What Would You Build in Vernon?

Vernon, CT - Earlier this week, Vernon 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 Vernon:

• "Finish the Paper Mill Pond park and add a splash pad so there is more than just a pool for kids to play in during the summer."
• "Sidewalks since kids have to walk so far to bus stops or schools."
• "Merline Rd is awful. Especially in the winter with the frost heaves. A dog park also sounds nice."
• "Full time Emergency Medical Services and Fire Department personnel."
• "Thruway sidewalks and roads."
• "Build a better playscape on Park St."

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

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