A focus on pedestrian-friendly environments, encouraging green spaces, and urban gardening.

Eradicating drugs Stopping pan handling Stopping the crime

Two run down buildings across from Mix. Should try and get the owner or new owners to make these parking garages. MBC Parking Essentially

Implementing a vacancy tax on empty buildings so that we can see competitive rental rates for commercial buildings

More stores and more security officers

Enhancing public spaces, downtown is exceptionally dirty and unwelcoming so any improvement to that would improve the overall downtown area

Affordable, accessible housing.

not enough characters allotted to express thoughts comprehensively

Improvements to the physical infrastructure, cleaning up and beautifying areas. Also providing more focus on pedestrians, cyclists, people

You've left out one of the main issues that caused downtown to shrink and office and retail locations to be worthless: your downtown mall.

I do like the idea of preserving the character of the area, and making it friendlier to active transit.

I think the downtown area could benefit from tram lines and more trees along the road.

Tear down the old building across from the Convention center, there is grass growing inside. Plants trees there or make it Parking.

Building and renovating more buildings

exorbitant commercial lease rates and greedy landlords are the biggest factors keeping downtown buildings vacant. vacancy tax please

More support for the unhoused and those facing addiction issues as now people avoid the downtown area due to harassment from panhandlers.

Can you please enforce property maintenance standards? Attached houses with deteriorating foundations = huge rat problem.

clash btw "neighbourhood as any other" and "centre of civic universe" evident. pls address "snow; winter" as facts more to say ....

Parking/Transportation. Emphasis should be on ways to bring people downtown w/o using cars. Something more than current bus system needed

Actively fighting poverty and addictions issues? I'm not one of them, but many avoid downtown because of beggars. Is the city helping them?

Take responsibility for the impact of your plans: parking nightmare caused by the downtownmall, business closures caused by unequal support.

This plan has no mention of public facilities such as toilets. So basic, but honestly a reason lots of people are reluctant to go downtown.

Create More Condos downtown, Maybe the old Fortis building. There is no way people wouldn't want that view every Morning.

More stores

Downtown has needed a plan to improve for years so, I am glad something is being done but, this has to just be the beginning of an overhaul

Considering sustainable transportation is great, but Metrobus is still inconvenient and unhoused people are using bus shelters as a hangout.

depends on desired objectives: without clarifying which one is desired, cannot provide reasoned commentary, esp. as resident in another ward

Preserving and enhancing the lanes is right up there! Also making it friendlier for pedestrians and bikers.

It's nice you finally admit downtown isn't working. But you won't have success if you ignore one the main causes to avoid taking any blame.

Paint the parking lines again, I don't think you realize how much money your losing to people parking to far part.

TAX owners who leave these building to fall to ruins, Clean all the tagging. Add a pharmacy for Visitors (Cruise ship Passengers)

More security

The current infrastructure needs to be improved, downtown is far from visually appealing.

I plan to move out of downtown ASAP due to levels of rodent infestation in attached buildings. Prioritize healthy, safe housing for all.

depends on which competing vision is applied - either "neighbourhood as any other" or "centre of civic universe" - not simulat. viable

Supporting businesses excluded from the mall: the few left that you haven't had a hand in forcing shut.