What Would You Build in Newark?

Newark, CA - 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:

• "Old Newark should be rebuilt making a more modern downtown/shipping strip. With all the new houses being built and businesses flourishing it would make sense. It seems like the next step to bring more wealth in and raise the value of our town."
• "The various old abandoned houses throughout the city. Make them affordable instead of abandoned or empty lots. There's more to Newark than just the lake area."
• "Bring back Kids Castle, Little Caesars, the Pool Hall"
• "New turf field for the high school"
• "Tear down that prison looking high school and start over."

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