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ONE YEAR AGO, WE GATHERED IN THIS VERY SPOT TO MARK AN EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE, 200 YEARS OF JEFFERSON PARISH, AND TO LAUNCH A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION ROOTED IN HISTORY, PRIDE, AND COMMUNITY.
ONE YEAR AGO ON OUR 200TH BIRTHDAY, WE UNVEILED THE PELICAN SCULPTURE CREATED BY LOCAL ARTIST BENJAMIN BULLINS.
THE SCULPTURE TELLS A STORY THROUGH RECLAIMED MATERIALS GATHERED THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON PARISH HERE.
AS WE END THE YEAR, WE ALL WERE ABLE TO PLACE MY OFFICE AS WELL AS EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT OFFICE WAS ABLE TO PLACE A TIME CAPSULE IN THE BASE OF THAT SCULPTURE FOR OUR FUTURE JEFFERSON PARISH RESIDENTS TO OPEN IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
IN 2125, WE CHOSE TO DO WITH OUR TIME CAPSULE BECAUSE THIS WILL REALLY WILL BE US REACHING ACROSS TIME AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE DOING.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.
WE HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT FORTIFIED ROOFS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL THE CONSTRUCTION BE IN 21, 26? WHAT WILL THEY BE BE DEALING WITH? I HOPE WHOEVER OPENS THESE IN 2125 WILL FIND A THRIVING PARISH THAT HAS DONE SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE.
BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T THINK THE END OF OUR BICENTENNIAL IS THE FINISH LINE.
IT'S JUST THE STARTING LINE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
WE INCLUDED SOME PICTURES THAT WE SOLICITED FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SAID, HEY, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO GO IN HERE TO BE UNEARTHED IN A HUNDRED YEARS, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT.
SO WE GOT A BUNCH OF PICTURES.
WE PUT A MASK FROM COVID THAT WE WORE DURING OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE HAVE MANY THINGS FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW FROM DISTRICT FIVE, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN BUCKTOWN.
SO WE KIND OF PUT OUR MASTER PLAN THERE.
WE TRIED TO DO A MESSAGE OF HOPE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOWED A LOT OF THE, THE BLANK CANVASES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT, LIKE LAKE TOWN THAT CURRENTLY HAS NOTHING BUT ROCKS.
UM, AND SOON WE'LL HAVE AN AMPHITHEATER.
UH, BUT WHAT WILL IT BE WHEN THEY ARE THERE? YOU HOPE THEY LIVE IN A PEACEFUL WORLD.
JEFFERSON PARISH IS A PLACE THAT IS STRONG.
I HOPE WE'RE FURTHER ON AS A SOCIETY IN A HUNDRED YEARS OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE BASIC NEEDS ARE MET IN TERMS OF SHELTERING AND PEACE AND GETTING ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER, UM, AND ACCEPTING EACH OTHER'S UNIQUE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT EVERYBODY BRINGS TO THE WORLD AND IN A UNIQUE WAY THAT IT'S CELEBRATED.