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South High - March 30, 2000

Our Slogan

A United community that cares
Hot spot + cool place
Great place to live
Bakersfield - the place to just chill
High life in entertainment
If we're old enough to die for our country, we're old enough to drink alcohol
Bakersfield - City of Many Cultures
Come for the clubs, stay for the people
California's hot spot!

Our Image

A quiet but nice town
More drama
Clean
Not dangerous
We're all equal
Advanced
Safer places to live
Fun cheap place to live
Amusement parks
Cheaper to live
Boring old town -We want cute little community instead
A clean & peaceful city
People police others
To go to a really nice school without paying tons of money
Diverse city

Our Reputation

Clean cut and laid back people
High self esteem
Not a hick town
Not a ghetto
Boring - no jobs
No clubs
We live in the boondocks
No entertainment - no place to hang out
A fun place to come and see
Clean environment
More child care for young parents
We want to stop being known as "the farmers"
Friendly
More courteous people
Good wholesome people
A place where people would like to come to
Racing

Civic Culture

People who really care
More librairies, better books, more books, computers, museums, zoos

Business Environment

More growth in small industries or small companies
Better shopping
Cheaper gas prices, beings how we produce a lot of the oil
More soul food restaurants
More teen night clubs
More engineering jobs for Hispanics
More employment opportunities - for teens and single parents
More variety of jobs for families
Higher paying jobs for teenagers
Business advantages for youth
Companies should offer more than one job per person. This way people don't get tired of working on the same thing
Pay higher wages but less taxes
Technology- computer based
Motocross stadium
Creative shopping areas
Criminal justice
Fair opportunities
More jobs based on technology & computers

Arts & Culture

More places to go on the weekends
More comedy clubs
Multi-culture shows
More clubs, pubs, movies, theaters
More concerts
Better concerts
More places to learn the arts
Historical museum
Better museums, art galleries
More melodramas
Plays, shows like Broadway
Dance clubs for teens only (virgin drinks only)
Street concerts
Clubs with tons of rooms with differenct dance themes per room
Art Museum for local as well as known talent
Zoo
Coffee houses with live bankds
Karaoke bar
Meoldrama (more) plays that people can be in without having to be in drama
Car museum
Black history museum
Mexican-American Museum

Heart of the City

Water slide - Parks
A park where people can rid bikes, rollerblades, etc.
More museums, mores hopping malls (24 hour)
More culture
More homes
More homeless shelters
More cruising lanes (Chester)
Beach
More factory 2 us
Entertainment - music, plays, outside restaurants, full of culture
Activities for teens - keep them out of drugs, gangs and bad communities
More attention to the young generation instead of blaming them for the things that the parents should of raised the children not to do
Romantic parks with caves and streams
Water parks
Downtown
Pro Sports team
Top final dragsters

Our Values

A community for and about people and their children
Keep the peace
Respect
Respect yourself
A better place
Be loved
The cost of housing going down and there should be no interest to be paid for a year
More schools
Youth center
Get off drugs
More churches
Kids
Money
Morals
Ethnicity
More help for people who are down on their luck
Respect for the community and how it looks
Cars
Homes, education

Technology

Computer integration
Give computers to the community
More Tech companies that hire Hispanics
Interactive TV
Laptops at each desk for children
Everyons has access to computers
Cyber cafe
Medical technology
Space learning - planetarium
Affordable computers -make availabel to everyone

Transportation

Bike
High speed train
Self-driven cars
Lower gas prices
Bullet train
Solar powered cars
Bigger streets - more stoplights
International airport
24 hr GET bus
Teen insurance goes down
Cheaper cars
Less cops
Cars that don't use as much gas - better for the environment
Get on the GET bus
Electric cars
Trains
Freeway to Rosedale
Better controlled bus
A more personalized bus system - smaller buses that work kinda like taxis but are inexpensive
Subway

Biggest Changes

Better shopping
More blacks & Hispanics in the White House
Minimum wages of $10
More parks in SW
New Red Lobster, less McDonald's
Lower cost for gas!
Better and more hospitals
Clubs for children to stay out of trouble
Cleaner more attractive to visitors
Daytime activities for all ages
Safety
No speed limit
Higher wagers
Sky scrapers
Grand Canal
Expansion of Southside of town
Less expensive healthcare
Lake
More clubs
Respectful community

Break Thrus

Professional basketball team
High speed train to L.A.
Open minds, less hate!
Cure to AIDS and STD
No more gang violence - reduce gangs
No discrimination to Latino's
More money for schools, bigger schools, smaller classrooms
Education shouldn't come with a price tag
More home business - professional
Cleanliness
Paintball arena
Concert hall
Major league baseball team
120 Octane fuel
Best education
Good mass transit
Cultural centers

