What Would You Build in Swampscott?

Swampscott, MA - Earlier this week, Swampscott 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 Swampscott:

• "A culinary art institute, because our new generations knows less and less how to cook an egg."
• "The elementary schools."
• "A community center!"
• "Take care of & replace the street trees: every day I see half-dead (or worse!) trees or dead branches hanging over sidewalks, streets, and houses. Urban trees need condition assessments, pruning and proactive management/replacement."
• "A beautiful addition to Linscott Park"
• "Real sidewalks!"
• "Beach bathrooms"
• "Firehouse upgrades"
• "Dog park, fix roads and sidewalks."

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

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