The List - always evolving - always under construction
Bring flights to Modesto Airport
Bring flights to Modesto Airport
Bring flights to Modesto Airport
Modesto needs air service to cities like Las Vegas and Los Angeles that connect us with the rest of the world. It's embarrassing that Merced has it and we don't.
Bring Back Roller King
Bring flights to Modesto Airport
Bring flights to Modesto Airport
Roller King was a monument to Modesto's youth. Let's find a way to capture that energy and bring back a roller rink to Modesto! Thanks @Crystal Marie Austin for your idea.
Prioritize Tourism
Bring flights to Modesto Airport
Prioritize Tourism
Sciabica Olive Oil, Gallo Wines, Almond Blossoms, Garage Fest, Porch Fest, Children's Museum, Gallo Center, Graffiti Museum, and more. Tourism is a growth industry and Modesto needs to recognize it.
Redevelop the Old Courthouse Site
Redevelop the Old Courthouse Site
Redevelop the Old Courthouse Site
Modesto has the opportunity to take the next step in redevelopment when the courthouse moves to its new home. We need a revolutionary design to usher in Modesto's bright future.
Update Residents with Local News
Redevelop the Old Courthouse Site
Redevelop the Old Courthouse Site
Modesto is a media desert. It is a city of 200K with no local TV and a nearly non existent local newspaper. Modesto needs to have to ability to tell true local stories that aren't hostage to clicks or ratings.
Rebuild the Forestry Department
Post 2008 the City of Modesto defunded the Forestry Department. Once the economy recovered the city has not refunded the department. An important goal is to properly fund the department and fulfill our responsibilities.
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Marching Band Festival in Downtown Modesto
Modesto has historically been the home of amazing marching and music programs - and we can bring that spotlight back. A nationwide parade festival is good family fun that anyone can enjoy.
Decide the future of Centre Plaza
Modesto Centre Plaza will be paid off in 2023. What should the future of Centre Plaza look like?
Redesign Local Parks
We need to redesign our parks with shade and community function in mind. Parks are for gathering.
Upgrade Beyer Skate Park
Beyer Skate Park is heavily used every day, but could use some asthetic upgrades. Let's add some art!
Park Concert Series
Televise / Stream Local Sporting Events
Sublet Abandoned Parks
Moband is awesome, but other parts of the city deserve entertainment that brings people together in their parks as well.
Sublet Abandoned Parks
Televise / Stream Local Sporting Events
Sublet Abandoned Parks
Many of our parks are abandoned and trashed. Subletting parts of parks to businesses is done all over and increases activity, decreases crime, and creates revenue for maintanence.
Televise / Stream Local Sporting Events
Televise / Stream Local Sporting Events
Provide More Support and Marketing for Modesto's Juneteenth Celebration
Use public access to offer opportunities to develop broadcasters, increase turnstile revenues and online ad revenues for local educational institutions and youth development leagues.
Provide More Support and Marketing for Modesto's Juneteenth Celebration
Provide More Support and Marketing for Modesto's Juneteenth Celebration
Provide More Support and Marketing for Modesto's Juneteenth Celebration
Modesto should celebrate and support its diversity and history.
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Provide More Support and Marketing for Modesto's Juneteenth Celebration
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Sponsor a Planter
Provide More Support and Marketing for Modesto's Juneteenth Celebration
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Residents and businesses should have the ability to sponsor planters and areas throughout the city and in parks. Sponsorship would include a plaque with info on the family or business that helped out.
Add a LGBTQ Crosswalk
Encourage the Mall / Shopping Centers to Open Residential
Encourage the Mall / Shopping Centers to Open Residential
The LGBTQ community is still discriminated against in our community. We need to show that Modesto accepts, loves, and supports everyone. Because love is love.
Encourage the Mall / Shopping Centers to Open Residential
Encourage the Mall / Shopping Centers to Open Residential
Encourage the Mall / Shopping Centers to Open Residential
Change zoning and encourage shopping centers and malls to develop residential / affordable housing.
Downtown Drive In
Encourage the Mall / Shopping Centers to Open Residential
Replace Modesto's Flag
On a monthly or weekly basis produce a Downtown Drive In Movie to celebrate our Graffiti culture.
Replace Modesto's Flag
Inspire Graffiti Facades
Replace Modesto's Flag
Our first city flag served us well, but Modesto has grown up a lot since 1988. Let's update the design to match the new direction of our city.
Inspire Graffiti Facades
Inspire Graffiti Facades
Inspire Graffiti Facades
Change the building code to require new businesses to have a 50's facade in a special cruise zone.
Make a Parks Cleanup Team
Inspire Graffiti Facades
Inspire Graffiti Facades
Team up with Downtown Streets Team and hire a motivated group of currently and formerly homeless people to clean up our parks every day.
Gallo Wine Tasting Room Downtown
Gallo is the biggest winery in the world. Having a Gallo Tasting room in Downtown Modesto would be an excellent destination for our community.
Dueling Pianos in the Park
Dueling Pianos are awesome. We should have them play in a park in Modesto a couple times a year and market it to let the local community know it is happening.
Support Modesto's Gay Pride
Modesto's Gay Pride celebrates community and self acceptance and the achievements and rights of LGBTQ+ members of our city. We should support pride with marketing, logistics, and funding.
Develop Trip Park River Walk
Develop a Trip Park River Walk. This should include riverside businesses, residences, and access to public transport.
