24 August 2007

A Real Modest Proposal (really, I'm not being ironic)

The Hillsborough Township Committee unveiled plans this week to redesign the outdoor space at the Municipal Complex. The plans include more trees, more benches, and other improvements designed to turn the area between the parking lot and the building into a more friendly and usable space.

What do you think of this plan? I think it is a fine, modest proposal which fits well with our modest municipal building. Hillsborough has always been very conservative (ha!) when it comes to its municipal buildings - there are no palaces here. Unlike what we see in Branchburg, or the new plan in Bridgewater, Hillsborough essentially houses four separate entities - municipal offices, police and courts, library, and Board of Education - in one humble building.

If spending a few thousand dollars is all it takes to make the complex more attractive and more useful, I think it is money well spent. Yahoo!

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