Imagine Greater Tucson
Phase I Data Gathering
| Cascades of Tucson Retirement Center | ||
| 201 N. Jessica Av., Tucson | ||
| Date of Conversation: Monday, September 20, 2010 Time: 9:35 – 10:35 AM | ||
| Facilitator: Anita/Marc Recorder: Both | ||
| Number of Tables: 1 Number of Participants: 8 | ||
| Theme 1. Activities | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Tucson Pops, museums, live theater, UA Presents, Tucson Symphony | ||
| Sports at UA | ||
| Outdoor activities, hiking clubs walking, golf | ||
| Casino venues good entertainment | ||
| Affordable municipal golf | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Young people need music, chess clubs, debate clubs | ||
| More intergenerational activities | ||
| More activities and challenges | ||
| Fun activities for children | ||
| Bring back baseball teams | ||
| Theme 2. Climate and Weather | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Sunshine – everyday we get Vitamin D | ||
| No shoveling snow or ice | ||
| Climate, weather | ||
| Theme 3. Education | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Parochial schools help with education | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Too many drop-outs | ||
| Think of grandchildren's education needs | ||
| Parochial schools want tax vouchers which drains money from public schools | ||
| Parochial schools too expensive for poor people | ||
| Need to keep potential drop-outs interested | ||
| Increase funding for schools | ||
| Improve public schools | ||
| Education is very important | ||
| Concentrate on the school system | ||
| Theme 4. Health and Medical Care | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| Wonderful doctors | ||
| Hospital care is outstanding | ||
| Heart Hospital, Arizona Oncology right on top of it | ||
| Health care very important | ||
| Health care is excellent | ||
| Doctor calls even when we are on vacation to check | ||
| Theme 5. Leadership and Government | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Plan better for maintaining baseball in Tucson | ||
| No consultants from East Coast who don't know Tucson | ||
| Make better site selection decisions – e.g., Tucson Electric Park | ||
| Income tax fairer than sales tax | ||
| Do downtown right | ||
| Better program follow through | ||
| Better leadership needed | ||
| Theme 6. Safety | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Improve safety for children going home | ||
| Improve neighborhood safety | ||
| Theme 7. Transportation | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| UA students can use streetcar | ||
| Transportation infrastructure needed for good jobs | ||
| Too much traffic congestion | ||
| Too many cars | ||
| Street car will be waste of money – everyone has cars | ||
| Shuttles well used | ||
| Should park and use public transportation | ||
| No big expressway system needed | ||
| Need more park and ride stops | ||
| Need good transportation | ||
| Need a new railway system; Back and forth to Phoenix | ||
| More transportation needed for people who can't drive | ||
| Expense of train is a concern; maybe federal government? | ||
| Theme 8. Community | ||
| What do you like the most about our community/region? | ||
| UMC Children's Wing – only donated funds – good example of community | ||
| Good volunteer opportunities | ||
| Casino venues good for economy | ||
| What do you most want to change or improve about our community/region? | ||
| Need to make contacts between retirement communities and community needs | ||
| Don't destroy natural habitats | ||
| Don't destroy natural beauty by allowing building up to forest line | ||
Sunday, October 03, 2010