Development Corporation, Chambers of Commerce
    other groups have incorporated Vision 2020 into
    their program of work
  • Spirit of the Vision Awardees exemplify can do
    attitude of individuals, groups, public officials

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Things are happening
  • City County to incorporate Vision 2020
    recommendations in 2010 Metropolitan Plan update
  • City, County, Kern COG agree on cross-town
    transportation alternative
  • Kern Learn goes live
  • First class of Youth Leadership Bakersfield
    selected

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Things are happening
  • City hires urban forester adopts revised
    landscape standards for new commercial
    developments
  • New community policing substations are on the
    drawing boards
  • 10 new single-family homes to be built in 2002/03
    as part of the Lakeview in-fill housing program

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Things are happening
  • Charrette process envisions heart of the city
  • East Bakersfield Community Coalition, Greenfield
    Collaborative Southeast Neighborhood
    Partnership use Vision 2020 data to help win
    grants totaling almost 1 million
  • By March 2002 you will be able to ride from CALM
    to Enos Lane on the Kern River Bike Path enjoy
    water year round in Beach Park

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Things are happening
  • Workforce Investment Board presents State of the
    Workforce
  • Baby Steps provides all new parents a book to
    read to their child
  • Research phase of Image Campaign is
    underway

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ROLE OF VISION 2020
  • Prioritize
  • Review lead agencies
  • Close gaps
  • Look for synergies across jurisdictional,
    functional lines
  • Update the community
  • Keep the momentum goingcatalyst for action

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YEAR 1 IN REVIEW
  • For a complete update, check out the web site at
  • www.bakersfieldvision2020.com

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YEAR 2 BEYONDShoring up the foundation
Significant work is ahead of us
  • Air quality
  • Transportation (freeway) funding
  • Downtown
  • heart of the city
  • ....what next?

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Year 2 BeyondShoring up the foundation
  • Job creation for today tomorrow
  • Target reading first!
  • Complete Vision for Health

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