What Would You Build in Newark?

Newark, NJ - Earlier this week, Newark 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 Newark:

• "I'd tear down abandoned buildings and create pocket parks in every neighborhood."
• " I would renovate the gym and auditorium at World Impact on Sussex Ave."
• "You can rebuild Newark, but you can't change the mind set of the people in Newark, that's up to them."
• "Hire more police officers."

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

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