| Imagine Greater Tucson 2010-11 Phase I Community Conversation and Survey Statements Related to A business friendly environment with sufficiently streamlined regulation |
| 1 | A community, especially goverment, that is business friendly |
| 2 | A forward thinking growth community, trying to create a more business friendly atmosphere for small business. |
| 3 | Become a business friendly city to small and large |
| 4 | Become business friendly. Stop with excessive social welfare spending. Transfer to creating real jobs with real wages to really improve citizens lives. |
| 5 | Become more business friendly |
| 6 | Better regulations on cycling and traffic laws is important to me because I want my family to be safe when riding their bikes on the road. |
| 7 | Build a mall like in Providence RI and Sacramento CA, or a park with benches and landscaping for people to socialize and shop, Tucson has so much potential but no business friendly environment |
| 8 | Business friendly should be business friendly, not lip service and a quote |
| 9 | But there still needs to be regulation because people make selfish decisions (if people were more moral, they would need less government and supervision) |
| 10 | City is not business friendly, too many taxes and restrictions on businesses. Makes it hard to grow. |
| 11 | Create a business friendly city |
| 12 | Create more business friendly atmosphere |
| 13 | Development - Fix what we got! Infill projects too much regulation |
| 14 | Downtown development is way too slow and there is way too much red tape from the mayor and council. It is hardly a business friendly zone; they have done too many things which discourage developments (in spite of the fact that there clearly is demand for development in the area). |
| 15 | Ease the ability to improve business, less regulation |
| 16 | Enforce the existing regulations and policies. |
| 17 | Have a business friendly enviornment with more jobs. |
| 18 | I am in sales, and have clients that cannot get their businesses open because sometimes we are not business friendly. Too many restrictions and take too long to process. |
| 19 | I left Southern California's busyness, over-regulation and obnoxious competitiveness. |
| 20 | I may be speaking out of turn because I do not own my own business. However, I provide financial planning and advice to business owners in Tucson and it is always a concern of theirs that Tucson isn't as business friendly as they would like it to be. |
| 21 | I see Tucson as lacking food and water resources to support nearly 1 million people. This becomes a challenge when the price of oil rises and we recall how much food is imported to us; how little is grown here. The CAP regulations required the first cut in water to come from farmers, but that may not serve us best. Perhaps the question what type of crop those farmers had best grow given a reduced water supply and rising transportation costs? |
| 22 | I would stricter land zoning regulation to protect saguaro stands, and natural habitats. |
| 23 | I'm not a business person, but I have had some experiences with the Tucson City ordinances, requirements, rules, etc. and heard from friends (business people) - that the City is Nightmare when it comes to being business friendly. How can you expect to have a vibrant City when it's making it so difficult for business and private enterprise to come into the area and make a go of it here? |
| 24 | It is difficult to successfully run a business here because of too much red tape and regulation. City and county government should encourage business development and be more helpful to business. Improving the business climate would result in greater job opportunities and increase revenue into city and county coffers. |
| 25 | It seems to me that with all the crazy laws and regulations, the city government really doesn't want small businesses to thrive. They are looking out for the interests of the big boxes. That is not the spirit of the people of Tucson. |
| 26 | It's difficult to start a new business in this city because of existing codes and regulations |
| 27 | It's hard to open a business due to regulation |
| 28 | Jobs are leaving California for Texas, because of Texas's pro-business environment. Tucson isn't business friendly |
| 29 | LBe a more business friendly city. |
| 30 | Length of time involved in getting through the red tape of codes, other regulations can discourage the improvements we need in our community. |
| 31 | Less regulation |
| 32 | Less regulation regarding home building from natural materials. |
| 33 | Let's face it - development in a desirable is a powerful engine. We seem to do more to reverse development than encourage with government regulations/restrictions; zoning and resource issues; lack of support for existing businesses (professional baseball); etc. |
| 34 | Local government needs to be business friendly |
| 35 | Make it more business friendly |
| 36 | Make the City more business friendly |
| 37 | Make the city more business friendly with a caveat |
| 38 | More business friendly |
| 39 | More business friendly (encourage jobs and keep students here) |
| 40 | More business friendly environment |
| 41 | More business friendly government |
| 42 | More business friendly oppurtunities |
| 43 | More business friendly. |
| 44 | More consistent and business friendly govt |
| 45 | More stringent water regulation |
