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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