What Would You Build in Manchester?

Manchester, 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 Manchester:

• "I'd build a VFW hall for our Veterans and then go there and drink beer for cheap and get some of the best stories from some of USA's BEST!"
• "A park for handicapped children"
• "I'd hire someone to clean up the goose poop in the grassy areas around the schools! Disgusting that the kids play in that health hazard!"
• "Would love to have Pine Lake open for swimming again. We definitely need a decent park on the east end of town. It's a disgrace what they've done over the years to the Sixth Avenue Park. I shouldn't have to drive to Toms River to go to a park."
• "A public pool."
• " Target or Walmart near the Lacey Rd. strip mall (containing Stop n Shop) in Whiting. More shopping in general in that area."

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

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