When presented with the knowledge that the city would receive $6.9 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, Dover officials pitched investing a portion of it into a riverwalk that could both serve as an economic driver and expand recreational areas. During a recent meeting, suggestions for spending the money included the riverwalk, a shelter for unhoused people or funding more mental health counselors to work with the Dover Police Department.
- Improvements to the quality of water, homeless shelters, mental health improvements and crime downtown would be money better spent to bring new business and boost tourism. — Scotthered
- This would be a serious waste of money. Who would feel safe with the panhandlers and homeless in Dover becoming more aggressive every day? — Ronnie Ponde
- Dover Little League could use some help with our infrastructure upgrades, please. — Rick Beaman
- St. Jones. Oh, the smell. — Mark A. Courtney
