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          THIS IS OUR GRAND OPENING RIBBON CUTTING OF OUR FARMER'S MARKET. 
          AND AS I CALL IT THE TAJ MAHAL OF FARMER'S MARKET. 
          AS YOU LOOK AT THIS FACILITY, WE SPENT NEARLY $5 MILLION, UH, TO BRING THIS IDEA AND THIS BUILDING TO LIFE, BUT ALSO WE'VE ALSO MADE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OVER HERE. 
          SO WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S OPEN, BUT THE MOST THING THAT WE ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT IT'S GONNA BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AT THIS PLACE. 
          THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO BUSINESS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE. 
          PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SELL THEIR WARES, BE IT, BE IT HOUSEHOLD GOODS, BE IT CLOTHING. 
          PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND BUY TOMATOES AND BUY CUCUMBERS AND ALL OF THOSE TYPE OF VEGETABLES THAT PEOPLE LOVE. 
          AND AT A CHEAPER PRICE. 
          I'M ENVISIONING THAT WE'LL BE OPENING, UH, UH, NO LESS THAN TWO DAYS A WEEK IF WE CAN TEACH OUR KIDS. 
          ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHERE WE CAN BUY STUFF IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BUILD THEM UP. 
          AND WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT A DECADE, TWO DECADES AGO, MARRERO WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WAS ONLY FOR PLACES LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MET OR, OR, UH, BIG, UH, BIGGER CITIES. 
          WE EXPECT A TREMENDOUS IMPACT HERE IN MORERO BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LOCATION, THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR A FARMER'S MARKET. 
          THEY WILL BE SPENDING MONEY HERE, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT GIVES SMALLER BUSINESSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS. 
          I LOVE FARMER'S MARKETS. 
          I'M ALSO A VENDOR. 
          I SELL BRACELETS, BES BY LEAVES. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO SEE HOW TO BECOME A PART OF THIS. 
          THIS IS AWESOME. 
          WE EXPECT FOR THIS TO BE A MELTING POT, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL WHO DECIDE TO COME HERE TO THIS VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
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