Kingsway Entertainment District and Arena/Event Centre Festival Square

Why bother even asking our opinion? After the community consultation process for creating the downtown plan, it was tossed in the garbage.

Why bother?

Couple of cool things to have:

-food truck area -pedestrian friendly community -fountains with a seating area around it -entertaining street performances -drive in/outdoor movies projected sometimes -host antique car shows -love the ice skating in the winter and roller skating area in the summer idea -lots of outdoor restaurants and cafés

We already have this infrastructure in the city, Bell park, Memorial Park and so many festivals are running successfully across the city.

How about not building a white elephant on the Kingsway!

York Street Farmers Market:

Walkable

Shame on you, city council.

Why hire an auditor? Why ask for community feedback? Why even put up a pretense that you cared about what the citizens of Sudbury thought at all? I should have known right from the start that this city council would always follow their own pocketbooks over the best interests of the city. I hope Dario Zulich and his buddies provided for you well. If you are asking me what I think a Kingsway Entertainment District looks like, I have no answer for you, because it belonged downtown. Where it would be a boon to local business, not a detriment. Where it would be walkable. Where a company offered to build a parking tower nearby. Oh well. I guess we are in good company. Let's ask other cities how it went for them when they moved their arenas out of their downtowns. Oh, wait. We DID ask them. And it was shown universally to be a bad idea. Thank god for the young people in this city who actually give a damn about supporting local businesses. As for me, I will never set foot in that Kingsway arena.

Monster Trucks/ Motor Cross

York Street Farmers Market:

-Skate rink converted to splash pad in summer -Snow/ice sculpting competitions -Tree lighting celebrations

Drive in Theater

I believe in family and spending quality time together . I think having a drive-in theater would be an amazing and so much fun. It’s a way for people to get together and have fun.

New Sudbury Centre Open House:

-Large Christmas tree annual lighting -Local farmers market -Fitness programs -Yoga

Wow, this place could have a big name concert like RUSH!

Concerts!!

York Street Farmers Market:

-Install a playground with a soft surface substrate like boxgrove community in Markham -Christmas tree + event with it

York Street Farmers Market:

-Music -Entertainment

New Sudbury Centre Open House:

-Lights -Festival of lights for Christmas time like Science north -"Licensed" food and beverage area with live music -Stages -Rib fest

Garson Open House:

VIP tents -Licenced -Food and beverages

New Sudbury Centre Open House:

-Plants/Nature -Fountains