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          I AM STANDING HERE OUTSIDE OF THE YI BUILDING TODAY FOR OUR JEFFERSON PARISH'S FIRST PARKING DAY. 
          PARKING DAY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 2005, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE REALLY PARTICIPATING PARKING DAY'S, A GLOBAL MOVEMENT THAT'S HELD, UH, ANNUALLY. 
          ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF SEPTEMBER, WE ARE WORKING ON A GREATER GREEN ELMWOOD GRAND APPLICATION TO REIMAGINE OUR PARKING LOT AS A MORE GREEN FRIENDLY SPACE FOR VISITORS AND FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TRANSFORM A SMALL AREA OF OUR PARKING LOT INTO GREEN SPACE FOR THE DAY. 
          IT'S BETTER THAN I EVEN IMAGINED. 
          WE TOOK OVER ALL THESE PARKING SPACES ON THE SIDE OF THE  BUILDING AND PARKING DAY. 
          REALLY ABOUT IS THINKING OF A NEW WAY FOR, FOR THE GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND BRINGING A LITTLE GREEN SPACE HERE. 
          AND REALLY WHEN YOU BRING GREEN SPACE AND SHADE AND SEATS, YOU START THE, THE START OF LIKE A COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE HAD AN EXTREMELY HOT, UM, SUMMER HERE IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, AND SO ADDING GREEN ELEMENTS THAT AREN'T SUPER COST PROHIBITIVE JUST KIND OF CAN HELP REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. 
          IT ALSO ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SPEND SOME TIME OUTDOORS. 
          IT HELPS, UH, ADDRESS STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXCESS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE SITE AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. 
          THIS IS JUST THESE SMALL INCREMENTAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR QUALITY LIFE BETTER. 
          TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE JUST GATHERING AND HAVING A GREAT TIME AND THE WEATHER'S COOPERATING WITH US TODAY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT PARKING DAY IS ALL ABOUT. 
          JUST KIND OF RE-IMAGINING OUR, OUR, OUR SPACES THAT WE JUST ALWAYS SAY, WELL, THAT'S JUST CONCRETE AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO THAT. 
          WE'RE SHOWING TODAY THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN JUST CONCRETE.
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