Neighbors say Newburg Days feels safer two years after Louisville’s $2 million anti-violence grant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Newburg Days is back this weekend, bringing food, live music, games and local vendors back to Petersburg Park for one of the neighborhood’s longest-running traditions.

The annual festival has looked different in recent years. Organizers shortened this year’s event, but many people who showed up Friday said they noticed something else had changed: the park felt safer.

Whitney Randall and her daughter were among the first people through the gates…

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