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i think it is benefical to have a place for school kids to be able to go to and not get in any trouble...have a place that provides different varieties of food with a dance area, game area and a room with plenty of tables for them to do homework with their friends or club meetings and also plenty of area in the back of place for them to play basketball, football, soccer, etc and someone educating them from bullying to ethnic heritage but in an entertaining way...the school kids need a place to go and be themselves but also keep away from drugs and all this trouble..make sure have plenty of adults there to be security as well as mentors.

Afforfable apartments, the new Pioneer Crossing for families are awesome, but the requirements are hard to meet. If we dont qualify for low income we are stuck in the middle because everything else is way out of budget. Nice, affordable complexes would be great.

I would love to see something like Incredible Pizza/Chuck E. Cheese.......something where the family can all attend for a good time instead of traveling a distance just to get there. Especially with this economy and gas prices.....hopefully soon Lufkin will have something like that.

All of the ideas so far seem terrific, but I have to add my vote on the dog park since there are so many of us within the city limits who are restricted to our apartments and have no safe solutions for our pets and people. And based on the most recent student enrollment count I think it's time to admit that Lufkin is NO LONGER a retirement community. We need to band together and develop a center for families with children to teens like a water park(for the summer) and a putt putt/go cart track(for the winter). Otherwise the kids are going to do what they currently are doing and walking the streets getting into trouble from sheer boredom and lack of opportunity. I am personally trying to establish a Support group for families and eventually will open a Comic Book Store for our kids. So that's might two cents and Big Idea. :-)

I just moved here recently, and was sad to see there were no dog parks/places for dogs to socialize off leash. So many cities have these, and I think residents here would get great use out of one. Really does a wonderful job of bringing people together.

I would like for lufkin to put some indoor soccer facilties.

Have an event downtown for all ages. one weekend a year, in the evening. Have the roads blocked off, invite musicians (from around town: guitarists, singers, any talent) to come and have their own little space to preform. Restaurants, hotels, and shops all open. (including the new awesome coffee shop). You guys could even set up a few booths. If you posted ads in town (and at the schools definately), then you would get a big crowd. E-mail me for more details because I have a lot of ideas :)

Not a big idea but an idea none the less. Get rid of the alligators in the lake next to the zoo. Then rent Canoe's & Paddle boats.

I have two ideas. One the city could invite Dave & Buster to open a place here. they could use the old Randall's building.

Second, Provide classes on the sport of geocaching. Invite geocachers to hold events here in the city. For information about geocaching http://www.geocaching.com.

First of all, thank you very much for the Buffalo Wild Wings. Next my family would really like to see a Kohl's. Despite the stores that we do have hear most of our shopping is done in Beaumont or Austin for that store alone.

A park for dogs!! I have a 70 pound baby who couldn't even hurt a fly, and running for the ball inside my aprtment is getting old. He is such a sweetheart! He used to live in another state with my son, and they would always take him to this amazing place for dogs. It hurts my heart to always have him on a leash when we go outside. Make it happen please!!!

my big ideal is to bring a company like itz to lufkin so the kids can a fun place to play and spend time