What Would You Build in Wilmington?

Wilmington, MA - Earlier this week, Wilmington 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 Wilmington:

• "Expand the Public Works building that's way too small. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment left outside exposed to elements."
• "The intersection between 62 and 38. Redo all the buildings from the corner to the banks to be more like a center of town."
• "Build a second fire station."
• "Get rid of at least one of the many basketball courts in town, and build an outdoor rink like the one at Ipswich River Park."
• "I'd build a baseball field where kids could play pickup games anytime."
• "Sidewalks. And some solutions to the traffic."
• "A YMCA"
• "Invest in Solar Roadways! Have Wilmington generate it's own power and lower our bills even more."
• "Build/modify a second softball field so that is big enough for high school games as well as adult recreational leagues."

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

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