Beautification

Downtown Sudbury features a vibrant entertainment and restaurant scene and hosts numerous events throughout the year. However, increased homelessness and the presence of encampments have created challenges in maintaining the cleanliness of key public spaces, including Memorial Park, Tom Davies Square, and downtown sidewalks and planters.

The Downtown Action Plan commits to:

• A complete clean-up and reset of Memorial Park to improve cleanliness, safety and landscaping, preparing it for more frequent use.
• Review of staff assignments and service levels to ensure sidewalk and right-of-way weed removal, street sweeping and waste removal processes are effective and meeting City standards.
• A proactive approach to Property Standards enforcement from City Bylaw Officers to ensure properties downtown are being maintained.
• Finalizing a Memorandum of Agreement with the Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA) which identifies higher levels of service that the BIA would fund or partner in funding.
• Working with the BIA and other community partners to address graffiti removal on private property, while ensuring processes are followed for city property.