I think we should add more greenery like bushes or trees to fight with the pollution from industrial factories and vehicles

The city centre has sat vacant for too long. It takes up an entire block and significantly impacts both greater foot traffic in the area and feelings of safety and security among pedestrians. It would be incredibly beneficial to incorporate a mixed use development here. We need more variety in this area as it is almost exclusively restaurants and cafes with a sprinkle of vintage stores. If an entire area is overrun with restaurants it creates very little for people to do after their primary reason for going downtown. Example, you go to a restaurant and want to walk around after your meal but are only surrounded by other restaurants. With nowhere else to go the only option is to leave. With more variety in development we can keep people downtown on the streets longer and benefit our local economy. Overall, I think it is ridiculous to allow developers to leave massive blocks of our city abandoned for their own private financial gain. Action needs to be taken at the City Centre ASAP. Please listen to your residents and incorporate mixed use residential and commercial spaces in this area.

With the recent surge in news regarding break ins, car thefts and property damage, I have seen posts where people have started inclining towards moving out of our city. Can we please work on this and make our city safer.

Take both extreme heat and folks living poverty into account.

Move shelters and addiction clinics out of the downtown core to make the area more attractive and safer for the working/ tax paying people. This will increase funding for Hamilton City staff and project budgets. Community safety and sense of security will naturally follow leading to more individuals and businesses moving to Hamilton. Ask people outside of Hamilton what they think of Hamilton and you will get the answers you are looking for and why people choose not to live here. This will lead the city where it needs to go. Vacant/ abandoned properties that are falling apart are some of the biggest eye sores that you don’t find in other cities. So much squandered opportunity. Keep up the good work being done, thank you for asking for input.

I envision that the Mayor, City staff & Council; Law Enforcement; Business/Property Owners; and Visitors (from within Hamilton & out of town) recognize Downtown as a desirable, safe neighbourhood and allocate resources to nurture it. With more residents, businesses will thrive. Rent control for small, locally owned businesses will help economy & preserve character. Shopkeepers & landlords show pride of ownership. Visitors/commuters would be respectful: no litter, graffiti, disturbances after-hours. Ugly concrete & glass replaced with green roofs, mature trees, permeable pavement, no surface-lots wasting precious space, no new high-rises but mid-rises that reuse heritage buildings (not just their facades); more parks & a public rec centre; private and public dog stations & runs for every resident...and every building has bird-friendly glass. No combustion engines. No bikes/scooters/skates on sidewalks but in their own separated lanes on the road or alleys. Permanent car-free zones; carpool lots off hwys then LRT to the core. Taxis, limos, car shares, deliveries OK. Parking for residents on-site. No vacant buildings left for years & years...no demolition by neglect! And it goes without saying, no one will live in a tent or on the street because there will be affordable housing for all in Ontario and Canada. And it would be nice if downtowners could go to the bay for a swim in summertime.

Remove red tape for developers wanting to prioritize affordable housing. Give local developers, and those who give back to the community, priority. Density, including grants or incentives for occupying vacant spaces

We need to consider alternative housing types, for all areas of the city but especially downtown. A modern version of a rooming house, with bachelor or 1-2 bedroom apartments, office and gym space, meeting rooms, and a cafeteria on the main floor with meal plans, would be an attractive and healthy option for a lot of people, especially people with disabilities, single people who don't cook, or young families with adults who work shifts. Every major city in history has had public food options as the default for residents. We should, too.

Can we look at pedestrian friendly and bike able connections to our harbour front? Also can we bring more services to the go station area? Restaurants, cafes, residential. It’s a ghost town down that way. And creating a more beautiful enjoyable waterfront. I know it’s coming but what’s the interim?

Hamilton is one of the few downtowns in the GTHA and SWO that has a real downtown with transit, walkability, vibrant arts & culture, dining, Sports & Entertainment etc. This is a real advantage that we need otleverage and build off of.

Hamilton's downtown is one of the few locations in the Golden Horseshoe that possesses affordable, walkable, urban living. Toronto is unaffordable and most other municipalities are giant entirely car dependent suburbs. That Hamilton has transit links via the GO, is further investing in walkability and cycling initiatives. Also that it has some older buildings, that are sadly not being properly prioritized in terms of protection. See the James St Baptist Church, Canon Knitting Mills or the Tivoli for examples.

Art and pop ups are band aids. Get the city looking respectable. Have shop cleaners take care of their sidewalks - have them clean as in American cities. Empty storefronts have remained that way for years. That ain't going to change.Rezone for housing. People aren't going to stores like before. If this was done at least the city wouldn't look shabby to someone coming in - and a pop up isn't going change that. Just make the city neat. No wonder there's so many lay abouts in this city. It just lends itself to that. If the city doesn't care (municipal government) so many drop outs won't care either.

I really value all the work that has gone into developing Hamilton's cycling network, particularly the protected bike lanes that make it much easier and safer to get around the city on two wheels. Thank you, Hamilton! You have turned this former drive-everywhere suburban car-junkie into a true downtowner who walks and bike rides everywhere I go downtown. Please keep investing in our cycling infrastructure! It makes me so proud of our city!!!