College Square Plaza — Local services in Rensselaer

During the day it's ok. But after dark, it becomes a hangout for the local delinquents and their cars. I'm not a prude, and I'm not that old that I can't appreciate being that age, I even did the same thing at that age. However, in this day and age, I just think perhaps it might be beneficial to maybe have more patrols going thru there more often. I was out later than usual around 10ish, and had my granddaughters with me, ages 9 & 6. We had just come from the movies. I needed to run into stracks for a few quick items, and the language and inappropriate comments coming from the group of "teenagers", made me feel very uncomfortable having my grandkids with me. As adults it's our responsibility to try and shelter our young from all the garbage in this world, but when they are screaming it in the middle of a parking lot, makes it kinda hard. I won't even get started on the reckless driving and the numerous "close calls"we've encountered in that lot because these kids choose to use this lot for a hang out, and/or...

Walgreens, pizza Hut, Dollar Tree, Save A Lot, Chinese, banking, tax preparation, gas, hair salon, fitness center, Subway, smoke Shop, Home health agency for helping the aged, mental, and physical disabled people in their homes, and in the community, and a car wash all together! Very nice. Is all we need is someone to open a thrift store in one of the three empty...

It's gotten better since I lived here many years ago. Still room for improvement. The Dollar Tree is a good addition. There's a Pizza Hut, Save A Lot, Subway, License Branch, Fitness Center, Kem's Hardware, Kentland Bank, China Garden, Smoke Shop, NEW Resale shop, hair salon, fitness center, Rent-a-Center, Family...