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          I AM VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING DONE TODAY. 
          WE'RE OPENING UP NEW SOCCER, WELL, NEW MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS THERE. 
          THEY, YOU CAN PLAY SOCCER, LACROSSE, RUGBY. 
          IT'LL BE OPEN FOR PLAY FOR, FOR BOTH ADULTS AND KIDS. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2023. 
          UH, FUNDING CAME FROM A LOT OF SOURCES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD, UH, A HAND IN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAME TO FRUITION. 
          SOCCER HAS INCREASED ON THE WEST BANK EXPONENTIALLY. 
          THERE IS A COMMITMENT HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON THE WEST BANK KEEPS UP WITH THE TIMES BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE KIDS PLAYING JPRD ATHLETICS ON THE WEST BANK THAN THERE HAVE BEEN FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. 
          SO KIDS ARE COMING BACK TO THE PARK. 
          I'M SO DELIGHTED THAT, UH, WITH HOW PRETTY THIS IS AND, UH, IT'S WELL LED. 
          WE HAVE LED LIGHTING OUT HERE AND PLENTY PARHAM, AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO THE PEOPLE TO START HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY IT. 
          THESE KINDS OF FACILITIES AS WE ADD THEM, IS ONLY GONNA ENHANCE WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO, UH, JEFFERSON PARISH, WEST BANK RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN THE WEST BANK NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY PARK LIFE TOO, AND THIS GIVES THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          THE SCENE IN, IN, IN, IN SPORTS TODAY SEEMS TO BE CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY. 
          WE JUST WANT OUR, OUR KIDS IN PARTICULAR TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THOSE SPORTS THAT THEY FIND EXCITING.
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