Star readers submitted so many good ideas. So, so many. Ones that made us think, or smile, or nod our heads (or shake them).

We’re searching for One Great Idea to make Toronto better, but we heard so many extraordinary, wonderful, excellent, very good ideas that we wanted to share more of them.

In addition to our list of the 20 finalists you can vote for , we offer a further list of honourable mentions to fuel our dreams for a better city.

Let’s throw block parties to make our city less lonely

I’d like to see community organizers help neighbours put on block parties, where people contribute what they can and neighbours come out of their homes to meet and make friends. If we all knew our neighbours we would have a less lonely city, and we’d be better able to look out for our vulner

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