First and foremost - don't close the golf courses. There isn't sufficient reason to come to Oro Valley to visit without them. Also, I would create a "visitor package" that highlights Oro Valley with coupons for golf, restaurants, park admissions and distribute them on line and in hotels.

Many visitors come to play golf. I feel it’s important to maintain our public courses to bring visitors to Oro Valley.

Oro Valley does not have an area that feels like a city center. We need a pedestrian friendly area with locally owned coffee shops, restaurants, perhaps speciality shops.

Since I live in and conduct tours of Sun City Oro Valley, I think we have many visitors and tourists coming to Oro Valley.

Publish an event and activities calendar specific to Oro Valley.

Keep the 36 holes of golf at the community center - not doing so will significantly reduce the number of visitors to Oro Valley.

Council should immediately stop wasting time and decide to continue with the two 18 holes courses at Conquistador and cease any further discussion of the mayor's open space or lineal park discussion; alternatively recall the four on council who seem to want to destroy what makes Oro Valley a better place to live.

Architecture in Oro valley isn’t very exciting. It’s be great to see some interesting looking restaurants or even venues that are true landmarks.

Bring in business geared toward a younger crowd. Encourage local business. We have great places like Oro Valley Marketplace, etc. that have empty storefronts, which makes a city feel depressing. Encourage businesses that stay open later than 9:00. Many young families can’t even find a place to eat after sports activities because OV has such a “sleepy” reputation.

There's not much in Oro Valley for tourists who don't golf or hike. I've taken guests to Bach's Nursery and Tucson Botanical Garden and Phoenix Botanical Garden so they can see native vegetation; perhaps that sort of thing. I have also taken them to Western National Parks store for souvenirs and Marana for scenic drives. What OV has is big box stores and mostly chain restaurants.

We need to be sure that Oro Valley is viewed as a place with lots of recreational opportunities. A friendly community and not one divided by politics.

More dining establishments. Oro Valley residents drive South on Oracle to eat at restaurants in Tucson. Would love to see Tucson residents drive North on Oracle to dine in Oro Valley but the offerings are limited for a growing community.

Fall-Winter-Spring outdoor golfing, biking, hiking is what makes Oro Valley attractive

Splash pad, better parks and playgrounds. Naranja park should be good but is just a wasteland right now because you all don’t want to finish it. Better shopping would be useful, too. I don’t think there are any sporting goods stores in OV anymore, other than Oro Valley Bicycles. Nightlife is essentially non-existent.

Promote the Hilton El Conk resort to the extent possible (and other local hotels) as a destination for business and pleasure in combination with the municipal golf course, tennis facility, and local dining. That is exactly the combination that brought me to Oro Valley in 2013. Improve the golf experience through more aggressive mgmt of Troon and attention to detail. I see this combination as a centerpiece of OV tourism.

The walking/biking path throughout town is a great feature but when I Googled places I could rent a bike I only came up with one place and they only deliver bikes to the Fry's parking lot. Easier bike rental would be helpful, as would attractions located around the bike path. Otherwise there isn't much to do here, I love living here but if people want to go do something I take them to Tucson. Most of the restaurants are fast food chains and the only museum is for kids. Tohono Chul is great but I didn't think that was within Oro Valley.

A yearly Fair/Carnival held in Fall or Spring at the Oro Valley Marketplace.

I’m prejudice since I was s golfer. I would suggest that they play at the Conquistador two golf courses. How you would even consider closing either course is ludicrous. Just because you on the council don’t play golf you want to close them. Talking about losing money who pays for the loss of 600$ Month on your aquatic center. The lights that stay on at the local parks that kids don’t utilize. This isn’t a children’s town, this is a retirement city that retired people came her to enjoy their declining years especially to play affordable golf. I came here 27 yrs ago to enjoy retirement and I love oro valley. You people come here from some where else and in a couple of years you want to change things to suit yourself. Mr Mayor, if you want to discuss one on one I’ll meet you any place of your choice. Here is my name and ph #. Dr Richard J. Lopez DMD. Ph. 520-991-5342. Respectfully , Dr. Lopez

Scenery and mountain views are a competitive advantage and things like biking, soccer and hiking are wonderful. Keeping the priorities on the natural desert views is important and makes Oro Valley special. Be careful to not lose that.

