Imagine Greater Tucson
Phase I Data Gathering
| Greater Tucson Leadership | ||
| Parkwise Conf. Room Downtown, Tucson | ||
| Date of Conversation: Friday, November 12, 2010 Time: 12:45 – 2:15 | ||
| Facilitator: Tahnee Robertson Recorder: Keri Silvyn | ||
| Number of Tables: 1 Number of Participants: 25 | ||
| Theme 1. Cultural Diversity | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Culture | ||
| Hispanic influence | ||
| Richness and diversity of culture(s) | ||
| Cultural diversity and heritage | ||
| College town vibe / diversity | ||
| Diversity and culture | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Rich work / play / live / shop neighborhoods | ||
| Under-represented populations / groups | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Defines who we are | ||
| Rich history and we don't want to lose it | ||
| A lot not publicly known | ||
| Different perspectives | ||
| Feeling of more inclusiveness | ||
| Richness of experience | ||
| All souls | ||
| Good food | ||
| Acceptance | ||
| Religion | ||
| Enlightenment | ||
| Theme 2. Natural Environment | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Bicycle paths ! | ||
| Running paths | ||
| Outdoor activities / resources | ||
| Nature access | ||
| Beautiful desert and mountains | ||
| Catalina mountains | ||
| Incredible nature / climate | ||
| Outdoors | ||
| Desert open spaces | ||
| Mountains | ||
| Sonoran desert / Nature close by | ||
| Sabino canyon | ||
| Views and weather | ||
| Clear blue sky with pristine mountains all around | ||
| Sonoran desert ! | ||
| Amazing Sonoran desert | ||
| Natural beauty | ||
| Climate | ||
| Amazing mountains | ||
| Open space | ||
| Natural resources | ||
| Natural beauty | ||
| Sense of opportunity – The frontier nature of our community | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Water policy | ||
| More parks and linear parks | ||
| Restored river systems | ||
| Walk / bike ways – a breakdown lane is not a bike path | ||
| Urban trails | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Healthy lifestyle / health system | ||
| Sustainability of finite resources | ||
| Viewscape preservation vs. density and other tradeoffs | ||
| Spiritual fulfillment | ||
| It's why we came here | ||
| May be our biggest challenge and asset | ||
| Attracts tourism | ||
| Supports other life forms | ||
| Enhances all other areas | ||
| Quality of life (source of daily frustration) | ||
| Our greatest asset / best thing we have going for us | ||
| Important to preserve so we don't end up like other places | ||
| Human scaled environment (experiential) | ||
| Theme 3. Transportation / Infrastructure | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Trains | ||
| Strong biking community | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Transportation and building within the larger community | ||
| Improved roadways | ||
| Unkept roads / streetscapes | ||
| Get people working closer to where they live | ||
| Better alternatives to automobile | ||
| Improved public transportation / bike lanes | ||
| Mobility (transportation) | ||
| Lack of highways | ||
| Constant construction | ||
| Traffic flow in area | ||
| Transportation – public and cross-town expressways | ||
| Traffic flow | ||
| Pot holes in roads | ||
| 1st Ave between Broadway and River (too much traffic) | ||
| Public transportation | ||
| Roads – pot holes | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Potential for improvement in interstate commerce / industry | ||
| Reduce stress | ||
| Biking is scary | ||
| Improve public health | ||
| De-personalization when in cars | ||
| Better tourism if better public transportation | ||
| Encourage connectiveness between local communities | ||
| Kid and everyone safety | ||
| Efficiencies – less time commuting | ||
| Quality of life (source of daily frustration) | ||
| Environmental issues | ||
| Theme 4. Education | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| College involvement | ||
| The University | ||
| UA .. Go Cats! | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Better education K-12 | ||
| Support of and investment in education | ||
| Strengthen public education | ||
| Expand school choice opportunities (K-12) | ||
| Invest in education as a community | ||
| Value placed on education | ||
| Education | ||
| K-12 education | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| UA – adds diversity / culture / advancement / entertainment / employment | ||
| UA – brings people together / K-12 | ||
| Educated citizenry | ||
| Support teachers so they stay | ||
| Most valuable and vulnerable resource – our kids | ||
| Foundation / future | ||
| Pay now or pay later | ||
| Best financial investment | ||
| Theme 5. Governance | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Way government run | ||
| Collaboration amongst government and industry | ||
| Community self-hate (we criticize ourselves a lot!) | ||
| Kind, respectful communication – be kind | ||
| Ability for two sides to come together for the benefit of the greater community | ||
| More salary for Mayor and Council | ||
| County residents having more voice in city issues | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Venue to move forward | ||
| Should be model for leadership / make things happen | ||
| Provides important services | ||
| Sets the tone | ||
| Need good vision | ||
| Provides structure (in theory) | ||
| Scapegoat | ||
| Theme 6. Economic Development and Sustainability | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Increase professional job opportunities | ||
| Make it easy / desirable for businesses to come to Tucson or to start a new one | ||
| Lack of diversification of employment opportunities | ||
| Stratification of job opportunities | ||
| Jobs with higher wages (more opportunities) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Keep graduates and kids | ||
| Prevent brain-drain | ||
| Stimulates the mind – meaningful, challenging knowledge-based economy | ||
| Ability to maintain lifestyle | ||
| Jobs at all levels | ||
| Money is the base | ||
| Need more professional opportunities – diverse – high end | ||
| Attracts new industry | ||
| Theme 7. Community Closeness | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Kind and friendly people | ||
| Diversity / uniqueness identity in inner city / older | ||
| Small college town feel – everyone knows each other | ||
| Sense of community | ||
| “Community” feel of the area | ||
| Easy to make connections | ||
| Small town feel | ||
| Sense of community (non-profits, local business, small town feel) | ||
| Small town feel | ||
| Small town feel in a big town | ||
| Smallest big town you'll ever know ! | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| More diversity / uniqueness / identity in newly build environment | ||
| More direct flights | ||
| Social and physical stratification | ||
| Lack of mixed use development / neighborhoods | ||
| “Small town” government approach | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Less apathy / people engaged | ||
| Community improvement vibe | ||
| Accountability | ||
| Sense of belonging | ||
| Taking care of each other | ||
| Lots of opportunities to get involved | ||
| Advantages of small community and larger community resources | ||
| Small degree of separation / bonds with people helps in many ways | ||
| Know you count | ||
| Know your neighbors | ||
| Sense of place | ||
| Theme 8. Downtown / Entertainment | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Children's museums | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Improve downtown | ||
| Contribute to a vibrant downtown culture | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| History | ||
| Gives community life | ||
| Gets us walking around | ||
| Urban feel | ||
| Something to do | ||
| Gathering places for diverse cultures | ||
| Center / core of community | ||
| Gives us identity | ||
| Downtown festivals | ||
| Perception of nothing happening downtown | ||
| Perception of parking problem | ||
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Greater Tucson Leadership Community Conversation and Answers to Questions (Like, Change and Why)