What Would You Build in Ellicott City?

Ellicott City, MD - Earlier this week, Ellicott City 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 Ellicott City:

• "More sidewalks and traffic calming humps in the older neighborhoods to start. Maybe a park/play area near historic Ellicott City."
• "Food forests or an organic fast food/drive through restaurant!"
• "Remove the power/telephone lines from above ground and bury them below ground!"
• "More crosswalks and traffic calming in the historic district on Main Street for pedestrian safety and to slow down the speeders. Oh wait, we had that allocated.... gone now."
• "A bike/pedestrian bridge over Route 29 from Dunloggin to Toll House. Create more road bike space everywhere possible."

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

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