What Would You Build in Toms River?

Toms River, NJ - Earlier this week, Toms River 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 Toms River:

• "A multi-tier parking facility where Wells Fargo Bank is now, with a through way underneath connecting Washington Street to Irons Street. Downtown is desolate because of no easy parking."
• "A pain pill/heroine rehab"
• "Open up a couple of bars"
• "Help spread the joys of living a full life not filled with drugs. Advertise the damage that drugs do. Biggest issue we face!"
• "Build a free rehab for those who want to recover!"

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

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