(10) Education

• National reputation for high quality education K-University
• Student involvement
• Affordable education
• Government funding
• Better budget for USD 259
• Be completive with private schools
• Student accountability

(8.5) Quality of Life

• Police
• Culture arts
• Culture aesthetics
• Outreach programs for under 25
• Health insurance
• Improve jobs
• Funding libraries
• River Walk
• Family activities
• Improve culture
• Specialty hospitals
• Image
• Tourism
• Arena

(8.5) Economic Development

• Entrepreneurship
• Support industry diversity
• Creating recycling businesses
• Funding/budgeting
• Reasons to go downtown

(7) Leadership

• Funding Visioneering
• Budgeting
• Arena etc. mission statement
• Student involvement
• Accessibility
• National reputation for quality education K-University

(6) Infrastructure

• Business service, transportation, bike lanes, etc.
• Trash – solid waste
• Flood control, east side, west side, street
• RV friendly
• Recycling
• Preservation/restoration

(10) Business & Jobs

• High tech products
• Skilled & knowledgeable workforce and training
• More jobs for the disabled
• Better climate for small businesses
• More technical support for aviation industry
• Summer program for youth employment
• More awareness of the word and modern language studies
• More diverse businesses
• More diversity in the workforce

(9) Health & Human Services

• Accessible, affordable and understandable (help to navigate the system)
• Make facilities (I.e. Lord’s Diner) more accessible to city’s outskirts
• Treatment for drug offenders as opposed to long term incarceration
• Locker, laundry, source center for the homeless
• Primary car (prevention) cheaper than secondary/tertiary

(8) Infrastructure

• Interstate access
• Intermodal transportation
• Improved street drainage
• Solid waster plan (recycling)
• Sufficient water source
• Control urban sprawl
• Bike trail improvement
• Conservation
• Downtown development

(7) Government

• City/County consolidation
• Election of municipal judges by people
• Regional leadership & cooperation
• Revamp metropolitan planning commission
• Find ways to unite the city of Wichita
• Expand community policing
• Smaller government, lower taxes and less regulation
• Inform neighborhoods of city’s plans before they occur!
• Neighborhood meetings with law enforcement
• Clean indoor air ordinance
• Value our diversity

(6) Education

• Improve K-12 education
• Improve public libraries
• Consolidate school districts
• Diversify colleges/universities
• Workforce training

(5) Community/Image/Quality of Life

• Reasons to stay in Wichita
• Promote outside money coming into community
• Improve support of the arts
• New identity for Wichita
• Protect city’s parks/playgrounds
• Better variety of leisure and cultural options
• Theme park
• Quality of life for variously-abled
• More conventions
• River development (not a River Walk)
• Regional poetry convention
• More women bowlers
• Develop tourism
• Eliminate hunger
• Downtown development
• Diverse college/universities
• Revamp Sedgwick County Park
• More discounts for seniors
• Keep our youth and retired citizens in Wichita
• Emphasize prairie architecture

(4) Diversity

• Diversify colleges and opportunities in fine arts
• Diversity in our workforce
• Value our diversity
• Address racism and other “isms”

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 3
Facilitator: Bill Cook
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Kara Belew

(10) Infrastructure

• Mass transit
• Railroads
• Airport proposal
• Traffic flow across Big Ditch
• I-66
• Police & Fire protection
• NW & SW by-pass/US-54 thru Goddard
• Parks Department
• Eliminate need for autos
• “St. Louis Arch” type attractions
• Flood control
• Planned growth
• Water supply
• Roads
• Parking
• Emphasize open & park space
• Carpooling
• Hotels near Universities

(9) Economy

• Building & maintain sustainable economy
• Limit outsourcing
• Mixed zoning
• Revitalize downtown
• Evaluate mill levies
• Diversify industrial base other than aircraft
• Living wage
• Jobs in inner city & for teens
• Water treatment & supply
• Casinos
• Remove sales tax from food
• Sports arena
• Emphasize WSU as an asset
• Taxation – analyze spending

(8) Quality of Life

• Affordable housing
• Place for teens to hang out
• Increase city library system
• Local entertainment options
• Drug & alcohol
• Help for homeless
• Strong social service support media portraying in positive light
• Metro park system – free park rec.
• Health system – clinics
• Expand senior services
• Preserve architectural landmarks
• Organization to help homeless
• Using people over 55
• Childhood hunger
• Affordable tree trimming
• Mixed zoning

