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TODAY WE'RE HERE IN DOWNTOWN GRETNA, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM GRETNA CITY HALL.
WE'RE HERE TO BREAK GROUND ON AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT THAT IS BEING WORKED ON NOW FOR THE BETTER PART OF FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING.
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES THAT CAN ENHANCE OUR DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS WITH SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE? IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST PARKING, IT'S NOT COMMERCIAL LEASEABLE.
IT'S A COMPLEX, IT'S GOT PUBLIC SPACE, A LINEAR PARK, INDOOR OUTDOOR SEATING.
IT'S AN AMAZING GIANT PROJECT THAT THE STATE IS NOW FUNDING.
THIS PROJECT IS GONNA TURN THIS SPACE INTO SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS A VIBRANT, MIXED USE, UH, COMPLEX, THAT IT REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THIS PROPERTY HERE HAS BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S BEEN UNDERUSED AND HAS REALLY PROVIDED US NO FUNDS AT ALL TO SPEAK OF.
THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE PARKING, IT'S GONNA INCLUDE ENHANCEMENTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE WAY FINDING, UH, BUT A LINCHPIN OF THAT IS THE RESTAURANT IN THE BREW PUB.
UH, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN GRETNA.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE HOPE THAT THAT HELPS TO RETURN FERRY SERVICE AND BRINGS MORE PEOPLE AND CREATES AN EVEN MORE VIBRANT, UH, DOWNTOWN PORT ORLEANS, SINCE ITS CONCEPTION, HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT WORKING WITH ITS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TODAY IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.
SO COMING TO JEFFERSON PARISH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT DOING IN THE YEARS TO COME AND WHAT WE CAN BRING TO GRETNA AND TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE HARD WORK THAT GOT US HERE IS THE SAME HARD WORK THAT'S GONNA BRING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION.
WE KNOW THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR WEST JEFFERSON AND THE UM, WEST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH.