A robust, high quality, free or subsidized early childhood program infrastructure. It would change the long-term outcomes for all the citizens of Worcester.

A mobile guillotine that can make appearances at farmers markets and private events (i.e. kid birthday party, corporate retreats, sweet 16s, etc)

Yes

Better public transportation, absolutely.

But also, I haven't been back in a couple of years, but has anything been done with the Auditorium yet?

With all of the great revitalizations that have happened over the past several years, I'd love to see the day comes when Worcester is able to provide the night life experience that Boston notoriously lacks.

Do a little "big dig". Drop 290 underground from the Worcester side of lake Quinsig through to Auburn. Build green spaces above with walkable / bikeable friendly small business shopping with mixed use restaurant / activity / artist spaces.

Edit. If possible : reopen the Blackstone canal from underground to add some visible water running through the city.

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/east-valley/2013/04/18/collaboration-authors-library-renaissance-at/48940416007/

A former resident, a while back, found out the elementary schools don’t have libraries, so she organized a drive at one school to get it built. I don’t think anyone ever took the model an finished the project.

WPI is a good school, but not worth the cost IMHO. It isn't 2.5x better than the various state schools in Mass for engineering. I wouldn't take out excessive loans to get an undergrad degree from WPI.

I have two other issues with small technical schools not specifically limited to WPI. The first is lack of diversity in interacting with non-STEM majors. College should be a time for growth of all sorts, not just technical training. The second is the lack of options if one decides to drop out of engineering, which a very high percentage of students do. A larger school with more options makes transferring major much easier.

Just my two cents as someone who spent most of high school wanting to go to WPI, but as an adult am very glad I didn't.

Direct rail line to Logan airports terminals.

Confidence in city management and policing. Tall order, I know.

Do you mean making Worcester another hub? I can see that. Right now everything reroutes through Boston so I wouldn't mind if Worcester had its own little network

Absolute nonsense.

Can we just get a decent gym?

A high class luxury downtown casino inside a skyscraper bigger than encore that you can see from 20 miles away.

The tax revenue, the tourism, and improving the city skyline all in one.

That would be like a 4 hour trip. Transit higeratchy is important. Instead let’s run our own light rail routes to the suburbs.

These are great suggestions! I was just thinking a Dave and Busters or a Cheesecake Factory would be pretty cool

That would never happen? A subway system to go along with improved regional train systems.

somewhere to park so we can enjoy the canal district again 🥲

Cog railways up and down the hills! But for serious: high-speed regular rail service to Boston. Hate having to get up at 5 to catch the 1 express train into the city.

As a current sophomore that’s a pretty accurate summary.

Speaking of fantasyland: do you think there is room for another form of connection after updating the current commuter rail? What if Worcester was connected by a tram line (kind of like the Mattapan line) that connected either to Forest Hills or Boston College on the MBTA's Green Line?

Having driven recently in Providence, Springfield and Boston, I'll say Worcester's driving is way above average. Only one major highway going through it without all the insane loops and lane switches of the highways in those other places.

Mandatory sidewalks on every road.

>Oh wait, that would destroy local businesses

It's not exactly statistical data but it seems like I'm seeing "local business shutting down" pretty much every week in the T&G and at least one of them blamed the stadium for taking away parking.

Also, the reason people complain about stadiums is that the city spends a lot of money for a structure owned by private citizens in the hopes that the structure will pay itself back - which it often doesn't.

Agreed - both in Worcester and out. Fast trains to Boston and Springfield. In crazy fantasyland to NYC, Philly, and DC too.