Cast Your Vote for Louisville’s Waterfront Park in USA Today Readers’ Choice Contest

Louisville’s Waterfront Park, home of the TurfMutt Great Lawn, is up for a USA Today Readers’ Choice Award for Best Riverwalk. And we want your vote!

Voting for the 2025 Readers Choice Awards is open through April 7 at noon ET. Readers can vote once per category, per day. The ten winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 16.

Vote here.

The TurfMutt Great Lawn, once a wasteland of industrial uses, is a vibrant gathering place showcasing how a managed landscape—in this case a public lawn—can enhance a community’s well-being and environmental health.

The award-winning Waterfront Park is downtown Louisville’s most visited destination with 2.4 million guests and 300+ events annually, and is a regional destination for locals and travelers alike. The park has been named a “best riverwalk” and “best urban park and trail” by several organizations including Fodor’s Travel,USA Today 10Best® Reader’s Choice (2021 – 2024), LEO Weekly Reader’s Choice (2017 – 2023), Men’s Journal, and others.

For more on the TurfMutt Foundation, visit TurfMutt.com and check out the TurfMutt Foundation’s International Backyarding Fact Book to learn more about the importance of the green spaces around us. Sign up for Mutt Mail, a monthly e-newsletter with backyarding tips and all the news from the TurfMutt Foundation here. Look for Mulligan the TurfMutt on the CBS Lucky Dog television show on Saturday mornings.