Better stores in Oro Valley Marketplace

Let's focus on getting things that the locals want first. Shopping, restaurants, etc. Locals want to keep Oro Valley small and intimate, NOT congested with visitors and tourists. People go to Tucson for that. The reason people move to OV is to get AWAY from the Tucson tourism.

The Town is doing great! The restaurant selection is very limited compared to Tucson. Oro Valley would benefit from better restaurant selections.

The community needs to stop the back and forth over the golf course. We're getting such a nasty reputation for one aspect of Oro Valley. Come. On.

Promoting regional attractions and staying in Oro Valley as a home base Promoting safe environment

Open the golf course to ALL residents rather than operating it at the command and control of people who live around it who scream and threaten our elected officials in public meetings trying to intimidate them, while claiming control of Oro Valley’s public course and facilities. Visitors ask about this dysfunctional — and, now, publicly-known — issue and say they’d never want to live here. Sad, and embarrassing!

Make it easier for small businesses to stay and be successful in Oro Valley.

Between Pusch Ridge, CDO, and Ironwood high schools there are a lot of teens in Oro Valley looking for something to do or somewhere to take their friends. Right now the only community events are the farmers markets and dive ins on specific saturdays. I wish there was more to do, as hiking is not safe in the middle of summer days. Add a Canes, Dutch bros, or more shopping centers. Even an indoor sporting facility,mini golf or a skating rink would be appealing

Market Oro Valley as a weekend get away to folks in southern Arizona and New Mexico. Mention the activities, ding and entertainment options.

Open space instead of rooftops as the main reason tourists come here is our unique flora and fauna NOT fast food restaurants, ugly apartment buildings and empty store fronts. Oro Valley now looks like every over developed town and is becoming an extension of Tucson. San Jose, CA, is a prime example of a once lovely town that became a mess in less than three decades. Once the mess begins, it’s almost impossible to stop.

Make Oro Valley a Sanctuary City.

a family friend community center with indoor courts and activities for kids, teenagers, and adults. The demographics of Oro Valley has changed and the needs of these young families need to be addressed. There could be state-of-the-art baseball fields in Oro Valley where several tournaments could be held throughout the year, bringing revenue to the local business and to the town.

I personally did not buy in Oro Valley to make it a tourist destination. In fact, I have no desire to see Oro Valley as a tourist destination whatsoever.

I would like to see Oro Valley focus more on nature and wildlife and less on ball fields and the like. In particular, I'd like to see the ball park lights in Naranja Park turned off when no one is there; it's terrible for wildlife, detracts from views, and probably violates the Pima County Dark Skies Ordnance. Which, respectfully, I'd rather have you look into before I end up contacting the County about it. Oro Valley was, and can be again, a place of great natural beauty.

Oro valley needs more dining/nightlife options. A better town center and the continuation/expansion of concert series

Help facilitate the development of a visitors center at the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Outdoor activities dominate the attractions for out of town visitors. This is not necessarily a detriment to tourism but does limit the options for tourism in Oro Valley. Strategically, I would at least investigate cultural, entertainment and curated activities that the town could pursue. The recent demise of the Oro Valley Music Festival represents an event that attracted tourism, and could be looked at for future attractions putting aside the issue of neighborhood compatibility.

Oro Valley needs more things to do--more quality arts experiences.

It would be wonderful if Oro Valley had more quality restaurants. If there were several fine dining restaurants, more of my friends from the Foothills and Saddlebrook would chose to come to OV instead of my always driving east. Locally, The Keg and Barrio Michaelangelo's are the only two restaurants that I take visitors to.

Sorry, Oro Valley is just not a tourist destination. Nice place to stay while one visits the attractions around Tucson.

