Kids Kampus

Kids Kampus was a 10-acre (40,000 m) city park and educational playground in Jacksonville, Florida built with the purpose of stimulating children mentally, socially and physically. The idea was originally proposed by Mayor Ed Austin in 1993, but the groundbreaking ceremony was delayed until March 8, 2000. The $4.7 million facility finally opened officially on March 6, 2001. A little over a year after opening, the park needed repairs. According to The Florida Times-Union, it was believed that buried concrete-and-steel rails remaining from when the property was utilized in shipbuilding had created gaps underground and that the combination of these gaps with the weight of the playground structures and fill dirt was causing excessive...