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Springfield residents host porch decorating contest while families are quarantined at home
Read full article: Springfield residents host porch decorating contest while families are quarantined at homeJacksonvilleโs Historic Springfield neighborhood held a โporch decorating contestโ to distract families from the anxiety and stress from quarantining at home. The new strand of coronavirus has left many people anxious, so some residents came together to bring this idea to life! Kat Ott, a Springfield resident that helped make the contest come together, told News4Jax that 40 porches participated. โMy friend, Leah Rose, and I asked neighbors to decorate their porches with what they had on hand, any theme they wanted!โ Ott said. "We had about 40 porches participate and they will decorations up for a while I imagine.