Fashion Industry Official Designer of the Year
The City needs to take pride in its creative industries. Modesto has a fashion industry and it needs to be nourished, publicized, and developed. A Designer of the Year should be named every year.
Increase City Communications Budget
Cities aren’t just about disasters and water bills, they are also about good news, events, and promoting local business.
Raise TOT Tax
Raise the TOT Tax and use the money to actually develop tourism, entertainment and culture.
Creative an Interpretive Nature Program on the Dry Creek Trail
Create a Public Private Partnership to make an Interpretive Nature Program on the Dry Creek Trail to focus on helping people enjoy their time outdoors while also learning about nature.
Low Income Housing Solutions
Work with the county and the state to find ways to increase section 8 sites and funding locally.
Centralize Homeless Services
Our homeless services are located all over our city. We need to work with government and non profits to try to centralize services.
City Sign Initiative
Create tools and incentives for businesses to develop artistic and memorable signs.
Pop Up Dog Park
Adding temporary dog parks is a fantastic way to keep people moving throughout the community and inspire new dog parks to be built.
Youtube Challenge
Our city should encourage local Youtube channels as yet another form of economic development.
Warehouse Market
Create a warehouse market where local vendors can rent a space monthly and house a local butcher, baker, produce suppliers, artisans, coffee and more.
Add Lights to Crosswalks on McHenry Ave
Add Lights to Crosswalks on McHenry Ave
Add Lights to Crosswalks on McHenry Ave
Lit crosswalks on McHenry would have an immediate impact by helping save lives and preventing car-on-pedestrian injuries. --Thanks @Max W, for your idea!
Beautify McHenry Avenue
Add Lights to Crosswalks on McHenry Ave
Add Lights to Crosswalks on McHenry Ave
Improve McHenry Ave with community spaces, bike lanes, and trees.
Relaunch the American Legion Hall as a Concert Hall / Special Events Collective
Relaunch the American Legion Hall as a Concert Hall / Special Events Collective
Relaunch the American Legion Hall as a Concert Hall / Special Events Collective
Modesto needs a functional public facility that is affordable for bands, promoters, and families that need a venue for Quinceaneras and Weddings. --Thanks @Roger Hanner for your idea.
Open up the Invocation
Relaunch the American Legion Hall as a Concert Hall / Special Events Collective
Relaunch the American Legion Hall as a Concert Hall / Special Events Collective
Open up the “invocation” prior to council meetings to artists, teachers, nurses, k-12 students, and elders in addition to churches.
Create New Programs to Increase Diversity in the Police and Fire Departments
We should aspire to have police and fire departments that reflect the community that they serve.
Homeless Prevention Plan / Eviction Abatement Plan
Create a program to help prevent evictions by coordinating with land lords.
Art Incubator
Discover an art space for artists to drop in, create, and includes a reliable internet connection.
Park Ambassadors
Recruit park ambassadors to help be eyes and ears in our parks and to help keep them safe and clean.
Encourage Infill
We need to redevelop areas within the city rather than continuing to sprawl.
Begin Instituting Livable City Measures in North Modesto
These include environmental sustainability, affordable and diverse housing linked by public transport, and walking and cycling infrastructure to employment and the amenities needed for daily living.
Develop More Solar Power at City and Partner Facilities
Develop More Solar Power at City and Partner Facilities
Develop More Solar Power at City and Partner Facilities
Solar power will save the City of Modesto money and help keep our air cleaner.
Outdoor Bar District
Develop More Solar Power at City and Partner Facilities
Develop More Solar Power at City and Partner Facilities
Create an outdoor low fee bar district for businesses that need to re-capitalize or new businesses that want to launch.
Modesto On the Air Every Friday
Every Friday night local comedians give a take on life in Modesto streamed and on public access.
Rent Free Spaces in Parks for Business Development
Create rent free spaces in parks for to launch and relaunch local businesses like restaurants and retail stores so they can build capital.
Help Support and Develop Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival
Help Support and Develop Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival
Help Support and Develop Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival
Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival is amazing, but it will get even better when the city embraces and promotes it.
Free Trees
Help Support and Develop Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival
Help Support and Develop Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival
When a city tree dies offer a free replacement tree of a variety that will keep our community beautiful and save money on maintenance.
Add More Roundabouts
Help Support and Develop Modesto's Cinco De Mayo Festival
Add More Roundabouts
Ask the traffic department to relay new intersections for roundabouts to increase traffic flow and decrease idle time.
Better Manholes
Publicize Road Improvements
Add More Roundabouts
In Yokohama they have Pokemon. Let's utilize manholes adorned with Star Wars or Grafitti.
Publicize Road Improvements
Publicize Road Improvements
Publicize Road Improvements
Make road improvement timelines and schedules public and easier to access. Ask for community input online on current and planned projects.
Depave
Publicize Road Improvements
Publicize Road Improvements
Depave eyesores and replant with sustainable vegetation and transform into usable space.
Bring Back Graffiti
Publicize City Board Openings
Publicize City Board Openings
The economic impact of Graffiti can't be argued. It's time to bring back real, old-school Graffiti that the whole community can participate in.
Publicize City Board Openings
Publicize City Board Openings
Publicize City Board Openings
We are a city of over 200K, but we only get 1 application for almost every board. We need to fix how we publicize board openings.
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