Encourage facade restoration in the core. This does not have to be expensive in all cases. Think Collingwood, Hudson, MI., or Pipestone, MN.

More police presence, especially bicycle cops. Get rid of panhandlers and people sleeping downtown. Crack down on rowdy after-bar drunks. Stop aggressive parking enforcement. Allow parking validation by merchants. Create affordable seniors and student housing, the criteria for which must be met. Refurbish historic structures (and stop tearing them down), and set up controls to make sure new architectural designs are aesthetically pleasing (unlike the ugly call centre that replaced the old Eaton building, or the new VIA station).

A wonderfully graceful City Hall that spans the Thames where the current Dundas Street bridge does so. This would be designed by the winning bid in a design competition open to world architects, and would facilitate not just a building span, but a roadway still, observation levels, road level shops/boutiques and coffee shops etc. My inspirations (for the multi-use aspect) are Bath England's Pulteney Bridge, Venice's Rialto Bridge and Florence's Ponte Vecchio, but ours would be a sleek, modern version finally uniting us with the Forks - our past, our future.

With the new master meters areas on Dundas St., parking areas that used to fit 6 cars parked within the painted lines now only fit 4 cars as many drivers leave too much space. That means 1/3 less space to park and 1/3 less revenueThe machines often run out of paper and appear un-maintained remaining out of service for days at a time.

We need somewhere that supports an everyday, downtown lifestyle. Eating at retaurants and shopping at expensive boutiques is an occassional treat, not an everyday way of life. Grocery stores, hardware stores, lcbo, dollars stores etc are required so downtowners can truly live the downtown lifestyle- ie to live within walking distance to every amenity required to sustain life in the core. If you bring these amenities, more people and families will move back to the core and revitalize it.

Downtown is filthy. Windows are dirty and stores aren't clean. The sidewalks are covered with butts, dirt, and spit. Drive thru almost any small town in the area - take Exeter for an example - and they are clean and inviting. There are really nice hanging baskets that make it welcoming. London looks like a dogs breakfast compared to them. We used to have a man who was uptown every weekday keeping the sidewalks clean of trash and now we have a machine with spinning brushes that don't touch the ground when it's going by. We're a mess.

Create an arts center, including a concert hall, as an entertainment hub for Southern Ontario. Make it a downtown destination.

This thing is ridiculous. It takes up 75% of the sidewalk, and makes walking on it almost a hazard because you're so close to the very busy road.

I thought that with Decicco no longer being mayor, it wouldn't be able to go up anymore, or at least not be nearly as large as it has been in the past.

Seriously, how is this thing allowed to be up?

Only in London folks....

London has a major issue with sprawl. It's a pain to walk or bus anywhere, thats not in the immediate core. Vancouver is consistently ranked one of the most liveable places in the world, due to its extreme high density & amazing transit.
London needs to stop catering to only one demographic & focus on retaining its young work force.

London is not going to be London England EVER! So why are we trying to further copy their identity. We should keep in line with our history & revert to our original name. London needs to focus on creating a unique identity

(I'm thinking arts, especially with Fanshawe's new downtown arts campus.)

It is time to clean up our river and look at it as something that we can enjoy instead of run away from. If we could get people to come out and take rides on our rivers...we'd have something once again.

It is time to get the cars and busses out of the core. Go up queens and down King, it would ease congestion and provide a nice outdoor space for all who come to the core.

This city stops focusing on students and instead on families. Jobs for people everyday people...this city is in the top 10 for the highest unemployment rate in Canada!! No one can afford to go spend their money because they have no job or no job security or make minimum wage. Maybe if this city stopped being a college/university city just living from September to May off students' parents money the city would prosper more.

Lets have later shopping hours!

Lets have later shopping hours!