Explore resident ideas
Every idea residents submitted to Ideas in Action in 2024–25, 2025–26 and 2026–27. Search the words residents used, or narrow by cycle, theme, neighborhood, language or how the idea was submitted.
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3,748 ideas
- Improve securityResident asks for improved safety and security.2026–27City-widePublic safety & crime prevention
- Reduce use of pepper sprayResident asks for less use of pepper spray.2026–27City-widePublic safety & crime prevention
- Dance and art programs for teens in dedicated spacesResident asks for teens to be encouraged to take part in dance and art in specially equipped spaces, so everyone can participate.2026–27City-wideArts & culture
- Plant more trees and build green spacesResident asks for more trees to be planted and more green spaces built.2026–27City-wideParks, trees & climate
- More money for schoolsResident asks for more funding to be spent on schools.2026–27City-wideYouth programs & schools
- Fruit and nut trees in parks and schoolsResident asks for fruit and nut trees to be planted in parks, schools and city property, and for residents to be encouraged to plant them, so everyone can enjoy free healthy food.2026–27City-wideParks, trees & climate
- Funding for youth jobsResident asks for funding to be directed toward youth jobs.2026–27City-wideYouth jobs & fellowshipsSubmitted in Spanish
- Soccer fieldsResident asks for soccer fields.2026–27City-wideRecreation facilities & sportsSubmitted in Spanish
- Soccer fieldsResident asks for soccer fields.2026–27City-wideRecreation facilities & sportsSubmitted in Spanish
- Soccer fieldsResident asks for soccer fields.2026–27City-wideRecreation facilities & sportsSubmitted in Spanish
- Wrong-way spikes at highway off-rampsResident asks for one-way tire-puncturing spikes at about 210 highway off-ramp exits to stop wrong-way drivers and save lives.2026–27City-wideOther or unclear
- Use Torchlight Recovery Cafe to help residentsResident asks to use Torchlight Recovery Cafe to help people with health, housing, safety and other concerns so everyone can live more productively.2026–27MattapanMental health & substance use
- Keep culturally competent resources like Torchlight RecoveryResident asks the city to keep supporting culturally competent community resources such as Torchlight Recovery Center that promote recovery, wellness, education, youth, family, and arts and culture.2026–27Jamaica PlainMental health & substance use
- After-school career center for youthResident asks for an after-school program and career center where youth can learn trades and skills instead of getting into trouble on the streets.2026–27City-wideYouth programs & schools
- Post-hospital check-ins and help for older adultsResident asks the city to check on elderly residents returning home from the hospital and help with food, errands and appointments, since many have no one to assist them.2026–27City-wideOlder adult support
- Keep funding Torchlight Recovery CafeResident asks the city to keep funding Torchlight Recovery Cafe in Grove Hall, which works with families in crisis and provides guidance to youth.2026–27DorchesterMental health & substance use
- Supported temporary housing for youth aging outResident asks for staffed temporary housing for young people who are put out of their homes at 18, with counseling, education and job training.2026–27City-wideHomelessness & shelter
- Local radio station for the Black communityResident asks for a local radio station to inform the Black community in real time about important issues affecting their lives.2026–27City-wideLibraries, digital & civic life
- Lower taxes, rent control and street repairResident lists priorities of addressing high taxes, adopting rent control and repairing streets.2026–27DorchesterAffordable housing & rent stability
- Trades, arts and home economics in schoolsResident asks for schools to teach trades and commerce, restore music, art and home economics, and support food and agriculture education, to help Black residents economically.2026–27City-wideYouth programs & schools
- Courses to help young adults make better choicesResident asks for courses and support to help young people make better choices.2026–27City-wideYouth programs & schools
- Transitional housing to reduce street homelessness and drug useResident asks for transitional housing to reduce the number of homeless people and drug users on the street and help restore community parks.2026–27City-wideHomelessness & shelter
- Promote places like Torchlight to help people off streetsResident asks the city to support more places like Torchlight to get people off the streets, linking street conditions to rodents, drug use and homelessness.2026–27City-wideHomelessness & shelter
- Address rising homicides and attacks on youth and seniorsResident asks for a focus on public safety, citing rising homicides and attacks on youth and seniors, and mentions community organizations working on the issue.2026–27City-widePublic safety & crime prevention
- Repair basketball courts near Orton Marotta WayResident asks for repair of the cracked paving, hoops and seating at the basketball courts across from Orton Marotta Way, where local youth play in dangerous conditions.2026–27South BostonRecreation facilities & sports