LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — An anniversary of a new park in the California neighborhood was celebrated with a new mural on Sunday in Louisville.
Last year, the first phase of the Alberta O. Jones Park in the city’s California neighborhood was completed and opened. It features a mosaic of her portrait composed of hundreds of individual photographs celebrating the California neighborhood. The park was also the first in the city to have complementary, high-speed Wi-Fi.
Alberta O. Jones was the first Black woman to pass the Kentucky Bar. She then became Louisville’s first female prosecutor in 1965. Jones was a national leader in civil rights activism.
On Sunday, the Parks Alliance of Louisville unveiled the “Thriving Community” mural at the park. The piece was designed by Aashalae Stewart of Monet Murals.
Monet Murals artist Jaylin Monet Stewart is a native of the California neighborhood.
“Working with a strong community organization, we’ve created a …