Village Projects I'd support when funding is available

While we battle a $400K budget deficit, investments in the Community ought to be minor if done at all. But, we should have a running "Wish List". The Economy will recover, we will solve our deficit!

Here's a list of my ideas, and ideas I've heard in conversations with Citizens. To be clear, any idea needs more than one opinion. So we should ask the Citizens to calibrate ideas and make sure we have the Will of the People. I'll try to keep this list running, and copy/paste into newer posts as the ideas come to me (from me, from others)!

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-Recycling Bins in Parks, maybe Bins bolted on to EVERY trash can in the Village. We can be a Green Village - let's lead by example
-Survey mechanism through the Website + low tech Paper Option, where we understand in a direct, transparent way, what projects are most worthy
-Bike Racks in more places. Encourage less car transportation. Architecturally interesting designs, made to last
-Expand Residential recycling by participating in national RFID Recycling by Weight Program going on in Montgomery. More recycling means less waste which means less cost
-accelerate conversion to Perennials from Annuals. Perennials have higher up front cost, but are "free" forever more
-reward Citizens and Employees with Gift Cards to MM Businesses for ideas that help save the Village significant expense. Obviously we'd need to police this to make sure we don't unravel the savings trying to be identified.
-Plant Trees, Trees, and more Trees! Mariemont originally planted 80,000 Trees, Shrubs, Plants according to research by Mr. Rogers. Let's assume 15% of them were Trees = 12,000 Trees (trying to verify). If a Tree lives 100 Years on average (trying to verify), then we need to plan 120 Trees EACH AND EVERY YEAR to keep our current Tree Cover intact. And this assumes 100% live to "adulthood"! We are in a tree deficit right now, and we need to actively plant NOW.

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-Build a Tree Nursery down on the Flood Plain to support the above idea. Mary Emery envisioned a Nursery near the Barn which doesn't exist today. If we "insource" trees, might it be cheaper to pursue an aggressive planting plan? We could even sell for a small fee to homeowners for private property. Add a watering bag and it's a fundraising opportunity.
-Extend Sidewalks. We have lots of sidewalks that just end, marooning pedestrians. Also replace asphalt sidewalks w/ Concrete

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-Bury Utilities consistent with rest of Mariemont on Settle, Homewood, Murray, etc. These streets were not part of the original plan for MM, but they are now!! Our Citizens on "telephone pole streets" deserve the convenience, safety and beauty of underground utilities that most of our Village Residents enjoy.