The Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce is already pursuing the creation of a "Buy Fresh, Buy Local" brand for local growers, food sellers, restaurants and more.  The program facilitates the promotion and support of local food production that provides our citizens with healthy, safe food.  It helps the local economy, helps us take pride in our community, and shows visitors what we have to offer.

With modern housing subdivisions and new retail developments, adding sidewalks is often a low priority if it even gets done at all.  We all know that being able to walk to our destinations has benefits related to health and wellness, but is also an essential thing for some who don't have access to other forms of transportation.

Richmond should renew its sidewalk infrastructure:

A city Richmond's size is great for biking around, but if cyclists have to worry about their bikes being stolen or damaged when they get to their destination, they may be less likely to take advantage of the opportunity.  Bike racks really are a critical pieces of infrastructure for any urban area that wishes to attract visitors for shopping and browsing, and Richmond has gone without them for far too long.  In difficult economic times, it's a relatively low-cost and easy solution that makes our public spaces and key destinations even more attractive and accessible.

How many times have you been out and about with your laptop and thought "Oh hey I need to look something up" or "Joe from work sent me an important email that I need to read" but there aren't any open wifi networks or you can't affor to pay for the wifi in places like Starbucks?  Well I think this city could use a city-wide wifi network for it's citizens.