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THE BEST MAYOR, UH, IN THE LAND[Press Conference: "Tour de Houston Announcement"]
IS, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY IS GOING TO BE A BIG EVENT DAY.AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD FIRST WANT TO THANK APACHE, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR WILL REALLY GET INTO THAT.
UH, BUT Y'ALL ARE ONE OF THE BEST BIG NEWS DAYS OF, OF THE YEAR.
AND 2023 IS GOING TO BE JUST INCREDIBLE.
THIS IS THE MAYOR'S LAST YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THOSE OF US IN THE EVENTS BUSINESS, HE'S BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE, UH, THROUGH GREAT TIMES AND THROUGH TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST PERSONALLY, MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE
OF COURSE, IT'S VERY DEAR TO ME, BUT ALSO THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT WE AFFECT THROUGH THE CIVIC CELEBRATION PROGRAM, YOUR CIVIC CELEBRATION PROGRAM REALLY IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HOUSTON.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO OUR PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE ROUTE, UH, FOR THIS YEAR'S TOUR TO HOUSTON, PRESENTED BY APACHE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THIS MICROPHONE OVER TO MY BOSS, UH, VERY APPRECIATIVELY MAYOR, SYLVESTER TURNER.
AND, AND TO ALL OF THESE SPONSORS WHO ARE HERE.
AND LOOK, UH, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, AN EXCITING YEAR.
UH, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT TOUR HOUSTON, AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BEING MY FINAL YEAR,
WELL, LOOK, UH, WHAT AN EXCITING, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST TELLING CLAY WHEN I WROTE THE FIRST TIME IN TOUR HOUSTON AND PRIOR TO, UH, TO COMING TO THE CITY MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T RIDE THE BIKE A WHOLE LOT.
RODE IT SOMETHING THAT WHOLE LOT.
AND, UH, THEY ASKED ME, ARE YOU GOING TO 20 OR 40 OR 60? AND, UH, I SAID, WELL, INITIALLY I SAID, I'M GONNA GO AS FAR AS I CAN.
UH, BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW, 40 MILES.
AND THEN, UH, WAS TALKING TO SUSAN AND I WENT AND GOT ME A BIKE, HAD ME A BIKE WITH HELMET IT ON.
I WAS RIDING WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, RODNEY ELLIS AND COUNCILMAN, UM, DAVID ROBINSON AND A FEW OTHERS.
AND WE TOOK OFF AND I WAS JUST GOING, GOING, GOING, GOING, GOING.
SO COMMISSIONER ELLIS SAID, MAYOR, FOR SOMEONE WHO, WHO'S NOT A BIKE ENTHUSIAST, I MEAN, YOU ARE REALLY, YOU ARE DOING WELL.
I SAID, YEAH, I JUST FEEL GOOD,
SO THEN HE LOOKED DOWN, HE SAID, MAN, THAT'S AN ELECTRIC BIKE.
I SAID, YOU WORK WITH WHAT YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, UH, SO, UH, LOOK.
BUT, UH, BUT I'M RIDING THE REAL DEAL THESE DAYS.
AND LEMME SAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING, UH, WITH US TODAY.
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT TOUR DAY HOUSTON, UH, PRESENTED BY A PATRICK CORPORATION.
UH, THIS YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN USUAL.
IT'LL BE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY OF THE 26TH.
UH, THE DATE WAS CHANGED DUE TO THE NCAA FINAL FOUR, UH, BEING IN TOWN WHEN WE WOULD NORMALLY HOLD THE HOLD THE RIDE NEXT YEAR, THOUGH, LOOK FOR THE RIDE TO RESUME ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN APRIL.
BUT FOR THIS YEAR, UH, IT WILL BE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY THE 26TH.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TASHA JACKSON, THEY'LL BE RIDING THEIR BIKES AND THEY, THEY PROBABLY GOING 60 MILES PER HOUR.
UH, BUT LOOK, HOUSTON CONTINUES TO EMBRACE THE BICYCLING COMMUNITY BY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR HIKE AND BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE TOWARD THE HOUSTON IS A GREAT WAY TO EXPERIENCE THESE ENHANCEMENTS, WHILE ALSO EXPLORING OUR DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I MEAN, YOU GET TO SEE IT FROM A BICYCLIST POINT OF VIEW.
