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          TODAY IS A DAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE AN INCREDIBLE MILESTONE HERE IN KENNER ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 
          WE ARE BREAKING GROUND ON WHAT WILL BECOME THE SOUTH'S LARGEST AND MOST WELL-KNOWN IN UNIQUE INCLUSIONARY PLAYGROUND RIGHT HERE IN LAKE TOWN. 
          YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY FEEL LIKE THIS PLAYGROUND IS FAMILIAR TO YOU. 
          WHAT MAKES THIS PLAYGROUND POWERFUL IS NOT JUST HOW IT WILL LOOK, WHAT MAKES IT POWERFUL IS WHO IT WILL AFFECT. 
          WHERE A DA LAWS MADE PLAYGROUNDS ACCESSIBLE VIA REAL CHAIR OR OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS. 
          IT IS INCLUSION PLAYGROUNDS THAT MAKE IT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY THERE. 
          A DA MAKES THEM WHERE THEY CAN COME. 
          INCLUSION MAKES THEM WHERE THEY WANNA STAY. 
          INCLUSION GOES MUCH FURTHER THAN REGULAR A DA PLAYGROUNDS. 
          IT HAS TINY FEATURES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SPECTRUM OR HAVE SOCIAL OR ANXIETY DISORDERS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          EVERYTHING IS TEXTURED. 
          IT HAS LITTLE QUIET CUTOUT, COVES SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANXIETY DISORDERS THAT GET OVERWHELMED CAN GO FIND THE THAT LITTLE SAFE SPACE FOR THEM. 
          FOR ME, THIS MISSION IS DEEPLY PERSONAL. 
          AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY NEPHEW ANTHONY, WAS BORN ON THE SPECTRUM. 
          HAVING AUTISM CHANGED THE COURSE OF OUR LIVES, IT CREATED A COMMITMENT FROM ME PERSONALLY THAT I WOULD CREATE INCLUSIONARY PLACES WHERE HE WAS SAFE AND WELCOMED. 
          WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL LAKEFRONT, THIS ABSOLUTELY TREASURE OF A LAKE, AND OUR FOREFATHERS BUILT RESIDENTIAL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE LAKE. 
          AND THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE FOR LAKE TOWN IS REALLY FINALLY RECOGNIZING THIS ASSET THAT WE HAVE FOR WHAT IT IS, AND BRINGING, UM, AMENITIES HERE THAT IS GONNA BRING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS VALUABLE PROPERTY. 
          THIS PARK IS GONNA BRING, UH, I GUESS A PLACE WHERE MORE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA CAN COME AND ENJOY YOU. 
          SAY LIKE THE LAKEFRONT AND THIS, IT'S GONNA BE BIG. 
          YOU ARE WATCHING A RESURGENCE IN KENNER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE. 
          WE HAVE THIS $1.9 MILLION PLAYGROUND RECREATIONAL SPACE, NOT JUST FOR SOME KIDS, BUT FOR ALL CHILDREN. 
          SO I WANTED THIS PLAYGROUND TO BE A NOD TO SORT OF OUR PASS AND, AND OUR LOVE OF OUR WATERFRONT. 
          SO WE WENT TO A, AN ARTIST, A MARDI GRAS FLOAT DESIGNER, MR. POTTS, AND HE DESIGNED THESE BEAUTIFUL, WHIMSICAL BOATS FOR US. 
          SO HE MADE MANAGED TO MAKE A TRAW BOAT LOOK FUN. 
          AND WE TOOK THOSE DESIGNS, GAVE THEM THE LITTLE TYKES COMMERCIAL, AND THEY TURNED THEM INTO WHAT IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING NOD TO OUR CULTURE, TO OUR HISTORY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CRAWL, CRAWL ON A TRA BOAT. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO TO A FISHING CAMP. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CRAWL ON THE, THE OYSTER BEDS. 
          IT IS GOING TO BE MAGIC OUT HERE, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO FEEL VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE IT'S THINGS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE ALREADY. 
          SO MY MY GOAL IS THAT WHEN YOU WALK ONTO THIS PLAYGROUND, YOU'RE GONNA FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          YOU'RE GONNA FEEL LIKE YOU FOUND YOUR PLACE TO PLAY AND HANG. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA BE, YOU'RE GONNA FEEL WELCOME.
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