How can Santa Maria change to be a wealthier city? (Berkeley: low income, renting)

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by Josh_SoCal805

The Santa Maria Valley has so much grow potential. They need to stop turning vacant land into agricultural land . Commercial development should take over agricultural land. That would dramatically decrease the amount of immigrants living in Santa Maria.Take Southern Orange County for example. Decades ago it was just like the Santa Maria Valley, but now its pretty much developed. Santa Maria needs more high tech industries.

That is a great idea, we can import our food from Mexico or China, no sense in growing it here, right? eh?

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

That is a great idea, we can import our food from Mexico or China, no sense in growing it here, right? eh?

How do you spell morons?? I cant believe someone actually said " stop turning land into agricultural!!"

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

How do you spell morons?? I cant believe someone actually said " stop turning land into agricultural!!"

People say the darnedest things...

[the city]

Either of you live or work in the City of Santa Maria? By your profiles, I don't think so, so your opinions are heard, but not taken.

[jbunniii]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

How do you spell morons?? I cant believe someone actually said " stop turning land into agricultural!!"

This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong
- Talking Heads, "Nothing but Flowers"

[Barbara Bello]

Why not bring in a large central coast attraction! such as a "Sea World" or an "African Safari".
There is plenty of land area, and this would bring jobs to this area of all levels. It could become a
Central Coast family destination. The area needs more than winery's. Also, the mall needs a movie
theater, bring in a I-Max theater so people will come from out of town to see a move. Santa Maria
would be the only city in this area to have this type of theater. I believe both of these suggestions
would create jobs and bring in much needed revenue to this area.

[Shawn_Estrada]

Have the cops stop shoot people

[Barbara Bello]

Originally Posted by the city

Farming alone is not going to solve Santa Maria's problems. It needs another large employer. A strong economy has a diverse economy.

A large insurance provider or a pharmaceutical company to accompany the expansion of the hospital is our best bet.

Why not bring in a large family attraction such as a "Sea World" or an "African Safari Land"? This would create
jobs at all levels and bring much needed revenue to this area. The Mall needs a movie theater, bring in a
I-Max theater, people will come from out of town to see a movie. The closest I-Max is in Fresno. Santa Maria
could be a central coast destination.

[.highnlite]

Originally Posted by Barbara Bello

Why not bring in a large central coast attraction! such as a "Sea World" or an "African Safari".
There is plenty of land area, and this would bring jobs to this area of all levels. It could become a
Central Coast family destination. The area needs more than winery's. Also, the mall needs a movie
theater, bring in a I-Max theater so people will come from out of town to see a move. Santa Maria
would be the only city in this area to have this type of theater. I believe both of these suggestions
would create jobs and bring in much needed revenue to this area.

Originally Posted by Barbara Bello

Why not bring in a large family attraction such as a "Sea World" or an "African Safari Land"? This would create
jobs at all levels and bring much needed revenue to this area. The Mall needs a movie theater, bring in a
I-Max theater, people will come from out of town to see a movie. The closest I-Max is in Fresno. Santa Maria
could be a central coast destination.

Why would you want to do this? There used to be a theater down town, it was torn down to make room for a strip mall. North Santa Maria is rotting. AJ Spurs just closed for the same reason Central City Broiler closed. Anglos won't go into that part of town after dark. There are plenty of destinations on the Central Coast. There are enough buildings on the Central Coast, the last thing we need is more buildings. Course if the folks who want to send all the illegals back to Mexico win out, Santa Maria will be a ghost town with sage brush rolling down the streets.

[Just One of the Guys]

Originally Posted by Shawn_Estrada

Have the cops stop shoot people

They will when they no longer have a reason to.