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Parks department seeks $415,000 from Accelerate Memphis to finish Chandler Park playground; council asks for budget breakdown
Summary
Memphis Parks asked the council to allocate $415,000 from Accelerate Memphis to complete Chandler Park playground installation and site work; councilmembers asked for a detailed cost breakdown and deferred a same‑night vote until staff supplies a line‑item explanation.
At a City Council committee meeting, Memphis Parks asked the council to allocate $415,000 from the Accelerate Memphis project to complete construction and project management for Chandler Park playground in District 4. Justice Bolton, representing the parks department, and Deputy Director Marsha Allen told the committee that the project’s total cost is about $1.3 million and that the parks department has already purchased equipment including playground structures and a pavilion. The $415,000 request covers the remaining…
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