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so I will kick this off I'm gonna be
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your master of ceremonies today so we
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try to kick this off so many people are
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involved in this effort but I'll kick
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this of it a few things I have to share
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with you so last year the council and a
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manager funded our placemaking program
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the very first one for the City of
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Charlotte so thank you for that and the
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idea behind that was to create places in
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the community where people can actually
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play and really gather together
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connecting environment for our community
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and so all the time we've leveraged that
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and we continue to do that to create
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opportunities like this right in our
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communities where we can actually have
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partnership between the community and
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the city to achieve opportunities like
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this for all of us that really improve
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overall quality of life as a community
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just yesterday for example we launched a
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bus stop design on the west side I was
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really a comedian for between the india
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association of charlotte to really
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design our bus shelter for a place where
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people could actually feel that they
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belong when they are waiting for bosses
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and today again obviously we are doing a
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community led effort here so really
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happy to see this happen
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now I'm told that we did this on the
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chip and that we really did a very good
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job here when I said on the chip I mean
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that considering that we did not really
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pay a whole lot of consultant and this
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was really an idea and a vision by the
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community and then worked with a design
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folks and construction team from the
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city so this really was a team solid
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effort to make this come to life I like
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it when I see visions come to life and
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this is one example of that there's a
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lot of stories surrounding this and I
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you know I probably will run out of time
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mentioning names this morning of people
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who were involved in this but I will not
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allow me to do
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that is what I just want to say thank
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you to the community thank you to Tim
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Sharla thank you to everyone from the
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planning vision in designing face to the
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construction face to make sure that this
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happened today and thank you to all of
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you for coming really appreciate that
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I'm going to invite councilmember Phipps
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to the podium for a few remarks I think
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I saw him earlier okay he's right behind
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me it's gonna give a few remarks on a
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not be back thank you good morning
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everyone my name is Greg Phipps and I
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happen to to represent this area on
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Charlotte City Council at least for the
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next 30 days because on December the 2nd
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that's when the next City Council will
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be sworn in the new city council so the
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day being November the second I have
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exactly 30 days but it's good to be here
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at this place and prosperity village
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there's so much growth going on yes out
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our other and our rezoning meeting this
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past Monday or so ago we we heard from
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the public speaking one of the speakers
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talked about this studio movie grill
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right here that's coming on strong
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matter of fact they presented everybody
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on the diets with some popcorn so so
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you're here this is in the midst of a
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growing area here and and one of my one
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of the best duties that I've had since
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serving on Charlotte City Council is
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being able to ground break and ribbon
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cut a lot of different projects in this
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district and this is not an exception so
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what I want to do right now before I
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come back on and say a few more remarks
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this I want to introduce really she
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needs no introduction but Mayor Pro Tem
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Julie ISIL to make some remarks she's
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she chairs our transportation and
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planning committee and you know as as I
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won't be back as an elected official I'm
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pretty sure she will after on Tuesday
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but I bring to you now Miss Julie Ison
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Mayor Pro Tem
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that sounded ominous but thank you good
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morning everyone first of all I just
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want to say to give a a big congruent
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thank you to councilmember Greg Phipps
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who really as a district representative
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has cared so passionately about this
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community has been so invested so I want
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to thank you I know it's chilly out here
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but that's not gonna dampen anybody's
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enthusiasm for this celebration of this
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wonderful new addition to the city the
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greens at prosperity village is one of
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those projects that just made sense this
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plot of land 1.36 acres was left over
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right away from owned by the city and we
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had the vision of turning this into a
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space where the community can come
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together so I look around here and I can
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see the barbecues and the birthday
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parties and all the gatherings that
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really bring people together for the
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purpose of getting to know your
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neighbors getting to know your community
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so I just I think it's very exciting a
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lot of people put a lot of work into
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this effort the community put a lot of
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work into this effort and that's usually
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what makes for a great place making so
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with that I want to turn it back over to
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councilmember Phipps and just say
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congratulations on this effort and to
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your new community space thank you so
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this location will be the beating heart
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of our community so as I look out here
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already I can see many of us represented
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here is the the Malick Creek High School
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arts honors program here today they
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should be in this pathway here at least
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that's what my notes say are there some
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where are they are they present today
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okeydoke let's hear it for them all
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right yes okay also we have the I see
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the prosperity village plant swap taking
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care of the different plants er they're
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here represented here today all right
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give it up for them too all right
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so and so it's going to be as a mayor
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pro-tem said this is going to be a hub
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of a lot of great community activities
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so I also see you know that helped
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Shepherd this project here to where we
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are today members of the Prosperity
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Village Area Association
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I see the inaugural president of that
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Association was Theresa Rosa in the
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crowd and also alright yes I also would
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like to recognize mr. will Russell who
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couldn't be with us today but he has his
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lovely wife and daughter representing
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him today are they still here alright
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welcome okay so the green at prosperity
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village is one of seven city lead
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projects being completed through our new
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place making program the program is
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intended to use urban design and place
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making efforts to improve our quality of
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life so I believe our designers and
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engineers definitely achieved that goal
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with this particular facility here today
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so thank you for coming thank you for
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coming out to help us celebrate the
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opening of our brand-new public space so
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this is great I mean you know the shared
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reminds me of a tiny home right here
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that we're looking for for housing
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options in the city and it's nestled you
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know it's just nestled here this is a
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great way to use some of our surplus
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land and I think in our you know the
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vision of all the team the prosperity
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Village area Association in the
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community we're coming up with this plan
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is really awesome so I thank you and and
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I'm gonna turn it over now back over to
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Tahoe for some additional comments thank
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you thank you
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thank you Mayor Pro Tem I constantly
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fiefs you I appreciate that at this time
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I will call coffee to come and share a
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few remarks with you hi my name is
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Katherine pan Cooper I'm a senior at
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Mile Creek High School and the president
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of our National Art Honor Society so I
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designed the art on the walkway and our
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treasurer Marc Faber designed the art on
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the shed as artists it meant a lot to us
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to see the community come together like
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this and like create our designs and put
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it into real life and I just wanted to
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say thank you for a
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Cesar designs in this new space thank
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you Thank You Catherine on your team so
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well the time has finally come for us to
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launch this new public space for our
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community so I'd like to invite the
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following people to join me in cutting
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the ribbon
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Mayor Pro Tem I saw Julie hi Sue consume
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about Greg Pheebs Christie Kennedy Erin
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Chantry Laura Allen shake Irina
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Catherine from Cooper let's move to the
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ribbon
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