Imagine Greater Tucson
Phase I Data Gathering
| Public Community Conversation No. 2 – Table 1 | ||
| Sentinel Bldg 310 N. Commerce Park Loop, Tucson | ||
| Date of Conversation: Monday, November 22, 2010 Time: 6:30-8:30 | ||
| Facilitator: Camila Thorndike Recorder: Kiri Nelson | ||
| Number of Tables: 1 Number of Participants: 10 | ||
| Theme 1. Ecomony and Jobs | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| $ Better work opportunities | ||
| Higher paying jobs!!! | ||
| Area residents should look at the positive things. Too much negative thinking by some | ||
| Job opportunity for ? people who ? have | ||
| Job opportunities for non-English speaker | ||
| Need more local businesses | ||
| Not enough big companies | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Need more opportunities for education, jobs, participate in social activities. I want a city that offers opportunities across all spectrums. | ||
| Theme 2. Nature "Natural Setting" | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| The outdoor opportunities especially the hiking | ||
| (Drawing of "A" mountain) Great Outdoors and activities e.g.. Hiking | ||
| The picturesque mountains/weather | ||
| Open air environment | ||
| Mountain (nature environment) | ||
| Outdoor opportunities (drawing of mountains, cacti, moon, sun) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Remember driving here, seeing mountains, and saying "I'm home" | ||
| Camping can be a new experience for kids, campfires | ||
| Want to bring the magice of nature back into the city, bring uniqueness back (example: community gardening) | ||
| Go up Mt. Lemmon or to Finger Rock - nature allows for balance from uglier parts of Tucson | ||
| Some lower-economic populations never get to experience nature | ||
| Theme 3. Cultural Diversity | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Diverse cultures | ||
| Small town feel but still a city | ||
| History and diversity | ||
| Diversity | ||
| Diversity of people | ||
| Cultural history | ||
| History | ||
| Our area's rich cultural heritage is our greatest asset | ||
| Diverse people (drawing of 5 culturally diverse faces) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| You get stuck with the politics before you can improve and need jobs | ||
| Unknown | ||
| School-like best | ||
| Need public transit that goes to Sabino Canyon, Mt. Lemmon. This is a system problem | ||
| Raised to enjoy nature. Grew up in a different place which included fishing nature. Where is the connection for friends to help to go do stuff. Have to have friends and connections | ||
| Know nothing about Tucson, want to know about it before leaving. Trying to listen to others | ||
| Some don't have parks in their neighborhoods. So how can you encourage kids to go out. Church does have basketball court. City could help neighborhood get a park | ||
| TCE contamination in a neighborhood | ||
| Opportunity to think about having native foods instead of turkey for Thanksgiving | ||
| Want weather and parks to help motivate youth and children to volunteer and be inspired to something with their life more outdoor activities. Get vision to get this going | ||
| Need equality across the board (example: heath care- should everyone have quality health care? | ||
| How do you do it here? (equalit) (example: food bank has trouble getting food for everyone) | ||
| Theme 4. Artistic Culture | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| People ask where you are from (not what you do) i.e. very equalizing and receptive | ||
| The arts | ||
| The people -are friendly | ||
| Hospitality | ||
| Metropolitan amenities (music, theater) but small town feel | ||
| Easy to connect small chain to know all | ||
| Theme 5. Urban Life | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Finally greening the town and area | ||
| Urban gardens (surplus given to Food Bank) | ||
| The positive growth of Rio Nuevo | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Criminal activities. Reduction | ||
| A highway through town - traffic | ||
| Crime reduction | ||
| Transportation include the history of horses, horse driven carriages | ||
| Transportation hard to travel from one area to the other | ||
| Safer neighborhoods | ||
| Public transportation system that has longer hours/more distance | ||
| Road maintenance | ||
| Urban blight | ||
| Lack of keeping clean/upgraded | ||
| Lack of comprehensive city beautification plan ( lots of "ugly" places) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Spirituality of family, person, human being. | ||
| Family structure needs to be there to take responsibility for creating leasdership qualities. Parent engagment, support important. Need strong foundation | ||
| Limerlost Neighborhood Association has really eveolved. Can we look at that as an example? | ||
| How do we recruit leadership for the future? | ||
| How does the city identify and support leadership? Need to actively find it | ||
| Theme 6. Families | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Youth programs | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Opportunities for youth | ||
| Evil influences (drawing of expressive faces) | ||
| A lack of a full range of activities for youth (what happened to the Rave be safe driving rave night!) | ||
| How to keep youth engaged in Tucson's future | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| How do we keep our family here and have a community that supports and engages youth | ||
| Theme 7. Education | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| School education system | ||
| Education system (opportunities) | ||
| All education opportunities | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Better Education (valuing education) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Wide difference in schoold set up (example: some don't have enough money for computers, autoshop only for juniors and seniors. School gardens dedicated to drive-by shooting victims | ||
| Theme 8. Communication/Infrastructure | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| People's character + use of (drawing of clock + $ sign) | ||
| People active in community | ||
| Stereo typing (ex. "something happened on the south side") of areas of Tucson | ||
| More teamwork collaboration | ||
| Politics | ||
| Lack of communication between the whole city | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Lack of communication infrastructure because we grew too fast | ||
| City council didn't want to grow, wanted to keep small town atmosphere | ||
Thursday, December 09, 2010