[Press Conference: "Trebly Park Ribbon Cutting"]
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UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS LARSON.I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CENTRAL HOUSTON INCORPORATED.
UH, ALSO WORK WITH THE HOUSTON DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
UH, AND TODAY WE, OF COURSE, ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF DOWNTOWN'S NEWEST PARK, TREMBLEY PARK.
JUST A FEW COMMENTS FOR ME, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE REAL SUPERSTARS, UH, THAT HELPED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
BEFORE STARTING, UH, TODAY, I WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY MANY OF THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTS THAT HELPED TO DELIVER THIS SPACE.
UH, SO I HOPE TAKE SOME TIME AFTER, UH, AFTER OUR, OUR TALK THIS MORNING, UH, JUST TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE, UH, THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS MOMENT AND HELPED TO BRING IT, UH, HERE TODAY.
UM, CERTAINLY WANNA RECOGNIZE BOB URI, MY PREDECESSOR, WHO'S HERE IN THE FRONT ROW.
IN MANY WAYS, THIS, THIS PARK IS, IS, IS THE OFFSHOOT OF, OF ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN CENTRAL HOUSTON, THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND, AND OUR PARTNERS AT THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, UH, WHO CREATED THIS IDEA OF CONTINUING TO GROW THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL BASE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT WHAT DO RESIDENTS NEED? THEY NEED SPACES AND PLACES, UM, PLACES WHERE THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND THE IDEA OF THIS PARK WAS REALLY BIRTHED FROM THAT PLAN, THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE ULI 10 YEARS AGO, UH, IS WHEN THIS JOURNEY BEGAN.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH HELPED TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SITE.
UH, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE WHOLE HOUSTON DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WHO WILL HELP TO, UH, KEEP IT CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL AND PROGRAMMED WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, UH, TO REALLY HELP TO CREATE A SPECIAL PLACE, UH, FOR ALL OF DOWNTOWN TO ENJOY.
SO, UH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE A PART OF THAT JOURNEY IN SOME WAY.
AND AT VERY LEAST, YOU ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US TODAY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
UH, AND I WILL NOW INTRODUCE, UH, MY FRIEND AND THE LEADER OF OUR FAIR CITY OF HOUSTON, MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER.
LOOK, LET ME, UH, LET ME THANK CHRIS, UH, AND APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP.
UH, BOB, YOU STARTED, UH, A LOT OF THIS AND, UH, AND, AND THEN, UM, BIG SHOES TO FILL, AND, AND CHRIS HAS JUST STEPPED RIGHT IN AND HADN'T MISSED A BEAT.
LOOK, CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, ALL, ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GERS VERY SHORTLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CISNEROS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, UH, ARE ARE ALL HERE AS WELL.
AND EVEN FOR THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HERE, CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
AND THEN YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM LESLIE AND ALAN AND KURT CURTIS AS WELL, UH, FOR THIS MORNING.
BUT LEMME JUST, UH, SAY, UM, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE LONG.
I, I, I ATE TOO MUCH OF THE CROISSANT, UH, FROM OVER THERE,
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN I HAD THE HOT DOG, AND THEN I HAD THE LITTLE SAUSAGES
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT FROM FROM TOOT SWEETSS CAFE, YOU JUST SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND SIT DOWN AND APPRECIATE THE REST OF THE MOMENT.
SO, UH, UH, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY TO, TO START, UH, THIS, THIS MORNING, AND CERTAINLY IN JANUARY.
WE SAID IN JANUARY, WE WANT EVERYTHING TO BE BIGGER, BETTER GRANDER, AND GET OFF TO A GOOD START.
AND THIS MORNING, WE ARE GETTING OFF TO A GOOD, A VERY GOOD START.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, PARKS OF THE LIVING ROOM, UH, TO ALL OF OUR, IN MANY WAYS, TO ALL OF OUR HOMES, THE DESTINATION SPOTS, AND WE NEED MORE PARKS, AND THEN NOT JUST MORE PARKS, BUT YOU WANT VERY NICE PARKS THAT REALLY AMPLIFY, UH, YOUR CITY, YOUR HOME, UH, WHERE YOU WORK, WHERE YOU PLAY.
