What Would You Build in Barnegat?

Barnegat, NJ - Earlier this week, Lacey 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 Barnegat:

• "Find any abandoned buildings that can't be fixed, and tear then down for new places instead of tearing down trees for things we don't need. There is unused land already, we need to stop tearing down trees and destroying nature for some apartments and houses no normal person can afford."
• "A dog park!"
• "Easy! Finish The Sandpile!"
• "Skatepark"
• "Make a public dock/ boat launch/bathing beach in Manahawkin like Barnegat has. The only people who can fish or crab here are those owning boats."

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

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