[Fat City Apartments Demolition]
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THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING MOMENT FOR ME.
AFTER A YEAR IN OFFICE, THIS BUILDING WE'RE, WE ARE GETTING READY TO DEMOLISH, WE'RE GONNA DEMOLISH THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET IN SHORT ORDER AT WHAT GOES HERE, WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT WE'RE REALLY GONNA LOOK AT IT.
UH, FINALLY, BUT WORK WITH THE MBDD AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA COMPLIMENT THIS, THIS ENTIRE AREA.
OUR PARISH PRESIDENT, CYNTHIA LEE CHANG WAS THE DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL PERSON BEFORE COUNCILWOMAN VAN FRANKEN.
UH, THIS WAS FAT CITY, WAS REALLY STARTING TO GET RUN DOWN.
SHE CAME IN HERE AND, AND IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT.
SHE TURNED THINGS AROUND, UM, GOT RID OF SOME OF THE SEEDINESS.
WE NOW HAVE A SHERIFF'S OFFICE OUT HERE, UM, CHANGED THE CODE WHERE BARS COULDN'T STAY OPEN ALL NIGHT.
SO SHE'S SURE OF CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF FAT CITY.
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GONNA SEE FAT CITY TRANSFORMED ACROSS THE STREET HERE IS GONNA BE A, A, A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
I MEAN THIS, THIS, I HOPE THIS TO BE LIKE THE, THE PLACE WHERE JEFFERSON PARISH, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO, TO COME AND, AND, AND JUST HANG OUT.
WE HAVE GREAT RESTAURANTS, THE WALKABILITY OF FAT CITY.
WE DO HAVE THE BONES HERE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PLACE.
WE JUST NEED TO, TO GET RID OF THE, THE LAST, THE LAST REMAINING SEEDING THIS, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT.