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[Lafreniere Park Food Pavilion Groundbreaking]
FOR COMING TO THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE LA VENEER FOOD PAVILION IN THE GRASSY AREA.YOU'LL SEE BEHIND ME ALONG THE POND, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST OUTDOOR FOOD COURT IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THE DISTRICT FOREST SEAT, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS THAT WE TARGETED WAS THE LAFFER PARK AREA.
SEEING THIS AS AN AREA WHERE WE KNEW WE COULD ADD VALUE AND ADD IT QUICKLY, WE FORMED A GROUP OF PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS OF 35 PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO LOOK AT WHAT THINGS WE COULD DO IN LAFFER PARK THAT A CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH NEED TO SEE HAPPEN.
THE SECOND PRIORITY THAT CAME FROM THAT GROUP WAS THE CREATION OF A FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE INSIDE LAFF FRANE PARK, UH, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF TAVERN ON THE GREEN IN CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK, WHERE WE COULD USE THE PARK AS THE ATTRACTION AND THE JEWEL AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, EATING AND ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT WITH THE, WITH THE LOOK OF THE PARK AROUND IT FOR FOOD KIOSKS, WHERE THESE KIOSKS WILL BE RENTED TO INDIVIDUAL TENANTS.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL HAVE FOOD TRUCK STATIONS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE LAGOON, IN FRONT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, THE STAGE THAT WILL ALSO BE BUILT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EAT AND PLAY DESTINATION RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER OF JEFFERSON PARISH IN THE EAST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LIKE DOES NOT EXIST TODAY.
$3 MILLION IS BEING PUT INTO THIS PARK FOR THIS PROJECT ALONE.
PEOPLE WANT MORE WALKABLE, BIKEABLE GREEN SPACE TO ENJOY THEIR FAMILIES AND FUN THAT WE HAVE HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE'RE RAPIDLY BECOMING THE PLACE OF CHOICE.
PEOPLE WANT TO COME LIVE IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND PEOPLE WILL COME, WANT TO COME WORK IN JEFFERSON PARISH EVERY WEEKEND.
WE COULD HAVE LIVE MUSIC HERE EVERY WEEKEND.