Sorry but this poll is a mute point anyways. Hillsborough residents want these places, but do not want to accept or deal with the negative effects these places can bring. Businesses also do not want to deal with the miles of red tape the local government has created to open a successful business.

I want K-Mart back!!!

Mr. Turcotte is correct :-)

Hillsborough residents should be happy with the stores & options they DO have. Just go a few miles down the road into Montgomery & look. they have basically nothing! Tiger's Tale & the diner. the Tusk restaurant just closed. there is hardly any retail stores whatsoever!

Neither! We have a number of empty properties, and some of these have been vacant for years, so obviously Hillsborough is not able to support new stores or restaurants at this time.

How about a Wegmans or Trader Joes? Our Shoprite is so outdated and the quality of the fruits and vegetables there are subpar. Shop rite never seems to have things I'm looking for. I currently shop at the Franklin Shoprite or the Bridgewater Wegmans. I would love to keep that money in my town if they would offer a decent food store. And I think Chipotle would be nice. Family affordable.

What red tape does Hillsborough have that other towns don't?

We need to proactively attract businesses that won't go under due to over-saturation of the same types of businesses. Think about what we leave businesses cause us to leave the town and bring them here. We can use a couple of chain restaurants to balance the Italian and Asian restaurants without having to drive to Rt. 22. Everyone seems to love Paneras (would have been perfect for Blockbuster). And with the business that Kohls has done since arriving, I'm shocked that another department store hasn't replaced K-Mart.

It is not just the businesses that don't want to expand to Hillsborough due to the BS the township puts them through, it is also the contractors. Whenever I contact someone for a quote to do work at my residence and tell the contractor I live in Hillsborough, they groan! That tells me a whole lot of unnecessary red tape is going on and I have seen first hand the hoops you have to jump through to get a variance in this town. It all adds up to paying out more money!
I feel sorry for the new places that open up in town run by individuals who know their business has potential. They have to charge higher prices to make up for the high rent they have to pay the township. Then people come in to check out the new business and don't want to pay those prices so they opt to travel a distance to feel they are getting a better value. The business ends up folding after a short period of time and we end up with another empty store front.

I wish we had a bakery with good, homemade breads and doughnuts in town. It'd be great if we had one in the Kingsbridge Center, so that people in the western part of town wouldn't have to drive all the way to Raritan or Manville for a decent boston cream. :-)

I think Hillsborough needs a place like a skating rink or bowling alley or something of that sort. Since Trader Joes and wegmans won't open in our area, we don't need any more supermarkets. A lot of vacant places out there can use something new, stores that can be found in the Bridgewater mall but not here are needed. One thing is for sure though, Hillsborough has enough pizza places, workout places/gyms, places that sell hamburgers and food of that nature, and banks.