Looking Back I'm Most Proud of�

Centennial Gardens
Nice & affordable houses
Downtown improvements
Better schools
Bakersfield
Centennial Arena
Of the people who came to ask the younger generations' opinion
Vision 2020 - thank you

In our Community's Future We Wanted and We Got�

Nicer jobs with good pay for some advancement for young people
More equal opportunities for jobs
More activities to keep youth entertained during the week and weekend
More wealthier people with good jobs
Nicer place to live
More dance clubs
More nicer restaurant - for ex Red Lobster
Teen summit
Basketball gyms
Theme parks
Major arcades
Increase minimum wage
Football stadium
Water parks
Major clothing outlets
Recreational parks
Less drive bys
More stuff for teens to do
More money
Better colleges in town
Later public transit
Nordstrom malls
More shopping malls
A reasonable prices for youth that are single and want live on their own independently
Clean up the streets
Cheaper gas
Bullet Train
Better jobs
Skate parks
Ice rink
Later curfew on weekends
Community activities
Better education systems/schools
Summer youth activities
Better bus systems
UC in Bakersfield
Beach in town
Lower drinking age to 18 years
Legalize marijuana
More recreational parks, places, areas for teens
A big zoo
Live Bands Caf�
Sports entertainment
Cheaper bowling
Music
Cleaner environment
Better movies
Snow
More lights downtown
More trees
Better transportation
More freeways
Waterway - Venice
Libraries
Grand Canal
Bakersfield Live Show
Expressways
Original Tommies
Monorail
IMAX Theatre
Museum of Arts
Remodel school
New Plaza
Town meetings (involve youth)
New books in school
Teachers that respect students and value opinions
Drug rehab hospital/programs
Better 911
Better police response
Later school hours
Churches
Music studios
Drive-in movies
Soul food restaurants
Big library
More concerts
Etiquette awareness schools
More romantic places
Skyscrapers for job opportunities

In our Community's Future We Didn't Want and We Didn't Get�

No pollution
Harassment - racial comments
No dress codes
The town to be all broke down
Drive bys and gangs
So many people on welfare
Potholes
Don't want so many drugs on the streets
Illiterate people
Trash in the parks
Old outdated buildings
Homeless
Guns
Hate crimes
Prostitutes/pimps
People living on the streets
Violenece
Teen pregnancies
Security at South High
Smog
Vandalism
Criminals
Abandoned houses
Union Avenue
No Hatred -racial conflicts
No more fast food jobs for teens
Older people to take all the good paying jobs
Graffiti
L.A. people
Ice cream trucks
Bad attitudes
Motorbikes
Police
Rich/poor part of town
Empty fields (will produce clean space)
Camelot
No bad dads
Less taxes
Higher real estate prices
No 3 strikes/electric chair

Our Vision for Downtown

Water Park and Amusement Park by Museum grounds - Zoo
Concert Hall
Teen dance clubs
Ice Rink
Fitness Club
Mall
Race Track
Homeless shelter
Expand downtown with shopping areas
Amusement park
Water Slide
Lights everywhere
Safer streets
More greenery
Clean up around Central Park - zoo
Beale Building with bowling, pool, skating all in one place
Better parking downtown
Better parks
S. of California - clean up
Resurface 34th st.
More business buildings
Opera, theatre/Broadway
Outdoor stage
Trees
Drive-in Movies
Lakeview - clean up and better places for kids to go
Better. Safer shops - Truxtun & California
No more empty lots
Cruising strip
Parks
Recreation area - E. on 34th
Drag Strip
Remodeling and clean up NE and SE
Rebuild houses and clean up streets on E. Side
Basketball Gym on Lakeview
Redo the bridge
Destroy the ghetto
Clean up downtown
Liquor store for minors
Outside mall
Strip Club for minors
Skate Park in 5 locations including downtown, near OakN of Truxtun and also S of California - on Truxtun and California, E of Union
Waterslides, a lake, a park, and a skate park near Columbus
Bike trails and Motorcross near Golden state
Football stadium near Museum
Tean Club with all kinds ofmusic
Walk of Fame on Chester below California
Paintball course near Lakeview
Lots of gyms and parks
Nightclubs downtown
Disneyland,Magic Mountain, Seaworld (all downtown)
Family recreation E of Lakeview
Entertainment park by Pioneer Village
Water Park S of California
Health Clinic and Country Club W of Lakeview
School and Outdoor MusicStage N of 34th
Art Museum and Music Museum with young and old talent, S of California
Water Park, Theme Park, and Food Court bet. Chester and Oak, S of California
Extend freeway
Theater for Plays on California
Sky scrapers downtown. Expand Central Park - street concerts every Saturday
Trees everywhere
6 story Father Garces
Dance club with different dances in every room
Kern River with boating activities
Better schools - better education
Snow Park
Blow up Union And everything East of it - not the people