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WEBVTT SEE AS MANY. ONE WOMAN I SPOKE WITH WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. DRIVING DOWN WEST BROADWAY. P>> ALL YOU REALLY SEE IS TRASH. LIKE, TRASH AND STUFF. >> Reporter: SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT STICK OUT ARE THE THINGS MANY WISH WOULDN'T. >> INSTEAD OF SEEING ABANDONED HOUSES WITH CARDBOARD ON THEM AND GRAFFITI ON THEM, I WANT THEM TO SEE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. >> Reporter: VICTORIA COAKLEY IS NEW TO LOUISVILLE, BUT IN THE TIME SHE'S BEEN HERE, SHE'S NOTICED A NEED IN HER COMMUNITY. >> I WOULD WANT THEM TO SEE LIGHTS, I WOULD WANT THEM TO SEE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, I WANT THEM TO SEE POSITIVE THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, INSTEAD OF SO MUCH VIOLENCE AND SHOOTING AND AMBULANCE AND EVERYTHING. >> HER GOAL, TO REPLACE ONE KIND OF FLASHING LIGHTS WITH ANOTHER. >> IT JUST CAME TO ME ONE DAY, AND I WAS LIKE, MAYBE I CAN GET PEOPLE TO DONATE LIGHTS TO HELP LIGHT UP THE WEST END OF LOUISVILLE. >> Reporter: SO FROM NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 10th, COAKLEY AND HER FRIENDS WILL ACCEPT DONATIONS OF DECORATIONS. YOU CAN DROP THEM OFF AT THE SWEET PEACHES RESTAURANT AT 18th AND MUHAMMAD ALI. THEY'LL THEN GET TO WORK, STRINGING THE LIGHTS FOR ALL TO SEE. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GIVE THEM SOME KIN OF INSPIRATION. >> CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND STUFF, AND HAVING A GOOD CHRISTMAS, SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR CHILDHOOD. IT WAS PART OF MINE. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD. >> Reporter: IT'S A BIT OF CHRISTMAS CHEER COAKLEY HOPES WILL CATCH ON. >> ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE TRAGEDIES THAT'S HAPPENED, AND SO MAYBE IT WILL PUT PEOPLE IN THE SPIRIT. MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK F THE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: COAKLEY SAYS SHE I WORKING ON SEVERAL WAYS TO COVER THE COST TO KEEP THOSE LIGHTS ON THROUGHOUT DECEMBER. SHE HAS REACHED OUT TO CITY OFFICIALS, AND SHE SAYS SHE ALSO HAS SET UP A GO FUND ME PAGE.

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Christmas lights are going up around Louisville, but there is one part of town that could use some more. Victoria Coakley told WLKY it is her mission to bring more decorations to West Louisville. Coakley and her friend, Devon Hemingway, said people often only notice the bad in their neighborhood. "All you really see is trash, like trash bags and stuff," Hemingway said. Coakley said she wants to change that. "Instead of seeing like the abandoned houses with cardboard on them and graffiti, I want them to see Christmas lights," Coakley said. Coakley is new to Louisville. But in the time she has been here, she said she noticed a need in her community. "I would want them to see lights. I would want them to see the Christmas spirit. I would want them to see positive things going on in their neighborhood, instead of so much violence and shootings and ambulances," Coakley said. Her goal is to replace one kind of flashing lights with another. "It just came to me one day and I was like, 'Maybe I can get people to donate lights to light up the West End of Louisville,'" Coakley said. Through Dec. 10, Coakley and a group of volunteers will collect Christmas decorations. People can drop them off at Sweet Peaches at 18th and Muhammad Ali Blvd. The restaurant is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coakley said, once they collect the decorations, they will string them along West Broadway. Neighbors like Phillip Stallard said they support her efforts. "It is all about the kids, just trying to give them some kind of inspiration," Stallard said. Coakley said she hopes spreading some Christmas cheer will improve her community. "Especially after all the tragedies that's happened," Coakley said. "Maybe it will put people in the spirit." Coakley said she is working on ways to cover the costs to keep the lights on throughout December. She has set up an online fundraising page to help. You can donate here.