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.

A place for anyone to post a report they write
such as something they see or has happened to them in the community. So others can read it and be aware as well.
Non expiring

The city could:
1) make commercials showcasing the citizens of the citizens.
2) Make a documentary about the citizens about the people.
3) Have a showcase event at the Mesa Arts Center where they set up something similar to a farmers market where they showcase the artists and the small businesses of Mesa.

The goal would be to capture the soul of Mesa and show it to the people in Mesa and people outside of Mesa.

We have the very best subterranean soils for tunneling and the technology to tunnel up to 1/2 mile per day. Think of the benefits, save billions just by avoiding abandonment and relocation of all the utilities under the streets. Eliminate surface congestion. Cool, safe and secure platforms below ground. Ease of routing to the best served areas without disturbing the road/street grids. Light rail is so 1800's. Subways are best and our valley is ideal for building them. Come on people, lets move into the future with subways not surface trains.

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

-McClellon connection to Riverview (transit bus or shuttle) – also a pedestrian crosswalk across Alma School Rd.
-Connection of Cubs Stadium to Riverview via bus shuttle or Streetcar – limit parking – use streetcar/transit (link to ASU/Tempe)
-Village Celebrations – Invite all areas of the city to participate, so residents can see other areas of the city.

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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.

Establish a system for volunteering within the community so that people get credits toward _ (water bill, power bill, etc.) for completing community service hours.

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?

Gang reduction through community conversations involving police, social services, gang members… (Ex./ System in Cincinnati and Cleveland)

Mesa needs to demonstrate that we appreciate and embrace DIVERSITY.

Do away with HOAs - What is good in part should be good for the entire community/town.

McKellips/Ellsworth future park- BAD IDEA!!! Leave the desert alone. Also it's way too near the school. Inviting unwated people to the area.