Big Ideas for Making Malverne, West Hempstead and Lynbrook Better

Businesses may come and go in Malverne, West Hempstead and Lynbrook, but these communities' infrastructures have mostly stayed the same over the years. Think some roads should be changed? Want to change the landscape?

We're asking people like you to get to thinking about the home you love so much, coming up with ideas — be them wild stretches of the imagination or practical fixes that are altogether doable — to keep Malverne, West Hempstead and Lynbrook thriving well into the forseeable future.

In the spirit of putting the local dreamer and the civic leaders on the same plane, we'd like to give all readers the opportunity to share their big ideas for Malverne, West Hempstead and Lynbrook. In this forum, no idea should be shot down. Instead, let's gather as many suggestions as we can so we can later narrow the list down to the 10 most popular ideas for each of these three communities. (Tag your suggestions with either #malverne, #lynbrook or #westhempstead.)

We can't wait to hear what you come up with.