Imagine Greater Tucson
Phase I Data Gathering
| Public Community Conversation | ||
| Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library – 601 N. La Canada Dr., Green Valley | ||
| Date of Conversation: Monday, November 08, 2010 Time: 12:30-2:30 | ||
| Facilitator: Tahnee Robertson Recorder: Ana Dimambro | ||
| Number of Tables: 1 Number of Participants: 9 | ||
| Theme 1. Social Involvement/Sense of Community | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Integration of youth and seniors | ||
| Pace which supports the seniors here | ||
| This community recognizes and honors volunteers | ||
| Senior community | ||
| The friendliness and the helpfulness of the people | ||
| Community involvement/sense of community/small town feel | ||
| GVCCC involvement with HOAs/POAs | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Addressing the elderly homeless problem | ||
| Better interaction GVCC/GVR/Green Valley Rec | ||
| More help for needy seniors or others with special needs-financial-health | ||
| More integration of the Hispanic community with other groups | ||
| Theme 2. Local Government and Regionalism | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| The focus of the conversation needs to look more south (Green Valley Vision is looking more south-Santa Cruz Valley, Rio Rico) | ||
| Town/village concept for quasi-governmental agency, extension of GVCCC | ||
| A more "regional" feeling (interaction between GV and Tucson (activities and events) Santa Cruz Valley) | ||
| Incorporation or annexation by Sahuarita (access to government) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Greater recognition of GVCCCC/boundaries | ||
| G.V. has its own local identity (not Sahuarita) | ||
| Enables residents to work on local priorities like a town center | ||
| Question: How to define local? | ||
| Regional identity important, but smaller is better (local voice)- not to be swallowed up | ||
| Theme 3. Transportation/Infrastructure | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Access to Tucson | ||
| Proximity to Tucson(UA/TIA) | ||
| No heavy traffic | ||
| No icy roads | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| More in-town walking paths. More paths to get from one place to another | ||
| Limited air service (airport too small) | ||
| Roads! (county funding state funding) maintenance | ||
| Roads (maintenance | ||
| Traffic | ||
| Better traffic control (violaters fined) | ||
| Theme 4. Environment, Natural Resources and Open Space | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| The natural beauty and climate of the area | ||
| State recognizing the need to promote open affordable spaces | ||
| Open spaces | ||
| Mountains, high desert, mild climate (unobstructed views) | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Santa Cruz Valley heritage area (short term: passage in the US Senate with support from Kyl and McCain) -preservation | ||
| More plastic recycling | ||
| Work towards resolving our area water needs | ||
| Air quality | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Less wastage of water etc. | ||
| Education of recycling | ||
| Make recycling easier for seniors | ||
| Re-use, reclaiming of natural resources | ||
| Recycling system - expand for plastics, styrofoam | ||
| Water- no local control | ||
| Learn from Israel and others for better use of natural resources | ||
| Be cognizant of private property rights | ||
| Water use - recharged vs. sewers | ||
| Growth | ||
| Pecan fields-destroyed for housing | ||
| Not safe anymore | ||
| Mine (Rosemont)- damage to land, water, air, not as much local economic development | ||
| Quality of life | ||
| Safe,clean area, was gorgeous | ||
| Theme 5. Attitude Towards Seniors | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| A positive feeling from Tucson and Pima County in general not "those old folks" | ||
| Theme 6. Economics and Health Services | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Our growth industry is senior living housing | ||
| Theme 7. Recreational Activities, Services | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Recreational and educational activities | ||
| Local newspaper | ||
| All the learning opportunities, such as GVR classes, OLLI and lectures | ||
| GVR activities | ||
| Convenient library | ||
| Compact development- get places quickly | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Enlarge upon the community culture of walking | ||
| A real community college with for-credit classes (community education) | ||
| Illegal Aliens/drug cartels (Mexico) | ||
| Green Valley Village to be the core of the "town" (poorly designed shopping center, no downtown) | ||
| Better restaurants | ||
| Better local medical facilities | ||
| Limited shopping | ||
| More restaurants and shops… a main street | ||
| A central park in the town center | ||
| Shopping south region (G.V. area) | ||
| Missing services in this hospital, ER, domestic violence shelter | ||
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Green Valley Community Conversation and Answers to Questions (Like, Change and Why)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010