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                    Popular and featured ideas

                    From 1 February to 31 March 2016, we asked you to share your ideas for the Melbourne's future. Explore some of the most popular and featured ideas from a total of 970 ideas that were proposed.

                    Women doing yoga

                    Mental health services and education
                    Added by: Youth Friendly City on 29 March 2016

                    Creating hubs for mental health services that provide holistic/alternative treatments alongside counselling. Also provide classes and activities such as yoga and mindfulness classes... Read more about this idea.


                    Older-style terrace houses An affordable housing plan for the city
                    Added by: Rob McGauran on 11 February 2016

                    The last 20 years of development in Melbourne has shown us that left to themselves, market forces will not deliver affordable housing for inner and central Melbourne... Read more about this idea.


                    Person riding a bike next to the beach Dem Bikes
                    Added by: giulia_mcgauran on 18 February 2016

                    Melbourne bike routes are like a crappy love life: you think you're taking a safe path then it cuts off without any signs leaving you hella vulnerable... Read more about this idea.


                    City street with cyclists, motorists and pedestrians Elizabeth Walk
                    Added by: ACE on 4 February 2016

                    Elizabeth St from Flinders to Bourke, or even higher to Lonsdale, doesn't carry much traffic anymore. Why not create a pedestrian/green precinct like Swanston Walk in Elizabeth St? Read more about this idea.


                    City street Vertical schools for secondary n primary
                    Added by: denisefunghenderson on 1 February 2016

                    Schools need to be built now!!! Read more about this idea.




                    poles and tree trunks decorated with Aboriginal motifs Indigenous education
                    Added by: Youth Friendly City on 29 March 2016

                    It's important that Aboriginal culture and history be taught through out schooling system, with Australians. The history, culture and language of Aboriginal Australians should be... Read more about this idea.


                    An artist's studio Initiatives to enable artists to live
                    Added by: Arts House Supper Club on 15 March 2016

                    Artists need strategic initiates that enable them to live, work and create art viably within the city. Perhaps Council could support an initiative that provides live/work studios... Read more about this idea.


                    A rooftop garden in the city Establish a rooftop farm in CBD
                    Added by: Jacqui van Heerden on 29 February 2016

                    City of Melbourne to help establish a rooftop farm to serve the local apartment dwelling residents and businesses. This farm can educate, be creative in its design and architecture.... Read more about this idea.


                    mobile phone showing augmented wayfinding Augmented wayfinding Melbourne
                    Added by: Tim Dow on 30 March 2016

                    User-centred design drives this idea, with the users on the spot needs catered to. Imagine being in Melbourne for the first or fortieth time and wanting to get immersed in what makes this the most liveable city.... Read more about this idea.


                    Two girls taking a selfie Free Wi-fi across the Melbourne CBD
                    Added by: Jason Brown on 1 February 2016

                    To really make Melbourne one of the most livable cities, we need good quality public wi-fi like so many others have done already (NYC, etc.). Melbourne talks about being a digital city.... Read more about this idea.


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