THIS WILL BE THE 16TH YEAR OF THIS RIDE.
AND FOR, UH, 10 OF THOSE 16 YEARS, CLAY APACHE HAS BEEN THE TITLE SPONSOR, THE CLAY BRITCHES, THE APACHE CORPORATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO TITLE.
OUR CITY'S PREMIER, UH, RECREATION BIKING EVENT.
AND I MIGHT ADD, APACHE HAS BEEN A SPONSOR FOR US ON MANY OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
UH, CANOPY APACHE HAS JUST BEEN INSTRUMENTAL.
UH, I WAS OUT THERE WITH, UH, WITH THEM IN, IN MEMORIAL PARK, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING, FOR JUST BEING A, AN, UH, EXCELLENT CORPORATE PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
AS A RESULT OF YOUR SUPPORT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE THOUSANDS OF TREES THAT WERE LOST DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER.
RECOVERING AFTER A NATURAL DISASTER CAN TAKE YEARS.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE A PARTNER LIKE APACHE THAT UNDERSTANDS AND VALUES THE ONGOING NEEDS.
FUNDS RAISED BY THIS RIDE BENEFIT THE CITY'S
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REPLANT HOUSTON PROGRAM, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO REFORESTING, HOUSTON PARKS AND GREEN SPACES MANAGED BY THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.SO, CLAY, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND TEAM APACHE FOR CARING ABOUT AND INVESTING IN OUR ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS OUR HEALTH AND YOUR EFFORTS.
NOT ONLY HELP BEAUTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT PROVIDE A FUN EVENT THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HOUSTONIANS.
THERE ARE MANY ADDITIONAL SPONSORS THAT MAKE THIS RIDE A SUCCESS.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO ALL OF THEM, MANY WHO HAVE JOINED US TODAY.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR OWN CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENTS WHO WORK DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE A FUN AND SAFE ROUTE FOR OUR CYCLISTS AND TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS FOR PRODUCING THIS RIDE.
LOOK, MANY RIDERS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP, AND I AM PLEASED TO FINALLY REVEAL THE ROUTES, WHICH WE WILL TRA TRA TRAVERSE, UH, THROUGH HOUSTON'S UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS YEAR'S BICYCLISTS WILL CRUISE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, EH AND I, UH, THE ROUTE WILL BEGIN DOWNTOWN AT CITY HALL, AND WE WILL BE TRAVELING SOUTHEAST.
UH, HIGHLIGHTS WILL INCLUDE THE HISTORIC EAST END AND OUR FIRST REST STOP.
UH, WE'LL BE AT THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDENS.
UH, AND FROM THERE, THE 40 MILE RIDERS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO THE LONG STAR FLIGHT MUSEUM, WHICH WILL SERVE AS OUR SECOND REST STOP.
AND THEN FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE GOING 60 MILES,
AND FROM HERE, WE WILL TURN BACK TO CITY HALL AND ENJOY POST RIDE CELEBRATION.
SO, FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.TOURDAYHOUSTON.ORG AND REGISTER FOR THIS RIDE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE, AT THE START LINE.
PLEASE WELCOME, UH, FROM A PATRICK CORPORATION, I 10 OF 16 YEAR SPONSOR, UH, CLAY BRETCHES, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR APACHE CORPORATION.
SO MAYOR TURNER, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE TOUR TO HOUSTON, I WAS STANDING NEXT TO MAYOR TURNER AT THE STARTING LINE, AND I WAS WEARING MY CASUAL SPECTATOR CLOTHES, AND HE CHALLENGED ME, AND HE SAID, NEXT YEAR, I'M EXPECTING YOU TO BE WEARING A BIKE HELMET AND RIDING PANTS AND HAVE A BIKE AND BE RIDING ALONGSIDE ME.
SO MAYOR TURNER, I'VE GOT A LOT OF TRAINING TO DO
I WANNA SAY GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYBODY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS.
WHAT IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC AND GREAT EVENT.
APACHE IS PROUD TO BE HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
LIKEWISE, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE TOUR TO HOUSTON THIS YEAR.
