REIMAGINE NANAIMO

Extend the Walley Creek trail to Fillinger Cr

We could certainly use a purpose built racquet Centre , also some more Pickleball courts throughout the city would certainly be nice.

Address Housing Market Inflation by Foreign Investors

How about addressing the issue of the housing market being inflated by foreign investors, thus making it impossible for local hardworking people to be able to ever afford a house? Even the rent for a 1-2 bedroom apt is higher than some full-time employees' monthly wages! How in the world are these working folk supposed to survive and build a future for themselves in this community? Not to mention, small studios are simply non-existent in this town. Single adults are forced to rent rooms in shared houses. Who cares? The city council is busy teaching cats not to overstep property lines.

Build Stairs Down from the Bastion Street Bridge

There is huge potential to drive traffic to and from the Mews to the businesses and galleries along Terminal Avenue with a beautiful, safe, and well-lit bridge or walkway down from the bridge to the road below. To add on from an earlier idea, this new concourse could be a place for food trucks to set-up to really invigorate the area.

If You Want More Bikes, Build a Bike Friendly City

It’s simple, create more and more routes that connect to get cyclists safely from any imaginable destination and make sure they are well lit. Have crossing buttons accessible from a bike, have safe spots for bikes to wait at intersections, have recycling bins easy for cyclists to dispose of cups etc. Incentivize drivers to get cycling, make it unbearable to drive and incentivize companies to have safe bike storage and showers for employees.

Nanaimo needs to create way more community parks, this city has very few places to go have a picnic or sit in a quiet sunny piece of grass.

I'm not sure why Nanaimo is so barren of quality community parks. Yes there are nature/forest parks (of which we also need more), a few small neighbourhood/playground parks, and sports fields.. but almost no small or large community parks. Large public park landscapes are an important part of a livable city. If we look at almost any high quality city in the world parks play a huge part in their makeup and the quality of life for their citizens.

Murals 👎🏼

Stop painting murals over everything like you’re trying to polish a turd. Invest in real city beautification; not tacky ‘art’

A large, modern inclusive waterpark & playground in the North for families and to bring tourists to the area.

Inclusive Grand Water Park Play

New community pool for Nanaimo North

There is a community pool in South Nanaimo, one Central, now we need one for North Nanaimo (this one could be saltwater).

The city needs to put something attractive to the citizens of Nanaimo in the south end of town, such as a community centre or shopping mall.

I lived in Nanaimo for a short while in the 80's and recently moved back and was shocked to find that nothing really changed and the downtown is still a bit of a dive. Most of the good development was done in the north end of town. There are streets in the downtown with lovely, quaint shops, but they are surrounded by homeless. This is a place that I and I'm sure that visitors don't feel safe to walk around in. I understand that homeless shelters will be built in the south end of town, but I believe they should be distributed throughout the city and not concentrated in one area. There is very little economy in the south end except for a couple of grocery stores that have inflated prices that many of the people in the area cannot afford to shop in. It would be nice to see something that would attract visitors, as well as other citizens of Nanaimo. The pockets of nice areas in the south end don't deserve the property values to go down because someone doesn't want to see the homeless living in the north! Nanaimo's downtown could be such a lovely escape for visitors and we should have a lovely south end to attract visitors coming in...it's the first thing they see, don't scare them away.

When new development occurs be more aggressive in creating large public spaces. Public squares, grassy parks, or pedestrian corridors.

An issue across Nanaimo is the distinct lack of quality public urban spaces.

Good on Nanaimo Council for trying to revitalize Downtown, but I fear that it may be far too late.

Gabriola Ferry Terminal

The land beside the Gabe ferry should be set aside for future expansion.

Actually fix the problems, don’t just paint over them

Instead of painting over decrepit buildings, encourage actual real and tangible improvements like redevelopment, creating jobs downtown that bring people to the area, and entertainment to keep them there. If the space is livable, it will attract everyone including tourists. Owners of unsightly properties should be fined... land that is sit on and not used should be taxed. In Vancouver, empty lots have to be used somehow which is why there was a community garden downtown until development started. The hole in the ground beside the China Steps is actually quite dangerous, so I am shocked they haven’t been forced to fill it.

Protect and enhance character/historic buildings.

There are so few character/historic buildings in Nanaimo, it would be good to protect these from demolition. Obviously many will need rehabilitation, but there is a charm to the old wooden buildings (and the few brick ones) that would be a shame to not capitalize upon. This is something that should be done broadly, not just in downtown - though obviously many of these buildings are concentrated in that area.

Make sure city and park lands use native species and foster biodiversity

Conservation of biodiversity

PLANT TREES on any available piece of land, boulevard or street scape

so many trees have been chopped down

Adjusting traffic lights for reduced admissions

By better synchronizing traffic lights to reduce travel time and idle time at red lights, we should be able to impact the amount of emissions by reducing the time vehicles are on the road.

Our beautiful natural harbour, magnificent Nanaimo River Estuary, and Mount Benson

City of Denver in around 1900 had an arborist who planted trees for birds, shade & sound barrier BEFORE polluting noisy CARS. We need this!

Our beautiful tall mix of trees are our unique feature, fast disappearing on private properties e.g. Turner & Uplands etc etc So sad.

bring in traffic calming strategies for country club drive, rock city road

People drive into neighbourhoods off the old highway and they do not reduce their speed. Traffic calming should be brought in for roads off the old hwy that go into subdivisions.

approach Ikea about opening up an outlet in the hub city. They could occupy the old Sears outlet..

Linked walk ways

I want to be able to walk more in Nanaimo and would like to see the parks linked by a series of pathways. More shade in summer on the E&N trail would make it more appealing to use as well.

Turn Stewart Avenue into a complete street.

Add street trees, protected bike lanes, and more sidewalk space.

Ban single-floor strip malls, all commercial nodes should be a minimum of two floors, with variations up to four or five.

Increasing density provides a better urban sphere, a more enjoyable pedestrian landscape, and allows for adding commercial and residential space to our communities. Single floor strip malls are destructive to a healthy community and horribly inefficient.

I ride a bike instead of driving whenever possible.

Plan my shopping to use my car less.

I save up all the shopping I need to do on one end of town and walk when I don't have a lot to carry.

Grow your own veggies and/or buy BC produce, meat, and goods.

REFUSE, reduce, recycle.

Refuse to buy plastics and single use containers. Reduce consumption and recycle everything I can. I darn my socks instead of buying new and buy from thrift stores.

Recycling as much as possible

I try to recycle as much as possible, but the city does not accept everything... It is inconvenient having two places (the blue bin and the recycling depot) where I have to bring my recyclables and then some things are still not accepted at either location. Also, the City only collects recycling every two weeks, so my bins get full and then I have to start putting things into the garbage bin... I have the biggest blue bin too, but I live in a 5-person house and there are a lot of materials to be disposed of... Too much packaging these days.