Twenty-seven Chamber of Commerce members joined Mayor Pro Tem Ramona Finnila and City staff on Wednesday morning, October 22nd to create a vision for Carlsbad's future.
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Top Issues and Concerns: |
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City will continue to evolve after "build out" |
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A central location to bring all citizens together |
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Redevelopment and progressive zoning as tools for future change |
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Implementation of vision will be most important factor for the future |
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Density of accommodations (stores/activity) |
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Kids bring a sense of community - don't forget the "kid-less" |
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Public/Private Partnership |
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Pedestrian orientation |
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Human scale |
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Connected uses |
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Inclusion of families, business, events |
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Increased level of gathering for special events |
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Building association through relationships |
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Fulfilling other categories will result in deepening connections |
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How to retain the current values |
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Values - optimize existing talent - local pool |
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Connections |
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How can connections be made in the community? |
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Once-a-month community events |
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Create community for "kid-less" |
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Recapture 1950's feeling |
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Workplace/Residence/Business |
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North Carlsbad - intimate longer residents |
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South Carlsbad - transplants / new residents |
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Common Connection - all new |
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Water Park - fun for kids |
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Open green space - gathering place |
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Parallel universe - some people never connect |
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Most people from somewhere else |
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No time to connect, no place to connect |
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Community |
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What is community? How can we create a sense of community? |
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Relationships between people - connected |
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Accessibility to services |
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Walkability to services; connect people and relationships |
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Build loyalties |
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Gathering spaces; traditions |
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Associations - church and community groups |
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Community vision and dream |
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Bringing various neighborhoods together to share collectively as "City of Carlsbad" |
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Physical barriers have divided City. I-5/Palomar Airport Rd |
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Zoning has divided community - new runs to allow more mixed-use |
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Growth Management - budget Process has continued to operate on a quadrant basis, further dividing community. |
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Place |
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What can we do to make Carlsbad a special place? |
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Beautiful place to be - personality - character |
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Outdoor spaces - unified design, courtyards |
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Civic Center must include community spaces - including businesses |
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Pedestrian orientation - human scale & connection |
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Consider relocating PAR/Carlsbad Blvd to create land for community (Manzano Property) - a pier? |
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Need facility for future, arts, music, and community, central - in park. |
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A place to gather and interact. |
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A site - with multiple uses - put spice into our lives - recreation? |
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Need a place to go |
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Site worked into local environment - physical |
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Not small, individual sites - larger multi use. - but some like small, local parks |
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Small, local - safety |
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Should not need to leave Carlsbad; we have all that we need here |
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Community - collective decision-making process |
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City is constantly changing and will continue to do so. |
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Implementation of vision will be most important factor. |
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Commitment of individuals key element. |
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Carlsbad neighborhoods are becoming isolated - need for gathering places |
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What should a civic center look like? |
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Plaza - Bressi Ranch - Retail, Green. |
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Weekend events - Farmers Market, street faire. |
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Need customer base to support businesses |
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Diversity of businesses |
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Public Space and Private Enterprise - shops and soccer field |
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Create synergy |
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Need a more inspirational site (ocean?) not necessarily geo-centric, but spiritual |
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Centric location - not tourist oriented |
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Places for neighborhoods to gather, too, in smaller sites - not just one civic center |
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Do arts and culture at site - integrate into civic site |
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It's not necessarily in the industrial park area |
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Bay area - 1st floor shops, 2nd floor business, 3rd floor apartments |
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Need to accept density - in downtown |
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Spirit |
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How can we create spirit? |
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Families & family orientations - Sports events, Jazz in the Park, Special Events |
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Develop horse, bike trails |
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Get younger people involved |
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Inclusiveness |
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Meeting places should involve kids |
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Small town - parade - homecoming turn out |
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