THE RIDE IS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS WITH YOUR FAMILY, WITH YOUR FRIENDS, WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.
IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND BE OUTSIDE AND JUST ENJOY ALL THE GREEN SPACES THAT THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAVE PROVIDED.
NOW THROUGH THE HU THROUGH THE TOUR TO HOUSTON.
WE ARE EXCITED, EXCITED TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR ALL THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DOES, SPECIFICALLY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE REFORESTATION PROGRAM.
NOW AT APACHE, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT TREES.
OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS THROUGH OUR APACHE TREE PROGRAM, WE HAVE DONATED OVER 5 MILLION TREES.
WE JUST REACHED THAT MILESTONE THIS YEAR.
NOW, AS YOU STATED EARLIER, MAYOR TURNER, OVER 450,000 OF THOSE TREES WERE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SO WE'VE DONE A LOT HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE SUPPORT THE AREAS IN WHICH WE OPERATE, WHERE OUR, WHERE OUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING AND WHERE WE'RE OPERATING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
NOW, ON JANUARY 21ST, YOU MENTIONED PLANTING SOME TREES.
SO ON JANUARY 21ST, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DONATING AND PLANTING TREES ALONGSIDE WITH YOU AT HOUSTON'S 37TH ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.
THAT'S GONNA BE AT GLENS SHIRE PARK.
THAT'S A WEEK FROM THIS COMING SATURDAY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE OUT THERE.
WE'LL, WE WILL BE THERE WITH SHOVELS, NOT RIDING PANTS.
WE'LL BE OUT THERE IN WORK GEAR WITH SHOVELS, AND WE'LL
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BE READY TO GO TO WORK.NOW, ENHANCING GREEN SPACES, PLANTING TREES, THAT'S ALL ESSENTIAL TO THE LEGACY OF RESPONSIBLE URBAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S IRONIC AND, AND FITTING THAT TODAY WE ARE IN THE LEGACY ROOM OF CITY HOME.
I WANT TO GIVE OUT AND GIVE OUT A BIG SHOUT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN CHAMPIONING THE TOUR TO HOUSTON, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC PARKS ALL DURING YOUR TENURE.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT RIDE THIS YEAR.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RIDERS AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ALONG THE ROUTE.
AND I GUESS I'LL BE ON THE ROUTE.
SO I'LL REALLY BE SEEING THEM THIS YEAR,
AND I HOPE THAT FAMILIES ACROSS HOUSTON WILL EITHER PARTICIPATE BY RIDING OR COMING OUT AND BEING SPECTATORS AND CHEERING ON OTHER HOUSTONIANS WHO ARE RIDING IN THE RACE.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY TO BE OUT THERE.
I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE COOL ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
AND THAT'S A SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH.
UH, WE AP APPRECIATE TEAM APACHE, UH, NOT ONLY FOR SPONSORING, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, UH, WITHOUT OUR IN INCREDIBLE, UH, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE COULD NOT DO IN THE CITY, I KNOW THE MAYOR WOULD, WOULD AGREE WITH ME.
WE COULDN'T COME CLOSE TO TO DOING WHAT, UH, ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE, UH, HAVE ANNUALLY, UH, WITHOUT THE CORPORATE SECTOR.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE BUSINESS.
THERE'S THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND PART OF THAT QUALITY OF LIFE IS CELEBRATION.
AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE WANTS TO CELEBRATE AFTER THEY FINISH THAT 20, THAT 40 OR THAT 60 MILE RIDE.
THERE IS A COMPANY HERE THAT, THAT JOINS US EVERY TIME WE PUT UP A TENT.
AND THAT IS, UH, SILVER EAGLE DISTRIBUTORS, AND THEY ARE SPONSORING MICHELOB THROUGH MICHELOB ULTRA.
THEY ARE SPONSORING OUR AFTER PARTY FOR, UH, THE TOUR TO HOUSTON.
'CAUSE WHO DOESN'T NEED A LITTLE REFRESHMENT AFTERWARDS? SO, UH, THE MAN WHO'S GONNA TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM AND EVERYTHING ABOUT, UH, THEIR IN INCRED, OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS IS ELK AND VASCO.
