1: Do SOMETHING with the Boulevard and the Washington. More in the pipeline with the latter than the former I suppose, but it's an absolute waste to have two cracking venues of that caliber going to waste at that end of town. Even if one were a restaurant and one were a nightclub, rather than both being turned back into pubs/clubs, fine - but right now, there's nothing, and there's little worse than that!
Given a choice (plus a big, hefty pile of money), I would bring back the Boulevard as a nightclub while at the very least preserving the former, hidden theater - apologies to campaigners looking to restore the former Broadway theater but given Venue Cymru is right next door, while a smaller community theater could be the answer to what Conwy Civic Hall USED to be (don't get me started on the travesty of that closing down!!) and could provide kids' groups and the like with a place to rehearse, that space is now served by the improved Theatr Colwyn. I appreciate the costs at Theatr Colwyn may be a smidge prohibitive for small groups, but they at the very least provide a space for community pantomime etc.
Llandudno needs a choice of nightclubs that isn't restricted to Club 147 (apologies to enthusiasts of Fountains, but it's just not big enough). And at the very least, both Boulevard and the Wash need to be open and doing something.
2: (Don't know whether or not it's been touted before, BUT) Create a single, monthly (or every-other-monthly) meeting at a big enough venue where town police officers; town councillors; county officials; members of the Chamber of Trade and Federation of Small Businesses; business owners; the chaps from the Pier; the RNLI; the Hospitality Association; the organisers behind the Extravaganza, Daffodil Campaign and the Alice Trail; representatives from Mostyn Estates; the North Shore committee; the guys from the Great Orme Country Park; Friends Groups of the various parks and management from the Victoria Centre, Parc Llandudno and Mostyn Champneys ALL come together to chat things over in a forum. I've seen it done in other places and it's surprising how many wheels it can oil. Regardless of how busy their schedules might be, I'm sure those various parties have interest enough in Llandudno's welfare to put it together. That creates a single, unified talking shop where everything from parking to rates to crime to tourism to all else besides can be hammered out quickly.
Chaps behind Extravaganza are concerned about rates? Federation of Small Businesses and the Hospitality Association can discuss a way forward with them. And so on and so on. Everyone gets to express their concerns in a frank but forward-thinking environment.
And make it a repeating date so the press know to attend on a regular basis. That would make the people spearheading some of the big initiatives wider-known. And moreover, one would hope it would help stem antagonism - everyone would realise that everyone else is trying to improve the place; just everyone has different ideas on how to do it. I'm sure the Alice Trail is benevolently intended, even if there are natterings on the effect it will have on the town; I'm sure the Extravaganza is difficult to run and organisers hope to bring it back to its Victorian roots; I'm sure the council WANTS to get the Pier Pavilion back in use etc.
My feeling is that a heady chunk of the problems affecting this area are the apparent cloak-and-dagger way in which they are dealt; once that is sorted and everything's out in the open, it's hardly a fix-all button, but it makes sure that everyone is watching everyone else on a frequent basis.
3: Redevelop the tram line, but make it a PIECEMEAL approach; first to the pier (no need for a station, just a drop-off point); then further along the prom; then along Penrhyn Bay etc. Piece by careful, tedious piece. Of course, to have it run along the prom would require improved sea defences (don't want high winds pelting tramcars with stones, do we?) but that can be looked at in the light of what's going on. Likewise, stretch it down to the old station on the West Shore.
4: (Not an outright development, more a change in thinking, but ) - create some sort of Towns Partnership; yes, I'm serious!
Right now, there seems to be a lot of envy between Llandudno and Colwyn Bay; the foremost point being that Colwyn Bay got a new beach while Llandudno had its more prominent one repeatedly covered with layers of stone. And Colwyn Bay is in receipt of various bits and bobs of funding (Townscape Heritager; European regeneration funding etc), while Llandudno is having to fend for itself and fight for its own corner.
Won't bore people with how the two towns differ in social demographic and so one may tick more funding criteria boxes than the other etc etc, but like with the forum idea I mentioned above, there needs to be a greater sense of mutual benefit rather than competition and envy. While Llandudno my be the Queen of Welsh resorts, Conwy Council also has to focus its efforts on a multitude of other tourism offerings, towns, villages, services etc further down the Conwy Valley and stretching from Llanfairfechan to Kinmel Bay. There needs to be less a feeling of everyone fighting for pots and attention and more of helping one another out.