Golf is key for visitors to Oro Valley

Keep the sense of place intact by protecting the views of the foothills and line of sight. Keep the color scheme and keep Oro Valley beautiful.

An entertainment district with bars, restaurants, live entertainment. Th Oro Valley Market Place would fit the bill as there are many empty store fronts and have been empty since the place was built.

Preserve open areas & not just make Oro Valley the a sea of houses & apartments it is quickly becoming. Preserve the wildlife that is being squeezed out of the area. Our visitors love to the variety of creatures we have. Something so unique needs to be cherished.

Biotechnology companies and startups on Innovation Drive, close proximity to U of A, and the Oro Valley Hospital.

I believe our parks, community center and aquatic center bring the most tourists. The Naranja park needs to continue to be built out as our soccer can bring tourists plus the music fest brings in tourists (if we had one!). The aquatic center brings in many as well. Our wonderful community center could be a very robust way of bringing in tourists with the tennis and pool along with golf if we had more tournaments. Don't forget Tour De Tucson which did bring in tons of folks but now we don't support it? As I type this it has come to a realization you don't want tourists as Oro Valley is not supporting much of what did bring tourists our way. Golf is huge as many people stay in our hotels and VRBO's to enjoy all our wonderful courses. If we limit options they will head to Marana Dove Mountain area! Our parks & the events we hold bring many but this year we don't have a music fest, the 4th of July celebration at Naranja was wonderful 2018 but 2019 not so wonderful. Tour De Tucson?

Improving The Overlook Restaurant at the community center to take advantage of the views would be a great boon to visitors who are looking for dining and residents who would enjoy a local place with good food and drinks and a discount for Oro Valley residents. This has worked in many communities. In Rancho Vistoso we lost the scenic restaurant at the Vistoso golf club and many residents miss it as a gathering place.

Have attractions beyond scenery and physical activities (hiking / golfing / cycling, etc...) Those are usually just local residents anyway - I'm not usually going across town just to go running in another neighborhood. If I golf somewhere else, I golf then leave - I don't hang around that community. There are no actual attractions beyond nature trails. Visit the community center in Anthem for a community center that I would tell people to go out of their way to visit - the one in Oro Valley just doesn't cut it.

As a former resident of the Boston area, I encourage you to contact the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council < https://www.massbio.org/> and the Boston Technology Summit < https://bostonbiotechnologysummit.com/press/press-release-2019/> and invite them to have one of the meetings here during the winter season. The Boston area is filled with bio-tech companies (Sanofi, Pfizer, Biogen, and Novartis to name a few). They would probably be THRILLED to visit with Oro Valley's bio-techs and startups -- especially during their long, cold winters. If you want more info on this idea, feel free to contact me - Thea Chalow, 11620 N Copper Mountain Dr, OV 85737 cell 520-484-5772.

Have an Oro Valley center, with restaurants, shops, theaters, all in a walking friendly envoirnment.

Finish building fields at Naranja Park so the town can host multiple sports tournaments which brings families to the area. These families will also use hotels and restaurants in Oro Valley during their stay.

I don't know anyone who would come to vacation in Oro Valley unless they had friends or relatives here. There are much better places to go in Arizona

People want unique experiences and Oro Valley has a few nice/unique places. There is only some much to see. We need to have things to do. Cool things happening at Steam Pump Ranch but we should also look at other locations for events that can have alcohol. Not sloppy out of control but like the 4th of July this year. You could experience the entire event and have a cold beer too. Glad Oro Valley is planning to step up their tourism game. Sporting tournaments could add another element but Naranja park needs more parking, more fields, more shade.

Oro Valley is not a destination for visitors or tourist.

We need to keep Oro Valley beautiful!!!

Keep Oro Valley safe. Do not change anything with police.

Stop this bickering and develop a plan to unite Oro Valley instead of dividing it! Support Naranja Park complex to completion...and show that we support our senior community, as well as the children that are the future of Oro Valley!!