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Family Entertainment opportunities in East London - similar to Storybook, Adventures on Wonderland
It's a pain to have to drive for 25 minutes to do something extra special with a family. West London has Adventures on Wonderland, Kidscape, Storybook Gardens, the Aquatic Center, Springbank Park. What does East London have? Kiwanis Park - yehaw! Bring in something to entertain the families of East London so we don't have to drive all over the place. Give us something fun!
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Build on on the name 'Forest City'!
Make an extra effort to create more prominent green spaces downtown and all over the city. As well as a stronger effort to preserve and nurture the beatiful nature within our city. So we can become a model for other cities to look at and follow..
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London Needs to Think Big
We need to cast aside the prevailing attitude of myopia that plagues this city, and we need to shed the small town mentality. London is not a small town, it is a thriving city of close to half a million people. London needs to cast the die on a project that will distinguish it from the other cities of SW-Ont. A project, for example, installing muni-fibre, or becoming a leader in green energy would grab people's attention and make them think, "There's a city on the rise, that's where I'd like to live."
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Repair sidewalks
London should repair the sidewalks. They should also put some nice brick on the sideways to make it more visually appealing. Lastly like in Europe we should have two different colours on the sidewalk, so there is one side for bikers and one side for walkers or runners.
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Springbank Park "Restore it's Beauty"
This is Londons biggest asset for tourism, Lets restore the gardens this year and promote this as one of Southwestern Ontaio's best parks.
At 300 acres, Springbank Park is the largest park in London. On 30 kilometers of trails, visitors find everything from naturally wooded areas to perfectly manicured formal gardens. One of the city's most popular spots for runners and roller bladers, the park is also home to picnic areas, soccer fields, a wading pool and the well-known attraction Storybook Gardens. The recently opened Springbank Gardens, a restoration of the popular 1940s park attraction Wonderland Gardens, includes an open-air…70 votes -
Allow Buskers Downtown and Take Away Red Tape for Small Entrepreneurs
Make it easier for someone who wants to start a sidewalk business. Take away all the rules and regulations associated with trying to start a simple business. Encourage micro business so people can take control of themselves easier.
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Both the market and state have failed Londoners. Change happens from the bottom up.
We need to revitalize civic society and revitalization begins from the bottom up through civil association.
London needs more small businesses, neighbourhood shops and a more diverse economic base. Economic problems that cities such as Detroit and Windsor face are due to reliance on a narrow base of big businesses.We also need to be proud of our greenspace. Zoning bylaws should be changed to accommodate more urban agriculture and urban forests. People should be encouraged to drive less through more subsidization of public transit and walkways.
We need stronger neigbourhoods with strong civic associations and local institutions ranging anywhere…
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London has no distinct culture
this is what the creative city initiative was trying to enhance. Guelph, K/W, Ottawa, even Brantford have identifiable music/arts "scenes". Since London's punk-rock hey-day in the 80's there has been no dominant sound/style coming out of the city. not sure if it has to do with the lack of venues (although the London Music Hall is a new one that is the best I've seen in 10+ years in London) or the fact that young people flock OUT of the city. Could be that there's more effort put into snuffing out fun (see Rock the Park complaints) than there is…
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Local businesses: create jobs with security, benefits, decent pay, and room for advancement.
After reading the article on the LF Press about our identify issues and the need for young people to stick around, my first thoughts are on the job market. With the people I'm connected to, London does not have a good reputation regarding its workforce. We are a city full of call centers and other places where people have low-paying or minimum wage jobs. The workers have no job security and no way to advance in their fields. When I first moved here, I worked at a call center with 1000 people. People were hired or fired without a blink…
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LTC Refunds when the bus is 5 minutes late or FULL.
Western and Fanshawe students, arguably the LTC's best customers shouldn't be paying to wait.
I've had countless times where trips to University for important meetings, assignments, due dates, etc were botched because the bus was full or late.
So frustrating.
If the LTC is incapable of serving us, the customers, we deserve a refund for each trip they fail to provide.
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Restore the Festive Atmosphere
Give families a reason to come downtown, clean-up the Forks of the Thames, aid, promote and restore the summer festivals we've lost (Like the Childrens and Balloon festival).
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London's dominant industries and institutions have failed over time to invest, promote, and exploit
London's dominant industries and institutions have failed to invest, promote, and exploit growth and jobs for their graduates. These businesses, which derive great tax and services benefit from being supported by this communitiy, fail miserably at applying their collective intelligence and wealth to finding and developing new startup businesses and cultural opportunites that would attract or keep young minds. Where is the UWO and Fanshawe committment to this city off campus. Why is the medical and health industry that finds much of it's root research and development in this city not exploiting further businesses along this food chain in the…
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Loosen up London
London is a great place, but it has a reputation as a WASPy, conservative, unfriendly city for a reason. In general, Londoners need a city-wide training course in friendliness and warmth. Newcomers from as close as Windsor and as far as Africa will tell you it takes a long time to call this place home. How about we all start by looking up at people we are passing on the street, how about we smile, say hello. That goes for shop owners too. How about we stop complaining about vibrancy - like music that can be heard from one downtown…
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London needs a name it can uniquely call its own
London was a name already taken when we adopted it way back when. Too much named after the other London. Why not dust the old name, like Thunder Bay (Port Wm/Port Arthur) and KW (Berlin) did?
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Stop the BIG BOX sprawl Madness
London is obsessed with retail big box sprawl which basically pushes the boundaries of our city and creates empty retail spaces throughout the inner city. This is madness. I probably don't have to convince you, but look around and you will see places like Westmount Mall, which was once thriving and is now empty because developers built their sprawl at Wonderland and Southdale. It makes no sense whatsoever and we the taxpayers pay for all the infrastructure that comes with the sprawl. Stop the madness!! Our city's priority should start at the centre and work it's way out. If we…
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we need to focus on what makes us different.
Every city has a downtown, nice neighbourhoods, entertainment centres, markets etc. What makes London stand out? The river? The music or arts scene? Whatever it is that makes us different, we have to celebrate it.
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Encourage people to shop in the neighbourhoods where they live.
I know the London Strengthening Neighbourhoods Strategy task force is already looking at this and I think it's a great idea. Imagine a city where everyone walked to their local grocery store or local business. Win for the business. Win for the environment. Win for the community.
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Bus Passes Included With Taxes
Having a LTC bus pass included in tuition for Fanshawe or Western has been successful, why not start something similar city-wide? Offer bus passes to Londoners and have the cost included in their taxes. Granted, this idea wouldn't work for people who rent, but it's something worth trying to encourage people to drive less.
45 votes
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