What Would You Build in Newtown?

Newtown, CT - Earlier this week, Newtown 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 Newtown:

• "I'd spend it on yet another traffic study of the flagpole intersection."
• "Middle School - although $1 million is not enough. It's a pit."
• "The trestle on Church Hill"
• "Sidewalks in the borough! So my kids wouldn't have to walk on the busy streets to get into town. So that more people would be encouraged to walk instead of drive - thus improving the earth, the air we breath and our health."
• "Put it to a new police station"
• "Use it for additional mental health services in town."
• "Fix up the old Fairfield Hills buildings."

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

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