(7) Education

• Focus on people rather than buildings
• Technical education & training
• Speak same language
• Evaluate school district spending & funding
• Better educators in schools
• Train young people with sellable skills
• Increase library system
• Stop bussing
• More community oriented schools

(6) Government

• Cooperation between government agencies
• Consolidation of city/county government
• Metro government
• Improve our image
• County wide waste management
• Taxation
• Mixed zoning
• Remove sales tax on food
• Accountability for lottery $
• Casinos
• Not cutting school programs
• Evaluate school district / spending & funding

(5) Neighborhoods

• Speak same language
• Mixed zoning
• Libraries
• Eliminate need for autos
• Neighborhood schools
• Eliminate bussing
• Preserve historical sites
• Free ballet in parks
• Community attractions
• Affordable tree trimming
• Revitalize downtown
• Better PR
• Affordable property insurance

(4) Health Care

• Health clinics – public
• City/County health
• Drug & alcohol treatment
• Mental health system
• Expand senior services
• Enhance training for health professionals

(3) Waste Management

• Pollution – air, ground water, water supply
• Affordable & accessible landfills
• Bulk waste pick-up
• Curbside recycling
• Tire recycling
• Incineration
• Mass appliance disposal – Freon
• Recycling
• Motor oil recycling
• Community compost pile

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 4
Facilitator: Jennifer Barclay
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Mary (Mimi) Balazs-Shellito

(10) Economic Development

• Support local businesses (shops)
• Attract new companies
• Provide incentives for companies that bring in revenue from outside our region
• Strengthen airport services
• Increase downtown development
• Tourist attractions for more revenue
• Economic diversity
• Retain corporate businesses/headquarters
• Market our city – What is our identity?
• Improve recycling industry
• Overcome our negative self image
• Stop losing educated people to other cities (“Brain Drain”)

(9) Education

• Improve athletic facilities
• Encourage students to finish school
• Integrated team to support education of companies according to their needs
• Increase funding of public school system
• Development of a world class technical training college
• Identify students within high schools for manufacturing positions
• Improve high school students test scores
• Attract traditional students to local universities (i.e. WSU)

(8) Quality of Life

• Historical preservation with tourism
• Support of the arts – support proposed lake in Callie County
• Work on motivation!
• Decrease our divorce rate
• Increase youth activities outside school
• More (smaller?) themed festivals
• Overcome our negative self image

• Environmental preservation: clean water, air, etc.
• Market our city – What is our identity?
• Improve healthcare affordability/accessibility
• Beautify our city
• Provide cultural amenities
• Develop recycling industry

(7) Downtown Development

• Increase downtown development
• Increase downtown residence
• Support the development of a downtown sports arena
• River development
• Investigate urban sprawling
• Develop an enclosed tennis facility

(6) Government Services

• Better support for community policing
• Progress with BTK killer
• Improve mass transit system
• Unification of city/county governments
• United team legislative representation
• Increase the integrity of government officials
• Build better roads (that last longer)
• Better planning for road development

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 5
Facilitator: Jim Hutchinson
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Mike Castile

(10) Metropolitan Combined Government

• Minority/women
• Diverse leadership
• Access to government leaders

(9) Encourage Public/Private Sector Leadership

• Reinstate Citizen Partic. Org. (CPO)
• Involve minority business & provide funding
• Encourage public/private leadership

(8) Industry Recruitment

• Retail/commercial economic development
• Quality visitor center
• Small business development
• Fund marketing of ICT – re-evaluate Fair Fares
• Diversification of industry
• Business other than aircraft
• Drainage planning
• Increase senior issues – aging population
• Strengthen all education
• Neighborhood maintenance
• Coordination of road priorities

(7) Education Equity

• Increase dollars spent per child
• Fewer students per teacher ration
• Early childhood education
• Suburbs vs. inner city ( increase investment in inner city)
• Smaller classrooms ( students)
• More emphasis toward vo-tech

(6) Identify integrated job skills

• Develop new industry that matches current skill sets

(5) Downtown Development

• Smoking policies – increase smoke free environment
• Public transportation
• Affordable housing
• Traffic – left turn signals
• Entertainment
• Downtown
• Development
• Taxis
• Drainage – civil engineer – south side
• Road projects
• Trash- long term waste management

(4) Small Business Development

• Decreasing taxes for small business
• Publics transportation
• Affordable housing
• Downtown revitalization

(3) Early Childhood Education

(2) Diversification

• Identify integratable job strength (skill sets)
• Attracting workers
• Shopping experiences
• Tax breaks – new companies

