$78k in repairs ahead for Garden City playground damaged by arson

GARDEN CITY, Idaho — Garden City officials received an estimate recently to repair one of the city’s most popular playgrounds, damaged in a November arson attack that marked the first such incident in at least 15 years or ever.

The cost to replace the smaller youth playground equipment and safety surfacing below it at Pamela J. Beaumont Riverfront Park on East 42nd Street is $78,000.

While the city parks occasionally are vandalized, November’s arson incident is a first…

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