What Would You Build in Ramsey?

Ramsey, N.J. - Earlier this week, Ramsey 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 Ramsey:

• "Make the library big and section it based on the age group"
• "Turf the fields"
• "Full-day kindergarten"
• "I would have the first margarita truck in town, [and] then, I would fix the light at Darlington and N. Central so that the people heading north had an extended green, which should clear up the backups we get from people turning left onto Darlington, and if there was any money left, I would either put a light in at Wyckoff and Oak or make it a four-way stop."
• "Air conditioning in the schools"
• "A brand-new senior center just for seniors, where we are wanted and respected"
• "Fix the train track crossing situation [and] build a "walk-over" footbridge by both Finch Park and Main St."

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