What Would You Build in Mission Viejo?

Mission Viejo, CA - Earlier this week, Mission Viejo 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 Mission Viejo:

• "I'd create an open air plaza so that the city/community could have a nice place to meet. It would be very Euro."
• "I would hire a planner to create a real downtown/main street area near La Paz/Marguerite."
• "A bridge to connect the Kaleidoscope and the MV shopping mall"
• "Make our schools even better. The money can be used for renovation, any needs, technology, or special programs. Good schools attract new residents which raises the home values."
• "A walking bridge over Olympiad, across from YAAP baseball fields to the other side of the street so kids/parents don't have to cross the busy street. It has always been a concern of mine."
• "The Animal Shelter, expand to a no kill shelter"
• "It probably wouldn't be enough, but update the shopping center at La Paz and Marguerite. It's horribly dated and in great need of a face lift."
• "I'd fix/build myself a house/ranch just outside MV in one of the canyons."

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