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Love City celebrates Portland community with annual carnival

Love City said the whole idea behind the event is to spread love to the community they love.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville organization whose mission is to bring love to the Portland neighborhood held their spring carnival while celebrating the community.

Love City, a non-profit that focuses on community development brought residents together at the old St. Cecilia Church compound on Saturday.

The carnival featured a variety of entertainment including food, candy and face paint.

Love City said the whole idea behind the event is to spread love to the community they love.

“This is what I believe community is supposed to look like,” Ethan Essex said. “It’s supposed to be people working together where they live to make where they live a better place.”

It also offers an assortment of programs they encourage and engage the community.  

To learn more about Love City, click here.

Credit: Elijah McKenzie/WHAS-TV
An Elvis impersonator takes the stage at Love City's sixth annual carnival in the Portland neighborhood on May 20, 2023.

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