LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville's Safety City has a new look thanks to donations aimed at enhancing safety education for children.
Norton Children's Hospital Foundation and several donors helped unveil renovations at Safety City, located at Bates Elementary School.
The $700,000 investment revitalizes the miniature city to help teach kids about injury prevention.
Students learn lessons such as what to do when a smoke detector goes off, how to make emergency calls, and more. Safety City also provides interactive experiences about pedestrian safety, including when and where to cross the street safely.
“Really, it’s about injury prevention — understanding crosswalk lights, where and when to cross, looking both ways, and being aware of where cars could injure you,” organizers said.
In its 30-year history, Safety City has taught more than 150,000 children valuable safety lessons.
The investment also went towards:
- Structural repair of all buildings, including stucco repair
- New coat of paint on all buildings and stoplight structure
- New interactive signage and decorations on all buildings
- New street signs
- Updated landscaping
- Resealing of roadways and new road striping
- Added flagpole
- Added Safety City mural
- Fence wrapping
- Addition of new mini school bus educational structure
- Addition of six new electric cars for student-drivers
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