community gardens and community green spaces should be supported by the city. it should be easy to obtain vacant lots in your own neighborhood, zoned 'recreational' or 'green space' so that they can't be built on. also proof of residence in the neighborhood should be required so developers can't buy vacant land.
fairmount park should deliver mulch, compost, and manure to neighborhood maintained lots and greenspaces. access to fire hydrants and other water sources should be easy, cheap and/or free for neighbors maintaining vacant land.
the housng authority and nti should not be allowed to eminent domain huge swaths of the city for development, leaving nothing left for the rest of us. rehab of vacant buildings should be more of a focus then new building because of the historical, community, and enviromental costs of new development.

My top three suggestions for open space improvements are:

1. More trees and shrubs should be planted along Martin Luther King Drive to enhance the green character of the Drive and to naturally reduce flooding.

2. The construction and expansion of parking facilities at Belmont Plateau, in and around the Mann Music Center and the new location of the Please Touch Musuem, and along Martin Luther King Drive should be discontinued to reduce the number of manmade encroachments on those green spaces.

3. The green spaces in and around the Mann Music Center, the new location of the Please Touch Musuem (formerly Memorial Hall), and the zoo should be preserved. There should not be any future sale of or use of those green spaces would reduce the open and unrestricted areas of Fairmount Park.