Like at Tempe Marketplace..to draw more people out on the weekends and evenings in the slow summer months.

i live in a neighborhood were there are a bunch o kids that like to ride scooters, skateboards, etc... but there is no skatepark near us. the nearest skatepark is far away and in a very bad neighborhood

The Mining and Mineral Museum that was self sufficient was closed in Phoenix this past weekend. Let's bring it to the old Federal Building on MacDonald north of Main. An article in the Az Republic stated that it is the busiest museum in the state! Three for free is nice but how about one more for four!

Build a terrace at Heritage Park for a community garden. However, still maintain the pathways throughout the park. Then, place the garden beds above the 100 year flood elevation. This will reduce maintenance needs, generate revenue and save water.

Work with property owners/tenants at the northeast corner of Greenfield and Main to redesign entrances and exits to these properties. Present arrangement forces exiting traffic to go west (Main) and north (Greenfield). Many people do a U-turn to go east at Greenfield and Main, which creates hazards. Traffic backups and general traffic congestion sometimes triggers poor driver behavior.

Route the light rail down Dobson to Southern servicing the Fiesta district. Along Southern to Gilbert or Power then back north to Main and returning westbound on Main. There are several reasons to do this one to serve the Feista District and having only one line returning thru Main Street. This would also reduce the congestion thru Mesa.

Get rid of the Palo Verde/ Mesquite Trees and bring in shade trees Downtown.

Yellow flashing lights on Brown Road near Mountain View High, Red Mountain High, Salk Elementary and Mesa Academy are very helpful in slowing traffic. Yellow flashing lights should be installed at all school crossings on major streets. Center Street north of Fitch Park urgently needs flashing yellow lights because the school crossing signs are easily confused with special event signs set out for spring baseball. Until yellow flashing lights are installed, school crossing signs should be set out for each lane since traffic can block visibility of a single sign in the center of the street.

Aviary at Pioneer Park sounds great but believe that in addition a public art collection would be a tremendous draw and enhance Mesa's cultural diversity. A Public Art Committee could be formed to solicit donations/pieces of art for placement in park. City's only cost would be insurance and dedication plaques. It would build over the years and I believe become a "go to" place in Mesa.

McCormick-Stillman RR Park is nice but there is room for more train parks. With the effort to save the Pioneer Park train that train could be the center point of the park. As a member of the Arizona Big Train Operators we would be very interested in building and operating a large scale train layout in a Railroad themed park in Mesa. I know other model railroaders that would form clubs to be at a Mesa Park if they had a chance. How about one at Falcon Field?

Lease the vacant property to a local farmer for a $1.00 under the condition productive vegetable crops are grown three times a year. The land is an eye sore full of weeds and dust and needs to be but to use until it has been sold or developed.

I would prefer to see green fields of crops over dusty dirt and weeds.

As a public amenity improvement, the city or maybe even private owners should consider placing several water fountains alone the downtown pedestrian corridor.

Save fuel and promote clean air in downtown by providing electric cart shuttles for Mesa City employees to move between buildings for meetings. Electric golf carts could be driven and operated by AmeriCorps volunteers or retirees looking for ways to volunteer and be involved and used to shuttle city employees between buildings such as Solid Waste and MCP.

While driving past the newly refurbished Diver sign and the Starlight Motel, I was wondering if the City would want to offer incentives for business to use neon signage and create a tourist attraction of a "neon corridor"? People line up to see holiday lights at Christmas time so would it attract tourists?