(1) Entertainment

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 6
Facilitator: Kris Johnson
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Donna Wright

10) Education

• Maintain after school programs
• Broaden base for finance of public education – more than property tax
• Keep our graduates in town
• Entrepreneurship besides aircraft
• Post-secondary education for training work force – funding
• Inform/integrate youth in careers/jobs
• Retain educated citizens
• More resources in public schools, smaller class size

(9) Jobs – work force

• Trained workforce – donor community
• Promote small businesses
• More diversity in government/private jobs
• Job diversity – more than air
• Attract more small plane & start-up companies

(8) Quality of Life

• Improve parks
• Citywide affordable recycling
• Increase pride in home – neighborhood ownership
• Expand trails (walk, hike, bike) to connect parks (open spaces) with activities for all ages
• Healthcare affordable to all
• Arts
• Clean air
• Preserve older communities and control urban sprawl

(7) Planning and follow through

• Commitment from those with power to make vision a REALITY
• Involve public in more decision making/meetings
• Opportunities for public input
• Improve city planning process to involve area citizens – go to neighborhood & out of 8-5 hours

• Commitment to follow through with our STUDIES/VISIONS

(6)Government

• Involve public in more decision making/meetings
• Opportunities for public input
• Improve city planning process to involve area citizens – go to neighborhood & out of 8-5 hours
• Eliminate duplications of public services
• Examine tax abatement program
• Examine structure of county government
• Merge city-county commissions
• Streamline government services –avoid waste
• Committee oversight of government spending
• Update city codes to fit community
• Accounting of lottery revenue

(5) Human Services

• Concern for health of children – school menu, avoid pesticides
• More healthy foods with Vision Card
• Involvement in teen pregnancy prevention
• Attention to early childhood/infants
• Alternatives to incarceration
• Healthcare affordable to all

(4) Infrastructure

• Creative uses for vacant downtown buildings
• Improve efficiency of street building/repair
• Continue to grow FAIR-FARES
• Improve bus service – longer hours
• Confusion of one-way streets downtown
• Upkeep of rental properties
• Transportation – highways, air fares, public transportation
• Preserve older communities and control urban sprawl

(10) Economic Development

• Job diversification/ business succession
• New business attraction
• Highways/improved distribution
• Tourism
• Business development within neighborhoods
• Strategies for keeping & attracting workers – stop brain drain
• Contact point for business leaving
• Banking rel. imp. & credit improvement
• Senior employment/government cooperation
• Long term water supply

(9) Education

• Business providing support for parents
• Better pay for teachers
• Slow drop-out rate
• School partnerships
• Classroom discipline
• Improve % of above ave. on assos.
• Practical life skills
• Freedom in curriculum
• Parenting & citizenship education

• Exchange student programs
• Brain drain/youth sports
• Busing for schools

(8) Quality of Life

• Diversity – community pride
• Housing quality
• Recycling
• Crime prevention
• Volunteer opportunities
• Arts & entertainment
• Single parent families
• Animal control
• Health improvement
• Enforcement of existing laws or changes
• Clean up areas in need
• Tolerance, tech, talent
• Neighborhood development

(7) Government & Community Involvement

• Open meetings & scheduling
• Diversity in city planning “more participation”
• Changes in laws where necessary
• Improved inter-gov cooperation
• Better pay for law enforcement
• Regional coop across state

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP #8
Facilitator: Aaron Hamilton
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Andy Solter

(10) Education

• Increase graduation rates for minority
• More/better education for all
• Funded summer programs
• Smaller school districts
• Better education
• WSU & surrounding neighborhoods need to work together
• Increase focus on lower-income students
• Proper staffing/teachers in schools
• Better discipline
• Neighborhood schools

(9) Quality of Life

• Improve self-image
• Recycling
• Lower divorce rates
• Hiking, biking trails; pedestrian-friendly
• Lively downtown
• Make city attractive to visitors/residents
• Transportation – accessibility
• Enlarge library system
• Parks/open space – improve, increase & maintain
• More & better cultural options
• Rails to trails
• Public sports venues are under-utilized & entertainment
• Fewer billboards

(8) Jobs/Economic Development/Business

• Study cost-of-development
• Improve appearance for visitors
• Conventions & tourism
• Increase manufacturing
• Diversify economy
• Include health care in regional health center

• More awareness of business & C of C impact
• Attract/cultivate younger residents & workers including minorities

