What Would You Build in Hamden?

Hamden, CT - Earlier this week, Hamden Patch asked our Facebook readers what they would build or fix in town if they were given $1 million.

Readers from across the area responded with answers varying from new playgrounds, renovated high schools and improved hospitals.

Also early this week, U.S. News and World Report released its list of the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals Across the Country. The hospitals were ranked in terms of “clinical outcomes,” “efficient coordination of care,” and “care-related resources.”

The publication periodically releases lists regarding the best schools in the country as well as most livable cities. Many of the things that make a town or city ‘livable’ are resources and public spaces i.e. good schools, roads, parks, libraries, etc. Not surprisingly, these were many of the things readers said they would build or fix in their town if granted $1 million to do so.

Here’s what your neighbors said they would build in Hamden:

• "Increase the police force and try to open a Teen center to keep these kids off the streets...Way too much crime in Hamden being done by juveniles."
• "Make our schools safer by fixing the doors, windows, and fire hazards so they are safe if, God forbid, there is a fire or active shooter. Our children come first!"
• "Fund the remaining pension debt to get that burden off the taxpayers."
• "Fix the library on Circular Ave. Such a wonderful place and it's terribly run down."
• "Buy a nice piece of land and use it for a wildlife preserve."
• "Fix up Shepherd Glen School or build a new one."
• "Regional Animal Shelter and more..."
• "Pave the roads!"
• "My house"
• "Rebuild West Woods School"

What would you build or renovate in Hamden if you had $1 million? Let us know on our Facebook page.

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