iMesa Ideas
Welcome to iMesa! Join the conversation and tell us your iMesa ideas or vote for the ideas you like. Learn more about iMesa at www.mesaaz.gov/iMesa
You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
iMesa Village map www.mesaaz.gov/iMesa/villages.pdf
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Save the BUCKHORN BATHS. The plan proposed by the Mesa Preservation Foundation
Let's work to save the BUCKHORN BATHS -- one of Mesa's greatest historical treasures. The plan proposed by the Mesa Preservation Foundation is an ideal model for a private / public partnership.
541 votesunder review ·
AdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Buckhorn Baths is included in this proposed plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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Fix the corner of Southern and Alma School. It's the anchor of urban blight in the city.
What can our local Government do about it? Well, let's find out.
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A downtown place to tell Mesa's story
Let’s celebrate Mesa’s story and strengthen the emerging downtown arts and cultural district by renovating the city-owned historic Federal Building at 26 N. Macdonald Street. By making it the downtown home of the Mesa Historical Museum, residents can more easily learn how their city came to be and how the past is shaping the future.
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Fiesta District - Mixed Use Entertainment Complex
A mixed use entertainment complex consisting of about 5,000-6,000 seats should be developed within the Fiesta District. This facility could house a minor league sports franchise (i.e. hockey, indoor soccer, etc.), be used by Mesa Community College and Mesa Public Schools or other higher education providers for games, tournaments, and events, and/or provide a venue for concerts or Disney on Ice type events for East Valley residents.
167 votesunder review ·
AdminCity of Mesa
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Check it out! Designs for Fiesta District streetscape project are now available at:
http://www.mesaaz.gov/economic/fiestadistricttitle.aspx
Let us know what you think. And— thanks for participating on iMesa.
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149 votesunder review ·AdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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Evening entertainment
Allow or cultivate a night life downtown. I just came from visiting a small town in California that has a really cool night life in the downtown area. Bars, restaurants, live bands, but quality, not quantity.
148 votesstarted ·AdminCity of Mesa
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Downtown Mesa has been growing its nightlife over the last few years with several great venues for arts, entertainment and live music. The Mesa Arts Center and its five theaters schedule a plethora of arts and entertainment throughout the year. The Nile Theater and Underground have live music weekly featuring both regional and national acts. Many of the clubs and restaurants feature live bands, DJ’s and open mic nights – Monsterland Bar and Grill, De la Cruz Bistro, Lo-Fi Coffee and Kirks Sports Grill to name a few. Live music is a staple at all the downtown events including the monthly series Motorcycles on Main and 2nd Friday Out. This Saturday’s Mesa Rocks Block Party features six bands featuring national reggae recording artists IRATION.
For schedules of Downtown entertainment visit these sites:
http://www.downtownmesa.com/index.php/calendar
http://www.mesaartscenter.com/index.php/misc/calendar
http://www.niletheater.com/calendar/
http://www.loficoffee.com/forums/
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Fiesta District - Streetscape
Implement the streetscape improvements discussed in the Fiesta District Handbook, which incorporated input from area businesses and residents. The Fiesta District needs to have streetscape improvements that define a sense of place for the district. These improvements should include wider sidewalks, more open space to create opportunities for community gathering and activity, more landscaping and better lighting.
142 votesplanned ·AdminCity of Mesa
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Check it out! Designs for Fiesta District streetscape project are now available at:
http://www.mesaaz.gov/economic/fiestadistricttitle.aspx
Let us know what you think. And— thanks for participating on iMesa.
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134 votesplanned ·AdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Pioneer Park is included in this plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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124 votes
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Create better riding paths.
Currently the only places in the phx metro area to ride a bicycle more then a mile without stopping is the greenbelt in Scottsdale, or the long roads on the reservations. The canals can be better. Take the Santa Ana River in so-Cal as an example. LONG paths that go for miles.
