Progress slow for Smoketown’s Community Care Campus [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A foam cannon sprayed kids as they ran around, a line grew and grew for snow cones, and music blared from speakers Thursday in the green space in front of Bates Memorial Baptist Church. 

“This is like the biggest crowd that we’ve had…it’s getting bigger, growing. A lot of community is learning more about it,” Tony Manning said, president of the Sheppard Square Resident Council.

Thursday was the eighth annual Smoketown Family Wellness Center Neighborhood Celebration. The event was sponsored by the the pediatric clinic, which doesn’t turn anyone away and charges families a flat rate of $25 if they don’t have insurance.

“The work that we do feels like a gift to me. The families we serve are beautiful, and it’s …