Imagine Greater Tucson
Phase I Data Gathering
| Pima County Public Library – Downtown | ||
| Joel Valdez Library – 101 N. Stone Av., Tucson | ||
| Date of Conversation: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM | ||
| Facilitator: Linsey Sexton Recorder: Mirka | ||
| Number of Tables: 1 Number of Participants: 8 | ||
| Theme 1. Social Services | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| More facilities for the homeless | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Human needs must be addressed (shelter, water, food) | ||
| Theme 2. Arizona's Image | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| The Arizona negative stereotype in terms of inclusiveness (boycotting AZ products for example) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Arizona is made up of a diverse group of people, but is not represented by a diverse group of people | ||
| Theme 3. Land Patterns | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| The spreadoutness of everything | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Education links to the use of resources and it links to infrastructure problems | ||
| Hypocritical policies (for example, building a light rail in Phoenix, but then widening roads so that more people can drive) don't lead to progress | ||
| Theme 4. Environment | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Access to national parks | ||
| The mountains | ||
| Mountains and parks | ||
| Creative and spiritual | ||
| Recreational outdoors | ||
| Hiking, camping, mountains, and nature | ||
| Environment and landscape preservation | ||
| Climate is wonderful | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| More parks in the city | ||
| More tennis facilities | ||
| More naturally beautiful parks in the city | ||
| Trash and unclean public areas | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| There is plenty of space of environmental rehabilitation | ||
| The climate attracts people to Tucson | ||
| Hiking in Sabino Canyon is enjoyable | ||
| Escape from the city - get away from the noise | ||
| Theme 5. Resource Use | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| The food Co-op on 4th Ave. | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Better incentives for resource use | ||
| More sustainable local agriculture | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| We can possible reverse some environmental problems | ||
| It only takes simple design changes to use our resources more efficiently | ||
| We're in the desert - water use is important (if not the most important thing) | ||
| We're jeopardizing our future if we don't use our resources more wisely | ||
| Theme 6. Transportation and Infrastructure | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Lot's of bike lanes | ||
| Rillito path | ||
| Walkable and bike friendly | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Poor infrastructure - pot holes | ||
| Cars, traffic, and crazy drivers | ||
| Broken pot holes and sidewalks (bad roads) | ||
| Fewer cars on the road - more appeal of public transportation | ||
| Improved public transit | ||
| Better pavement in the bike lanes | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| The pot holes make it harder to get around, and so that cyclists must choose their routes carefully | ||
| Tucson is so spread out that it's hard to get across town | ||
| Pot holes are a safety hazard - especially for cyclists | ||
| Light rail would guarantee customers to area business (near the light rail) | ||
| Theme 7. Local City Life | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| 4th Ave and University Ave (the hot spots) | ||
| Historic preservation | ||
| 4th Ave/Downtown feel | ||
| Community togetherness | ||
| Local businesses | ||
| Public involvement | ||
| Strong community | ||
| Small town feel | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Better downtown | ||
| Bigger downtown with more housing | ||
| Fire Rio Nuevo people and get a new development team | ||
| Friendlier business climate by the city. Encourage business opportunity by city | ||
| More sophistication (night clubs, places to go, etc.) | ||
| Poor economic trends are sinking local business | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Cooperatives build networks of people that are willing to help one another | ||
| Historical sites are cultural sites | ||
| Downtown and the UofA are accessible by bus | ||
| Historic preservation- Tucson has a long deep history that we can't back if these buildings are razed | ||
| History is a big part of Tucson's identity | ||
| Hard economic times are bad for small business | ||
| Theme 8. Education | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| The UofA - higher education/motivation | ||
| The University of Arizona community | ||
| The University of Arizona - and the college community | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| The education system (lack of support and funding) | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| PCC provides high quality education for those who go there | ||
| The UofA brings cultural events (shows) | ||
| UofA ties the community together (the Obama visit, sports, it's the "center of Tucson" | ||
| Poor schools get left out (lack of equality) | ||
| The UofA brings people to Tucson | ||
| Lower income children go to worse schools (discrimination) | ||
| Theme 9. Crime | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| The lack of security and the "unsafe" feeling one gets in certain areas of Tucson | ||
| Less violence | ||
| Why is this important? How does this affect you? | ||
| Theft of your own property is very upsetting | ||
| There are elementary school gangs- where is our future going? | ||
| Insurance costs are higher here because of the crime rate | ||
| I have to ask myself "Do I want to have kids here?" | ||
| The crime factor is the main reason I won't stay here after I graduate | ||
| Security isn't up to par for a big city | ||
| I don't want to feel unsafe at night | ||
Saturday, February 12, 2011