117 votesunder review ·AdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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Create High Density Living in Downtown by Encouraging Construction of More Mid/High Rise Buildings
Light rail will be operating in Downtown Mesa in the next 4-1/2 to 5 years, which means a direct connection with ASU and Downtown Phoenix. Living in Downtown Mesa will become a viable option for ASU students who don’t want to live in Tempe among all the “kids”, and for those who work in Downtown Phoenix but don’t want to live down there. Downtown Mesa already has an Arts culture, and over the last 2-1/2 years, a night life is starting to immerge. Downtown Mesa can be a grownups playground, not as immature as Tempe, more sophisticated than Phoenix, but… more
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fix roads ,take down the "ghetto" rebuild it
fix roads on sothern to mesa dr and mesa dr to main if feels like a dirt road.
take down the ghetto most of the houses there are empty anyways take them down clear the land sell it to home builders.
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Create Mesa Riverview Lake
Extend the Tempe Lake idea into Mesa. In addition use quaries that have reached the water table. Fill them and use as in town wake board lakes.
104 votesAdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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West Mesa Youth Sports Complex
How about a spot like Quail Run that provides little league, softball and soccer fields in one location.
100 votesAdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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Create light rail from Phx Mesa Airport to Polytechnic and DMB Proving Grounds on Ellsworthrd
Need Transportation linked from the airport to asu polytechnic and DMB Proving grounds as a prelinked metro services. it can be privately funded as well.
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Foster the development of an "Urban Garden" in an empty parcel(s) close to Downtown/ Farmers Market
Urban Gardens are typically cared for by volunteers. In Mesa, we have numerous empty parcels close to downtown restaurants and the Mesa Community Farmers Market. If grown in a protected sight- herbs and herloom vegetables can be sold to area restaurants like Il Vanaio and shoppers at the Farmers Market.
Some of these presently empty parcels in Mesa Grande already possess flood irrigation rights. Similar Gardens are successful in Phoenix and Tempe- often they are irrigated with captured Rain water.
So many of the homes close to downtown Mesa possess large lots with flood irrigation. A visible and Urban Garden… more
88 votesstarted ·AdminCity of Mesa
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You’ve imagined, now it’s time to invest and improve! The iMesa Steering Committee, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Transportation Advisory Board are considering a series of proposed park development projects and bike/pedestrian pathways for inclusion in a Capital Improvement Plan. Join us at an upcoming community meeting or provide your feedback online. http://www.mesaaz.gov/parksrec/Parks_Development/default.aspx
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ASU Polytechnic campus as an Independent State University
Check out my website which advocates restructuring the Arizona University System to provide greater accessibility, affordability, and accountability to a public university education for many more Arizonans while breaking-up the ASU monopoly within Greater Phoenix.
My plan does this by merging the ASU West & Polytechnic campuses into an independent, "medium-cost", and moderate research state university that is then housed at the Polytechnic campus location while the West campus then transforms itself into an independent, "low-cost", and non-research state university.
Click on the link below to view my strategic plan for the details of my university system restructuring plan:
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Teardrop Banners
Teardrop banners should be reserved for very special occasions, such as festivals or the opening of a new store. They should NOT be used for routine sales or just to advertise a store. They are all over Mesa right now, cluttering up sidewalks and promoting such things as check-cashing and "We Buy Gold!" Oh Please! The city is really starting to look tacky, as is Phoenix. Tempe has restricted them, and so should we in Mesa.
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Build a Spash Pad at Candlelight Park
Mesa is the only city in the East Valley without a splash pad at a park! The residents of Mesa frequently travel to Tempe Town Lake, Gilbert, Scottsdale, and Chandler just to go to their splash parks. Candlelight Park (1540 N. Barkley) would be a great location because it is centrally located, the park has a lot of unused grass area, it is in a neighborhood of family-sized homes, and the neighborhood does not already have a public pool.
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6 Mesa Festivals - 1 Per or every other Month at all 6 Villages of Mesa
Mesa event committee need to put all their resources together and create 6 different events every other month in all 6 villages of mesa as the mayor calls it. That way you elevate all parts of mesa and not just one and everything gets abandoned and loses visibility. From culinary festival, Art festival, Cultural Diversity festival, Mexican festival, Motorcycle festival to Whatever it maybe .. it needs to a banner festival.. Bring all the people of arizona and other states and countries to Mesa. Make money off the spending and hotel stays.. we need funding to make things happen.. this… more
72 votes
