Bike lanes along Maple Avenue.
A skatepark at the Community Center.
Move ahead with redevelopment of the Maple Avenue corridor.

I have been delighted to see so many independent small businesses open and thrive in the past three years. It would be nice if we had fewer banks, drug stores, mattress stores, and chain fast food places. We do, however, need a book store and a Peruvian chicken rotisserie place.

The Town of Vienna should change the voting system so that the local election is held on the weekend to encourage more citizen participation in our legal right to vote. Hopefully, the number of people voting would increase and we would have more democracy.

Improving traffic on Maple Ave and more small businesses on Church St. I'd also like to see drivers slow down going through neighborhoods. The Town is a great place to live!

The Halloween Parade is a wonderful Vienna tradition. We took our daughter to it the first time when she was not quite 1 year old. Now she is 32 and takes her daughter to see it. I wish the Halloween Parade was just about Halloween and not a convenient advertising vehicle for hungry politicos. The only politicans in the parade should be the mayor of Vienna and maybe the town councilmen. Other than that, there should be no politicians at all...no candidates, no floats, no advertisements. Let political junkies have their own election day parade -- somewhere else!

Further, while I understand that the theme of the 2012 parade was "Holidays Around the World", having Santa as the grand master of the parade, was just way off kilter and in really poor taste two months before Christmas. Vienna is not Macy's! How hard would it have been to stick with Halloween as the hoiliday being celebrated? So -- No Politics, No Politicans, and No Santas and the Halloween Parade will be a much better event!

For sure we need to eleminate politics and politicians from the Halloween parade. We are, in fact, sick of all things politics.

As I parked (again) for a dinner at Alegria on Church, I realized my desire is to not see a three to four story 100-spot parking garage on a small street in town limits that has no need. Having frequented Bazins, Alegria, PetSpaw, and the Anytime Fitness for four years now, I have never once had to drive home because there were no spots. If nothing else, the gravel area across from the bike store always have a few spots. If the town wants to build something that isn't needed, make it a two-story garage with 50 spots, still plenty of square footage for mixed retail in the front, and it wouldn't be that visible from Maple or cut off the businesses there for quite as long.

I don't know where the people are looking when they say they can never find a spot on Church St. Sure, you probably can't find a spot right in front or underneath Bazins, but I've never come up empty-handed. Walk a few blocks, it wouldn't hurt.

Let Vienna Little League have control of the maintenance of Glyndon park and Southside Park baseball fields. We have a successful organization that could make these prime spots for our youth to learn the great game in excellent conditions

A bowling alley.
A movie theater that shows old movies—or any movies.
More greenery in the town square.
A pattern-book for people building new houses.
An art gallery.
A real live diner.
A coffee shop that isn't a Starbucks.
A ban sodium on vapor streetlights (the orange ones).

Ron why do you believe that bikes do not belong on the road? The VA code defines bikes as vehicles and gives cyclists the same rights and responsibilities as cars and trucks. "Stay on the bike trail where you belong" really? The W&OD runs east west, how do I ride my bike from Vienna to GMU for classes? Does the bike trail run out to Manassas? These are places I ride to. Look beyond the end of your own nose please.

key words...rights and responsibilities...Bikers who do not obey traffic signals are a danger to all and I see this all he time.

Maple Street is narrow. I'm sure there is a right of domain to each side of the traffic where sidewalks and bike paths can be installed for the safety of all, as they are all over the Reston area. This makes for better enjoyment of our community for all of us.
I'd like to see a movie theater.
I'd also like our Library pumped up with more and better. (It's the education of our next generation.) The programs at the Library are lacking also. There is a need for story hours for mom's and babies/tots. Babies learn to love the library by "going to it". A lot of moms are already overwhelmed and find it difficult to plan out a good program to get themselves and their babies socializing. I've lived in Upstate NY and in Atlanta, GA and these mom and baby programs are excellent. I confused why such an excellent educational system (Fairfax Co. Schools) would have libraries the don't start younger.
I think the parking garage is an excellent idea and much needed. I've circled around that same area (Bazin's, the bike shop, the Ice Cream store, etc to no avail. I left, which hurts business, because there was no parking or the parking was reserved ONLY for a particular establishment and I didn't want a ticket. Thanks for reading.

My comments was not meant to insult you but to call attention to your initial comments. The thread was about what you want to see in Vienna in 2013. Someone wished for bike lanes and a skate park. Your comment said : "Stay where you belong - on the Bike paths already in existence." I could only read that one way: get off my roads! Your other comments, which argued against a skate park, a community pool and other projects give me the impression that you are against anything that wouldn't benefit you and to hell with anyone else. This was the source of my comment; sorry for any confusion. I'm out.

Vienna has much to offer and does already. Being aspirational, here is my wish list:

- More places to eat outdoors, with a nice view of something (not a parking lot)
- An indoor children's play space for bad weather days
- A nice sports bar with good food
- Funky, independent shops that sell affordable goods (art, clothing, books, etc)
- Agree with R above about the Halloween parade - less political, not tied to Christmas - just make it about Halloween!
- Less restrictions on who can park in what spaces (i.e., Walgreens lot, Terra Christa lot) - share more!
- Less of what we have much of already - drug stores, banks, mattress stores, phone stores, other chains

A new Mayor! Mayor Seaman has without a doubt served the Town of Vienna with passion, dedication, and hard work. But it is time to move on.

My wish list:
- decreased class sizes at local elementary schools (30+ kids for my daughter's 5th grade is insane)
- re-develop the shopping center at park & cedar (so much crime/drunk in public there)
- tell our cops to only ticket people from oakton, fairfax city and reston - maybe they will stay away from 123
- ban ALL politicians from the halloween parade
- ban ALL political signs

I agree about the Park and Cedar shopping Center!

Abolish Town of Vienna Planning and Zoning department and let land owners build what they want on their property (within reason of course but current process is way to restrictive).

The biggest issue in Vienna is our water bill. As a long time resident, I've seen it skyrocket. Let's fix that before any other projects.

Jojo

I would like to see an "elder playground" in Vienna. Our population is aging but we are staying "younger" longer. I'm 65 and still go down slides with my grand kids. I love swings. Obviously we probably don't need slides on playgrounds for seniors but we need exercise activities that are fun. These playgrounds started in China in 1995. By 2009 there were an estimated 50,000 senior playgrounds there. Finland, Japan, Germany, Canada and England have added these to their communities. I love the Community Center and all that it offers. My kids grew up taking classes there. However I would say the majority of opportunites are for the younger set. The one free class of exercise for seniors is 2 days a week from 11 to 12. This does not work for everyone's schedule. A park for seniors would give us the opportunity to go with friends or alone and work out, socialize, laugh and act as young as we feel (until we look in the mirror). I would like to see some of my tax dollars going to my age group too.

I would liket to see that new building in Vienna, redo of facades, all have consistently. A small town look. Everything looks different and doesn't have the homey feel. I grew up in Vienna and don't like the look of any shopping centers. Driving through Vienna as a stranger to the area, I would not think that Vienna is a nice looking town .

For those who joined in the discusiion about bike lanes on Maple Avenue, I suggest you take a look at the new bike lanes on Gallows Road near where Gallows transitions into Old Courthouse Road as your heading toward Tysons Corner. The bike lanes were added recently. they are about 5 feet wide from the curb. Now, just imagine taking 10 feet of Maple Avenue for Bike lanes. There goes one entire lane for auto traffic on an already tight road for traffic!