LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Greater Galilee Church, through the Galilee Community Development Corporation, is doing an expansion project with the hope of bringing more economic and sports opportunities to west Louisville.

What You Need To Know

  • The Galilee Community Development Corporation has a new sports pavilion in west Louisville

  • The goal of the project is to bring more economic and sports opportunities to the community

  • This initiative is one way the organization is trying to address violence in the West End

  • An event to celebrate the pavilion was held Sept. 22 with dozens of people in attendance

Dozens attended an event Sept. 22 to celebrate the organization’s new sports pavilion.

Several vendors attended a community day celebration Sept. 22, 2024, to celebrate the Greater Galilee Church's new sports pavilion. (Spectrum News 1/Geraldine Torrellas)

“The importance of a rec center like this, connected to a church … is amazing for our community,” said Chris Davis, a resident of Louisville's West End. 

The initiative is one way the organization is trying to reduce violence.

“We were able to take a dilapidated gas station, which was right here, and make it into this beautiful pavilion," said Eric A. Johnson, executive director of Galilee Community Development Corporation. "We’re going to use this pavilion as a multipurpose facility for these guys to play basketball, to hang out with us." 

The pavilion is across from the Greater Galilee Church. The organization aims to complete the project by the end of October.

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