| 46 | Perhaps I would prefer more zoning/regulations on buildings and their appearance. |
| 47 | Poor planning, lack of foresight, wasteful use of funds, poorly run and outdated systems, rigid and out of date development regulations. Fresh ideas take forever to get agreement and even longer to move forward (Rio Nuevo is the perfect example of this). The city only gives attention to the people with the most money and approves things that are often not in our best interest as a community. We have run off really great talent over the years because of this. Our public school system is a disgrace. |
| 48 | Private sector commercial leadership has little to no commitment to community health, safety or welfare. Self-economic gain seems to be primary motive to influence public policy or regulation. |
| 49 | Promote a way to encourage more business leaders to activily become involved in influencing the issues that will build a solid economic base. Minimize the framework of regulation and simplify the process. |
| 50 | Reduce and make regulations more consistent |
| 51 | Small business regulations |
| 52 | Streamline the departments within the City and County to be more business friendly |
| 53 | The Business and Chamber of Commerce need to stand up to the powers in the City and County and demand respect and mutual 'think tank' talks and ACTION on moving forward. Demand change in the State Legislature and Government to improve the State immage for small businesses, education, inovation, tourisim, and retiement. The commerce sector needs to stand up to the bullies and demand business friendly laws, regulations and incentives. |
| 54 | The City has to become more business friendly. |
| 55 | The built environment creates the culture we live in. The current approach to planning (Euclidean zoning regulations) leads to transportation problems (car dependency), which in turn results in laziness |
| 56 | There are a bunch of idiots on the City Council (not all just most) and other local non-elected positions that are not business friendly. They have crushed Rio Nogo as well as anything else they touch. |
| 57 | There are treasures in diversity - from street food to great arts and crafts - too many regulations keep folks from sharing their treasures and earning or supplementing what is all-too-often a low income - support local, small markets that sell quality choices and reflect neighborhood character |
| 58 | Though I appreciate the regulations in place to protect Tucson's environment, zoning and development are too rigid and complex. I feel that more leniency would result in more positive and creative development. |
| 59 | Too big. Too bureaucratic. Lack of leadership. Too high of taxes for the services provided. County and City often too focused on what the other is doing rather than focusing on themselves. Can be more business friendly while still protecting the evironment. And what about that downtown revitalization????? |
| 60 | Too many overlapping jurisdiction, with too many variable rules, regulations. etc. |
| 61 | Tucson Meet Yourself, El Tour de Tucson, the All Souls Procession, the Gem Show, golf tournaments, there are a large number of events that bring people to Tucson. But, too often, City government and the community react as though they've never happened before. Almost all of these events struggles to find the money to carry on from year to year. Yet the economic effects of these events are huge. Government regulations and inspectors need to change their attitude from 'What are these groups doing wrong?' to 'How can I clear the way to make this event happen.' Public and private groups need to make sure that the funding is in place to make these events as reliable and well-known as the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Chinese New Year in San Francisco and other event meccas. We have enormous potential to take these events to the next level. |
| 62 | Tucson and Pima County needs improved government operations that are more business friendly. |
| 63 | Tucson's leadership is adverse to supporting small business and to new businesses coming to Tucson. The 'good old boys' are extremely short-sighted. Tucson's archaic planning framework and the unfavorable, and often clueless and conflicting, regulations are frequently detrimental to supporting and growing our local business community. |
| 64 | Very scary regulations from Phoenix coming down - for example carrying guns makes people afraid |
| 65 | We are not business friendly. Downtown should not look devastated and vacant like it does now. We should be advertising what we have. It's a shame that the Fox Theatre can't make money. We need people who can make better business decisions for this city. |
| 66 | We don't seem to be business friendly. No incentives for new industries. |
| 67 | We need a community that embraces business. We need capital formation, incentives to start and grow businesses, more tech transfer from the university, focus areas, easier business licensing, etc. It needs to be much more business friendly. |
| 68 | We need more business friendly political leaders |
| 69 | We need to get more business friendly. |
| 70 | With a culture of being business friendly, our community will be able to attract, maintain and grow jobs for our citizens and their progeny. |
| 71 | Without some government and regulation - monopolies will result |