The City of Summerville held a ribbon cutting on Friday evening at the site of the new playground at Dowdy Park.  At their June meeting, the Summerville City Council approved the purchase of new playground equipment for J.R. “Dick” Dowdy Park.  The winning bid for the playground equipment went to Safe Play Solutions out of Canton, Georgia. The city paid $89,875 for the equipment.  Installation of the new equipment began on the first week of September.