Three-hundred thousand dollars can buy a lot, and for the city of Idaho Falls, it's buying a massive skate park.

About two and half years ago, Mayor Jared Fuhriman promised the city's youth the best park in Eastern Idaho.

Since then, the economy has taken a turn for the worse. So with your dime in mind, we're asking this tough question, is a skate park the best use of 300 hundred thousand tax payer dollars?

The kids of Idaho Falls haven't forgotten the promise Mayor Jared Fuhriman gave them over two years ago.

"We've been excited for it for a long time,"says Tyler Coryell.

So would you be upset if the city decided not to build the park?

"Yeah, I think everybody would be, because I don't think people would want to just skate on this. We raised money for it and everything," says Coryell.

"If they took it away then it's just taking a lot of opportunities for a lot of kids to get good and get their minds off other stuff and skateboard because that's what we love to do," says Joey Chavez.

So when I sat down with Mayor Fuhriman he made it blatantly clear, breaking that promise is out of the question.

Do you think with the economy the way it is right now, spending that much money on a skate park is still a smart idea?

"Absolutely," says Fuhriman. " Thirty percent of the population is under 18. We see so many kids out there complaining there's not enough to do."

"This is a very important thing we do right now, if for no other reason than we have told the youth we would do this," says Council Member Ida Hardcastle.

That aside, Mayor Fuhriman tells me a skate park economically makes since as well.

He says it will keep the kids from skate else where and damaging property which costs money to fix. He also believes it will keep them out of trouble.

"We've been told by the professionals they would actually include us on the circuit on some of these competitions and things like that," says Fuhriman.

The streets of Idaho Falls look tired, intersections like Hitt and 1ST Streets need a makeover, and the Idaho Falls police station is overflowing with officers.

"Yes, you are right. we have roads that need to be repaired. We have 1ST and Hitt. We have some of these other things, but we're putting money aside to try to take care of those," says Fuhriman.

The mayor also assures me there is enough money set aside to fix all of the weathered roads in Idaho Falls.

Still, the mayor and his council are convinced saving that 300 thousand dollars for those projects wouldn't do any good.

"300 thousand would be a drop in the bucket," says Hardcastle.

I talked to some of you, and support of this park is mixed at best.

"Being a mom its good for there to be places for the kids to go, but on the flip side there are a lot of people that probably could see the money going to better things," says Jackie Matthews.

"We have a good enough skate park right now as it is. So, I don't see why they would have such a huge problem with setting money aside and using it for what we need it for," says Breanna Lee.

"The children of this community need something to stay out of trouble," says Kari Frisbey.

"We try to have a little money for pleasure, and that's what the skateboard park is," says Hardcastle.

Fuhriman says they'll likely break ground on the park by the end of the month. He hopes to have the park complete by late August or early September.