What Would You Build in Matawan?

Matawan, NJ - Earlier this week, Matawan 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 Matawan:

• "The little bridge on Church St. when heading to Lloyd Rd."
• "A huge pool club with swings and slides"
• "The blue Victorian on Main St."
• " Every. Friggin. Pothole."
• "Main Street. Small business needs to be drawn in to help revitalization."
• "I'd fix up the lakefront, put a small playground behind the canoe rental building, make the lake more user friendly, more docks."
• "I would build a place where kids could come and hang out, skateboard park or community center."
• "The flood gate on Ravine Dr."
• "The drugs off the streets and houses and cars being broken into!"

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

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