(7) Infrastructure

• Transportation – Amtrak
• Pave unpaved roads
• Study cost of development – drainage, water/sewer/police/fire
• Regional collaboration
• Rails to Trails
• Lively downtown
• More lakes & water
• Parks & open space – increase, enhance & maintain

(6) Social Services

• Lower divorce rates
• Funded summer programs
• Increase funding for lower income students
• More family services
• 24-7 homeless shelter
• Help for older neighborhoods
• Family – strengthening
• Financial training
• Coordination of current programs
• Aid to small business
• Services in center of city

(5) Administration/Government

• Recycling
• Study or citizen committee to study local governments
• Regional collaboration
• Night meetings for: WCC, BOCC, & MAPC (MAPC on Channel 7)
• Smaller school districts
• Cost of dev. study

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 9
Facilitator: Frankie Brown
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Tom Roulston

(10) Economic Development

• Tourism
• Downtown development
• Continuation of Old Town development
• Taxes
• Diversified economic development
• Retention of young talents
• Business retention
• Business recruiting
• Casinos
• Airport development
• Air services
• Networking with cultures
• Immigration
• Trash/landfills
• Infrastructures
• Relationships between large/small cities and counties
• Train service (Amtrak)

(9) Education

• Teachers salaries
• Fine arts
• Athletic
• Facilities
• Supplies
• Support staff ? Bussing for education – does it work?
• Coordination between business and the school system
• Higher education

• Scholarships
• Technical training
• Unemployment/retraining
• Workforce development
• English vs. other languages

(8) Youth

• Summer employment
• After-school programs
• Youth programming
• Youth mentoring programs
• Gands
• Entertainment
• Safety/crime prevention
• Neighborhood development

(7) Quality of Life

• Clean up the air
• Parks
• Trash/Landfills/Recycling
• Abandoned railway tracks
• Water resources
• Networking within cultures
• Libraries
• Support of the Arts/Museums/Zoo/Botanica
• Senior citizens services
• Entertainment
• Aviation museum
• Neighborhood development/Old Town/ Downtown Development
• Indigent health care

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 10
Facilitator: Ronnie Plang
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Juanita Blackman

10) Education

• Strong parent involvement
• Workforce preparation
• Global bench mark
• Positive image of schools
• Community outreach-teenage parenting
• School/community policing
• After school programs
• Leadership development
• Fully fund education
• Mentoring internship develop - apprentice

(9) Economic Development

• Empowerment of all city residents
• Summer jobs for youth – proactive
• Recruitment/retention to stay in Kansas
• Invest in existing business
• City of Wichita (greater diversity in planning)
• Evaluate market needs of all (prior to setting objectives)
• Downtown ownership (problem solving who owns – verification?)

(8) Environment

• Recycling programs
• Environmentally incinerators
• Railroad (efficiency, damage of tracks, vehicles)
• Improve image in all areas of the city (curbside appeal in neglected community)
• More green space (parks, recreation, neglected areas)
• Responsible recycling (trash)
• Beautify Wichita incentive
• Invest in existing neighborhoods
• Water quality & quantity

(7) Government

• Leadership/development
• Consolidation of city/county
• Health care for everyone
• Conf. verifiable voting system
• Pro labor agreement
• PR for city of Wichita & surrounding area
• Ambassadors for Wichita- Tourism
• Community policing in schools
• Security – global concerns
• Regional cooperation
• Fair contract rewarding of small business

(6) Infrastructure

• Transportation
• Barges roads – railroads
• Public transportation made accessible
• Highway/Regional Airport system that connects
• Regional railroad system
• Overpasses in city
• Smarter air transportation

(5) Social Issues

• Good quality of life
• Single mother support mechanisms
• Importance of family structure
• Retention of our youth to “thrive in Wichita”
• Problem solving with mentally ill issues
• Stronger spirit of volunteer
• Rehabilitation programs for offenders – prison- drugs
• Elder care (prescription drugs)

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 11
Facilitator: Ed Wolverton
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Dean Young

(10) Education

• Opportunity for education
• Keep educated here
• Parental involvement
• Football @ WSU
• Graduate opportunities/jobs for graduates
• Broaden programs @ WSU
• Higher education for minorities
• Scholarship awareness
• Sedgwick County Community College
• Increase teacher pay
• Job training for minorities
• School – district apportioned
• Internet/distance learning

