Imagine Greater Tucson
Phase I Data Gathering
| IGT Facilitator/Scribe Training No. 2 | ||
| Rick Engineering 3945 E Ft Lowell #111, Tucson | ||
| Date of Conversation: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Time: 1:00-4:00 | ||
| Facilitator: Tahnee Robertson Recorder: Joanie Sawyer | ||
| Number of Tables: 1 Number of Participants: 8 | ||
| Theme 1. Transportation | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Transportation whole system improvement | ||
| Transportation system Public transportation | ||
| Traffic congestion | ||
| More accessible public transit | ||
| More "city centers" in different parts of Tucson | ||
| Lack of freeways or ease of cross-town traffic movement | ||
| Bike Lanes/Trails : better quality and quantity | ||
| Better public transit | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Weather great for biking, but not safety and quality and quantity of bike paths need improvements (examples - Speedway) | ||
| Want to be more efficient getting there. More time doing/less time driving | ||
| Living streets - local organizations for bikes - get involved | ||
| Improve quality of life | ||
| Improve environment - less cars | ||
| Experience various modes of transportation | ||
| Difficult for kids without cars to get places | ||
| Bus stations and stops are not use friendly | ||
| Always having to drive creates a sense of isolation, (loneliness and fear) - joke | ||
| Theme 2. Community Vision and Governance | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Sprawl | ||
| No vision for Tucson | ||
| More long term vision | ||
| Disorganized municipal management | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Neighborhoods and municipalities fighting their own turf wars - no cooperation or regional vision | ||
| We study things to death | ||
| Take opportunities to communicate your ideas | ||
| Isolation of individual interest groups - individual vs. community | ||
| Individual level support of local businesses | ||
| Facilitate community conversations | ||
| Element of isolation in neighborhoods and lack of community identity for Greater Tucson | ||
| Disorganized municipal management impedes progress | ||
| Current system polarizes individuals and nothing happens - backwards/forwards | ||
| Theme 3. Recreational Opportunities | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Urban loop non motorized trail around Pima County | ||
| Recreational opportunities | ||
| Recreation | ||
| Outdoor recreational opportunities | ||
| Cycling, running, hiking paths | ||
| Close access to nature | ||
| Access to trails and wilderness | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Lack of interior parks space | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Urban loop - alternative form of transportation - multi-model | ||
| Tourist attraction - economic value | ||
| Stay healthy physically and spiritually | ||
| Stay balanced | ||
| New environment for interaction | ||
| Inexpensive recreation | ||
| Feeling connected to your surroundings | ||
| Escape | ||
| Theme 4. Cultural Resources & Opportunities | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Variety of cultural events | ||
| History of Tucson | ||
| Diverse Culture | ||
| Culture | ||
| Culture | ||
| Creative people | ||
| Arts and cultural life | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| More historical preservation | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Sense of distinctiveness | ||
| It's the feeling you have - that connects you to the community | ||
| Importance of cultural presence throughout time | ||
| Entertainment value of cultural events - ballet, theatre | ||
| Enriching to be around diversity in the personal and community levels | ||
| American Southwest and Hispanic and Native American blend | ||
| Theme 5. Economic Development | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| More well paying jobs | ||
| K-12 educational | ||
| Business climate?opportunities | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Work force - ability to seize opportunities | ||
| Want my family and friends to be able to stay | ||
| Stronger tax base = more diverse business | ||
| Need broader spectrum of job training and skill trades | ||
| More support for small business and entrepreneurs | ||
| Lack of opportunities for professionals in middle to upper middle professions | ||
| Lack of long term vision and support for local and small business | ||
| Lack of jobs for spouses | ||
| Brain drain - need opportunities for young creatives to stay in Tucson - strong education ? starts here with K-12 education | ||
| Theme 6. Downtown Vibrancy | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Small town feel | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Major league baseball | ||
| Lack of downtown entertainment | ||
| Collaborative downtown development | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Vibrant downtown can help build sense of community - building a ? | ||
| Too much travel time between entertainment options | ||
| Relates to keeping young in Tucson - urban entertainment, want a vibrant downtown | ||
| Parking lots and buildings don't feel safe | ||
| Need to promote and communicate about what is already happening | ||
| Theme 7. Natural Resource Management | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Water use � sustainable and effective use | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| This is probably The Most Important Plan | ||
| Need to put into action steps for the above | ||
| Need a regional water use plan | ||
| Enabling a sustainable future and a quality of life | ||
| Theme 8. Scenic Beauty & Natural Environment | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Weather | ||
| Views of mountains | ||
| Scenic beauty | ||
| Rural feel open space | ||
| Natural environment | ||
| Climate | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Sprawl | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Unique eco-system/intrinsic value | ||
| Tourist opportunities | ||
| Sets the opportunities for bringing people here | ||
| Refreshes your soul | ||
| Protects the boundaries of the city against sprawl | ||
| Makes this place unique | ||
| Easy access to snow/Rocky Point | ||
| Don't need as large a wardrobe | ||
| Diverse habitats - fun to interact with see and have fun | ||
| Creates recreational opportunities | ||
| Creates a sense of place | ||
| Theme 9. Sense of Place | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Local food | ||
| Houses local architecture | ||
| Cool local restaurants | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Sprawl | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Sense of pride | ||
| Sense of identity/values | ||
| Makes you feel like you belong | ||
| Local foods are interesting - can take out of towners to local restaurants - not chains | ||
| Local farming - local food production | ||
| I don't want to live in anywhere USA | ||
| Distinctive community/food - cacti, houses | ||
| Character - you can form a relationship with | ||
| Always happy to come home | ||
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Facilitator/Scribe Training Community Conversation and Answers to Questions (Like, Change and Why)
Thursday, November 18, 2010