First Hill Park Playground Replacement

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This project was successfully completed in fall/winter 2025. Thank you to the community for your engagement and support!

A neighborhood playground features a 2-swing swing set and a 20' tall climbing structure with two bright green slides.

First Hill Park is a neighborhood park located at SE 32nd Street and 72nd Avenue SE. The park playground included a treehouse play structure and hillside slide installed in 2007. In 2025, the City will remove aging play equipment and replace it with a new climbing structure, swings, and free-standing play features. Old play area surfacing will be removed and replaced with new engineered wood fiber (EWF) surfacing, and new gravel will be installed to provide an accessible pathway from the main park entrance to the renovated play area and existing picnic table. 

The renovated playground design was developed with the community in 2024, and construction was completed in fall/winter 2025. The park reopened on January 8, 2026. Thank you to the community for your support of and participation in this project!






Looking for general information about Mercer Island playground replacements? Find it here: www.mercerisland.gov/playgroundreplacements.

First Hill Park is a neighborhood park located at SE 32nd Street and 72nd Avenue SE. The park playground included a treehouse play structure and hillside slide installed in 2007. In 2025, the City will remove aging play equipment and replace it with a new climbing structure, swings, and free-standing play features. Old play area surfacing will be removed and replaced with new engineered wood fiber (EWF) surfacing, and new gravel will be installed to provide an accessible pathway from the main park entrance to the renovated play area and existing picnic table. 

The renovated playground design was developed with the community in 2024, and construction was completed in fall/winter 2025. The park reopened on January 8, 2026. Thank you to the community for your support of and participation in this project!






Looking for general information about Mercer Island playground replacements? Find it here: www.mercerisland.gov/playgroundreplacements.

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This project was successfully completed in fall/winter 2025. Thank you to the community for your engagement and support!

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