(9) Economic Development

• Aircraft jobs
• Economic opportunity
• Keep educated here
• Quality of life
• Support farmers
• Lower taxes
• Controlled growth
• Economic diversification/manufacturing diversity
• Small business
• Global diversity
• Development outside downtown and inside downtown
• Lower air fares
• Market the city
• Better marketing of local manufacturing
• Tax break for small businesses
• Pyrolysis
• Arena/Arena parking – Cessna Stadium

(8) Quality of life

• Controlled growth
• Community self-respect
• Racial relations
• Roller skating park/recreation
• Parks & Recreation
• Clean environment/air pollution
• Cultural activities
• Recycling
• Diversity
• Services for people with disabilities
• Homeless
• Cultural center
• Affordable housing
• More parks
• Water quality
• Affordable health care
• Cowley County lake
• Landfill – yes or no?
• Prairie Proud
• River usage
• Activities for teens
• Outside downtown development

(7) Good Government

• Inner city government development
• Law enforcement
• Political leadership
• Eliminate good-old boys network
• Consolidated government
• More community involvement at City Hall
• Terrorism protection
• Bring back C.P.O’s
• City out of real-estate
• Parks & recreation zoning

(6) Infrastructure

• Storm drains
• Trains – service, terminal
• Train/car interaction
• Mass transit
• Wind power generators/earth smart

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 12
Facilitator: Bryan Derreberry
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Charles McAfee

(10) Education

• All day kindergarten
• Universal pre-school
• Support higher education
• Additional investment in technical schools
• Attract, maintain, & grow young professionals
• Keep & grow talented youth
• Boomerang Group – young people ? Parent education
• Job-training & GEDs
• Volunteers
• Cross-cultural education for teachers
• Drug & alcohol prevention
• Police in schools – cut down on gangs
• Law enforcement education for public on laws

(9) Economic Development

• Develop renewable energy industries
• WSU football
• Downtown arena
• Music scenes
• City contracts: evenly distributed
• Older neighborhoods revitalization
• Downtown development, revitalization
• Attract major airlines
• Tourism opportunities
• Magnet for international tourism
• Tax-free day for school purchases
• Analyze regional & national competitors: 500 mile radius
• Agriculture: strengthen
• Job development: high tech & pay
• US 54, 400: 4 lanes
• Casinos in Old Town

(8) Quality of Life

• Recreational trails
• Trolley car/railroad lines
• City beautification programs
• Overall community support of arts – taxes dedicated to arts

• Improve Wichitan’s self-esteem
• Preserve historic buildings
• Improve media
• Support neighborhood association
• Better youth job opportunities
• Senior centers
• Parks & open space
• Access to health care
• Justice & equal opportunity for all

(6) Public health & human services

• Drug & alcohol – treatment programs – prevention programs
• Dental care, fluoridation
• Animal control
• Promote organ donation
• Access to health care
• Better youth mentors
• Children’s health
• Smoke free ordinances
• Senior centers/services
• Corrections reintegration
• Support systems for family & kids
• Area public safety

(3.5) Government

• Restore funding to city departments
• Quality government customer service
• Consolidate local government
• Infrastructure – light rail/mass transit
• Parts& open space
• Urban sprawl
• Smart city planning
• Change from city manager to mayor/council form of government
• Cell tower control
• More people in comprehensive planning process
• Implement previous studies
• Support neighborhood associations
• More sidewalks
• Trash/landfill
• Preserve historic buildings
• Flood control – Ark River navigation
• Affordable housing
• Improve water quality & natural resources
• Recycling/curbside service

(3.5) Infrastructure

VISIONEERING WICHITA
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GROUP # 13
Facilitator: Jennifer Barclay
Elected to the Vision Task Force: John Rolf

(10) Employment

• Jobs paying livable wage
• Attract new businesses
• Job retention
• Industry diversity

(9) Education

• K-12
• Higher education
• Computer literacy
• More interaction and positive opportunities for youth

(8) Urban/Regional Development

• Revitalize black/minority communities
• Control of urban sprawl
• Infrastructure
• Core area development
• Regional development
• Green space/parks

(7) Environment/Infrastructure

• Water and air
• Waste management
• Energy policy

(6) Government

• Communication between people & government
• Inter-governmental cooperation
• Citizen-friendly governmental processes
• City accountability and promotion
• More citizen inclusion in government

(5) Healthcare

• Eldercare
• Human services
• Healthcare access and affordability

(4) Economic Development

• Tourism

(3) Poverty

• Get rid of poverty

(2) Quality of Life

• Health
• Cultural activities
• Commitment to become an anti-racist community