What Would You Build in North Andover?

North Andover, MA - Earlier this week, North Andover 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 North Andover:

• "First I'd repave the exit from 495 North onto Mass Ave. then I'd donate $100,000 to the North Andover Foundation for Education. The remainder would go toward building a public skating rink somewhere in the middle of the town for North Andover Youth Hockey."
• "I definitely think we need more banks, sub shops, condo complexes on Rt. 125, and maybe throw in a few more salons too!"
• "Trader Joe's, a dog park, more parking and better shops on Main Street."
• "I'd build a school where children are actually taught our world history, the constitution, Bill of Rights and how the judicial system works along with many other important facts. Not to mention they'd learn HOW to think. Not WHAT to think."
• "I'd build a toy store, a nutrition/natural grocer store, a trendy restaurant to draw crowds, a trendy coffee shop with outside seating, and a sports store, a spray park for families and kids, and lastly, a farm stand."

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

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