Garden Hills has been foundation for generations of families
By Steve Bauer
Sunday July 13, 2008
Robin Scholz
Front row, from left, a four-generation Garden Hills family: Terry Johnson, Kelsey Johnson, 2, London Carter, 8, Karsyn Johnson, 6, Kyndal Johnson, 4; back row: Amy Johnson, Becky Restad, Betty Restad and Don Restad. Betty and Don have lived in Champaign's Garden Hills neighborhood for 52 years.
CHAMPAIGN – Don and Betty Restad moved into a three-bedroom house in the newly emerging Garden Hills subdivision in 1956. Their monthly payments – including mortgage, insurance and taxes – were $66 a month.
Like a lot of young couples at the time, it was a "starter home" – something they could afford as they started a family.
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