HE'S THE MEDIA MANAGER FOR SILVER, SILVER EAGLE DISTRIBUTORS IN HOUSTON.
LET ME SAY FROM EVERYONE AT SILVER EAGLE HOUSTON, WE ARE THRILLED TO BE BACK AGAIN WITH MICHELOB ULTRA AS THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION PARTNER OF THE TOUR OF HOUSTON.
FOR OVER 16 YEARS, WE'VE PROUDLY SUPPORTED THIS BIKE RIDE ACROSS HOUSTON, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WILL DEFINITELY BE ANOTHER EXCITING EVENT AS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE FUNDS RAISED THIS YEAR WILL BE USED AGAIN TOWARDS THE HOUSTON RE REFORESTATION PROGRAM, AND THAT THE DONATION WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE IN MANY OF THE PARKS ACROSS OUR GREAT CITY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T PARTNERED OR PARTICIPATED IN YEARS PAST, THE TOUR TO HOUSTON IS A GREAT WAY TO SEE OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS GET SOME EXERCISE AND BE A PART OF AN EVENT THAT PROMOTES A HEALTHIER HOUSTON.
MICHELOB ULTRA HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENJOYED BY ADULTS WITH AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, MAKING IT THAT PERFECT RIDE FOR THE 20, THE 40 OR THE 60, UH, THE 60 MILE RIDE.
WHEN THE RIDE IS OVER, ALL OF US SIT SILVER EAGLE HOUSTON, INVITE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO THE MICHELOB ULTRA POST RIDE PARTY.
JOIN US AT HERMAN SQUARE FOR A COLD MICHELOB ULTRA AND LET'S ALL REMEMBER TO CELEBRATE RESPONSIBLY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE SPONSOR OF THE MAYOR'S FIRST, UH, BIKE WAS, UH, WAS OUR, OUR NEXT SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT, WHO'S BEEN WITH US, UH, LIKE SILVER EVIL DISTRIBUTORS FROM DAY ONE, MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
THEY ARE OUR MECHANICAL SUPPORT.
THEY HAVE, UH, THEY START OFF HERE AT CITY HALL, BUT ALSO THE MECHANICAL SUPPORT, UH, AT ALL OF OUR RUST STOPS.
UH, AND THEY JUST PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS, UH, IN THIS REALM, BUT PHYSICALLY, UH, THEY KEEP THOSE BICYCLISTS GOING.
AND SO TO HAVE THAT KIND OF PROFESSIONAL HELP, 'CAUSE BIKERS NEVER HAVE THAT WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, OUT, UH, OUT RIDING THEIR BIKES.
BUT, UH, WE ARE SO PROUD, UH, TO BE, TO, UH, AGAIN, HAVE THE SPONSOR WITH US AND REPRESENTING SUN AND SKI TODAY IS JIMMY
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BOYLE, UH, GRASSROOTS MANAGER.MAYOR TURNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
UH, THIS IS WHAT WE DO, UH, SERVICE HOUSTON AREA CYCLISTS.
UM, AND TO BE PART OF THE, UH, TOUR TO HOUSTON PRESENTED BY APACHE IS JUST, IT'S THE PINNACLE OF OUR CYCLING SEASON, AND WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
AGAIN, I'VE LOST COUNT WITH HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED, BUT, UH, IT'S WELL OVER A DECADE.
UM, BUT AS SUSAN MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE, UH, BICYCLE MECHANICS STATIONED AT EVERY REST.
STOP STARTING HERE AT CITY HALL, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE START, UH, HEADING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE FARTHEST REST STOP AND THEN BACK.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE ON THE RIDE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU OUT.
UH, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND, THOUGH, AS WE, AS YOU'RE TRAINING FOR THE EVENT AND LEADING UP TO THE EVENT THAT YOU GET YOUR BIKE INTO ONE OF OUR FIVE HOUSTON AREA LOCATIONS, TO HAVE IT INSPECTED, MAKE SURE IT'S MECHANICALLY SOUND, UH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MISHAPS AND YOU CAN ENJOY THE RIDE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE.
BUT WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY TO BE BACK AGAIN AND WANT TO THANK MAYOR TURNER AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN EVERY DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THIS EVENT WHAT IT IS.
IT'S ALWAYS, UH, SUCH A GREAT TIME, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE GREAT WEATHER THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY.
AND, YOU KNOW, GO BUY A BIKE THERE.
I, BUT JUST A, A FEW OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'D, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US A WHILE.
WHEN YOU'RE IN WITH THE, UH, MS ONE 50, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE 60, THE 40 AND THE 60 ARE MS ONE 50 TRAINING RIGHTS, RIGHT? SO WE ALWAYS WANNA BE ON THEIR WEBSITES AND HAVING THEM PROMOTE US.
BUT ALSO WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND WHAT TOOK US SO LONG TO GET, YOU KNOW, FIND THE RIGHT DATE, IS OUR, THE RIDE MARSHALS ARE FROM THE MS ONE 50.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THEM TO PROMOTE US, UH, UH, AS A, UH, AS A TRAINING RIDE, AND WE NEED THEIR SUPPORT.
AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE MS ONE 50 FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT YEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE THIS RIDE, UH, UP IN THE CALENDAR.
AND SO WE VERY, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM.
LIKEWISE, OUR OTHER LOGISTICAL PARTNERS, UH, IN THE CITY, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, ALSO THE HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, WHO ARE INTIMATELY, UH, INVOLVED ON, IN, IN THE ROUTE AS WELL.
THEY HELP US RUN THIS WHOLE THING.
AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE ALSO OF MY TEAM MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
EILEEN KWAN IS OUR LEAD ON ROUTE, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT.
SHE DOES OUR SPONSORSHIP TEAM.
UH, BUT ALL OF OUR TEAM, ALL OF MY STAFF WILL BE OUT, UH, WORKING EVERY ASPECT OF THIS AS WELL.
BUT I REALLY WANNA GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
AND THEN JUST A, A FEW OTHER NOTES.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THE DATE.
I, BECAUSE I, OBVIOUSLY WE WANTED PEOPLE TO, UM, TO START REGISTERING.
AND WE REALLY NEED THE HELP OF THE MEDIA, UH, TO SPREAD THIS WORD.
UH, IT'S GREAT TIME TO SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILIES, WITH THE KIDDOS, UH, WITH YOUR FRIENDS, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, RIGHT NOW OUR REGISTRATION IS AT $40, UH, UH, PER REGISTRANT.
UH, AND THAT IS GOING TO GO UP ON JANUARY THE 14TH.
SO JUST LATER THIS WEEK, IT WILL GO UP TO $45 PER REGISTRANT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, DAY OF REGISTRATION, UH, WILL, THAT WILL EVEN GO UP.
UH, FURTHER PER REGISTRANT IS, UH, $50 PER DAY.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT KIDS WILL ALWAYS, UH, BE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR $25 AND UNDER.
SO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, UH, REGISTER.
LET'S NOT ONLY SUPPORT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE REPLANTING PROGRAM, UH, BUT ALSO LET'S SUPPORT HOUSTON.
THIS IS A TIME THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND LIVE HARD, PLAY HARD, CELEBRATE HARD, AND HAVE A FUN TIME DOING IT.
BECAUSE WHO THE HECK DOESN'T LIKE TO RIDE A BICYCLE, RIGHT? UH, SO WHAT, UM, DEBBIE'S TELLING ME SOMETHING.
SHIRTS AND JERSEYS ARE ALSO ON SALE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, OUR JERSEYS ARE COLLECTOR COLLECTOR'S ITEMS BECAUSE WE CHANGE THEM EVERY YEAR, AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
SO, UH, UH, JERSEYS ARE $65, UH, PER JERSEY.
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UH, SHIRTS, UH, WHICH WE CHANGE EVERY YEAR AS WELL.SO LOOK, IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT CAUSE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A GREAT EVENT, BUT IT'LL ONLY BE BETTER IF WE GET EVERYBODY REGISTERED.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA? MAYOR, WE'VE DONE OUR JOB.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I'M SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T GET KICKED, UH, WHEN WE ANNOUNCED WHAT DISTRICTS WE'RE GOING TO, OR, OR AT LEAST THEY NEXT YEAR IT'S US BECAUSE WE'RE HERE.