AND IN THE LAST, UM, I GUESS IN MY TERM, AND, AND EKIN IS HERE IN MY TERM, I THINK WE'VE HAD 12, UH, DEVELOPMENTS, UH, DOWNTOWN FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE OVER 3,700 MORE PEOPLE, UH, UH, LIVING DOWNTOWN.
UH, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS PARK, IT FULFILLS THAT MISSION OF HAVING A PARK WITHIN 0.5 MILES OF WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.
UH, AND WE ARE DOING JUST THAT WITH THIS PARK.
THOSE 3,700, UH, THAT ARE NOW LIVING DOWNTOWN, UH, CAN LITERALLY COME TO THIS PARK WITHIN 0.5 MILES.
UH, AND THAT'S THE GOAL, TO DO MORE OF THIS.
AND HOUSTON IS LEADING THE WAY AND EMPLOYEES RETURNING BACK TO WORK, RETURNING BACK TO DOWNTOWN.
AND AS THEY RETURN BACK TO DOWNTOWN, THEY TOO NEED THE GREEN SPACE AND A PLACE JUST TO, UH, QUOTE UNQUOTE JUST TO CHILL.
AND THIS, THIS PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S NOT THE END,
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UH, NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW.UH, AND THIS YEAR WE'LL ALSO BE DOING THE SAME THING IN LAND WHITE, UH, PARK RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
AND, AND SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
SO EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING, UH, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUST, UH, IN THIS YEAR ALONE, WE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVING 22 OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
ALL OF THOSE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2023.
A LOT OF THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WITHOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S SUPPORT.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE IN DISTRICT, I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT I, AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PARKS AND GREEN SPACE THAT THESE AMENITIES ARE TO HIM.
SO LET ME NOW BRING UP, UH, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT I COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS.
WELCOME TO DISTRICT I THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU, BOB, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
AND ANDY EKIN, AND OF COURSE, MAYOR AND CHRIS.
UH, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK.
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL PLACE IN EVALUATING THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SPACES AROUND THE WORLD? PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES HAS FOUND THAT SUCCESSFUL ONES HAVE FOUR KEY QUALITIES.
THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE, PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES.
THERE, THE SPACE IS COMFORTABLE AND HAS A GOOD IMAGE.
AND FINALLY, IT IS SOCIABLE, A SOCIABLE PLACE, ONE WHERE PEOPLE MEET EACH OTHER AND TAKE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT.
I TRULY BELIEVE ALL FOUR QUALITIES WERE RE WERE REACHED WITH TREMBLEY PARK.
THIS PARK IS ACCESSIBLE BY ALMOST A THOUSAND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE JUST RIGHT HERE ON THESE THREE BLOCKS THAT SURROUND US.
THIS PARK PROVIDES ENDLESS ACTIVITIES WITH ITS MULTI-SERVICE AMENITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, OFFICE WORKERS AND VISITORS, BOTH TREBLE PARK AND TWO SUITES.
VISUAL APPEAL AND TRANQUILITY ARE CAR STOPPING ATTRACTION EVERY DAY.
I PRACTICALLY COMING THROUGH HERE, COMING DOWN LELAND, AND SEEING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW ENJOYING THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE AND BRINGING THEIR DOGS HERE AT THE DOG PARK.
LOOK AT US HERE TODAY AFTER THIS, THERE'S LITERALLY A WINTER CARNIVAL BEING SET UP FOR HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ENJOY.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
HOWEVER, LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE JOURNEY TO WHERE WE ARE STANDING RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS TIME LAPSE VIDEO, IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, AND PEOPLE TO BE STANDING WHERE WE ARE.
THIS PROJECT STARTED WITH AN EXPERT PANEL FROM THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE MAKING THE CASE FOR MORE GREEN SPACE.
SO HERE WE ARE, A DECADE LATER, $7.2 MILLION SPENT OVER 40 CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS, AND ARTISTS, AND AN ENTIRE RESTAURANT CONSTRUCTED FROM GROUND UP.
BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO EVERYONE HERE TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE.
THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, IS TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERYONE HERE AND EVERYONE INVOLVED TO CELEBRATE THIS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
TRIOLI PARK, WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WELCOME TO DOWNTOWN'S NEWEST FAMILY PARK.
SO, WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE IT TOOK TO, TO BUILD THIS PARK.
UM, WANT TO JUST PAUSE AND THANK THREE MEMBERS OF MY TEAM THAT HELPED TO PRODUCE THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE HERE, UH, ENJOYING TODAY.
UH, SO JENNA BEASLEY OVER HERE, UH, WE'VE, THERE'S, THERE'S ELLEN OVER THERE, AND JORDAN IS SOMEWHERE WHERE'S JORDAN, UH, WANT TO THANK MOST MEMBERS OF A TEAM.
THEY, THEY REALLY CAME TOGETHER TO HELP TO PRODUCE THIS EVENT.
UM, AND IT, IT REALLY REQUIRES, UH, A MONUMENTAL LIFT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN.
UH, ONE OTHER QUICK COMMENT THAT I'M REMINDED OF, UM, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM WHO'S IN THE BACK, HEY, ANNE.
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TO PRODUCE THAT STUDY.UH, AND SHE REMINDED ME OF A MATH PROBLEM THAT THEY WERE SOLVING, WHICH WAS CALCULATING THE NUMBER OF DOGS ALL OF THOSE NEW RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE THAT WOULD BE BRINGING INTO DOWNTOWN.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL DOG PARKS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PARK.
SO MAKE SURE YOU, YEAH, YOU GO OVER THERE AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME, SOME FURRY ONES THAT YOU CAN PET, UH, THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THIS AFTERNOON.
SO, UH, NOW I'M GONNA INTRODUCE CURTIS FLOWERS.
UH, CURTIS IS THE CHAIR OF OUR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD, WHICH MANAGES TURS THREE AND WHICH FUNDED THIS PARK, CURTIS? YES.
I GUESS I, I'D FIRST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY BOARD MEMBERS, MICHELLE SABINO AND JAMES HARRISON.
THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM.
THEY'RE SITTING ON THE FRONT AND OF, OF COURSE, BOB HUEY.
NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIM.
IT WAS HIS VISION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR BECAUSE NONE OF THIS, IT IS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THAT ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WE'VE SEEN A TRANSFORMATION OF DOWNTOWN.
UH, ALAN, I'M GONNA TRY TO, ALAN TOLD ME YESTERDAY, CURTIS, YOU NEVER STICK TO THE STRIP.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHERE DID THE NAME TREMBLEY COME FROM? SO I'M GONNA TRY TO UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THE GENESIS FOR THE NAME WAS, WAS INSPIRED BY THE LOCATION, THE SHAPE, AND THE FUN FACTOR.
TREMBLEY PARK IS LOCATED ON BLOCK 333 OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ON A SITE DEFINED BY THREE BLOCK CITY BLOCK CORNERS.
RELEY MEANS THREE TIMES AS MUCH, AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE TIMES AS MUCH FUN TODAY, UH, THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS TAKING A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ENVISIONING AND SHAPING SOUTHERN DOWNTOWN AS AN EMERGING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS INITIATED BY THE DOWNTOWN LIVING INITIATIVE AND INCENTIVIZED BY THE DRA, THE HOUSTON DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SURROUNDED BY A THOUSAND NEW HOUSING UNITS AROUND US TODAY.
THE DISTINCTIVE PARK IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC REALM FOR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, COMMUTERS, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANNA TAKE THEIR PET ON A WALK OR GRAB A A SWEET FROM TOOT.
UH, THIS WAS ALL DONE THROUGH THESE EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU ALL TO THIS GRAND OPENING TODAY.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, LESLIE ASHBY, WHO IS THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP OF THIS PROPERTY, FOR THE DOG TRACK, AND EVERYTHING AROUND HERE, THE OPERATIONS AND THE PROGRAMMING.
WITH NO FURTHER ADO, LESLIE ASHLEY, I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW CURTIS, AND AS YOU NOTICE, HE'S VERY TALL AND I'M VERY SHORT.
SO ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, AND WE ARE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY OF THIS PARK, WHICH WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT.
I'VE GOT MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD HERE, TED SWIG IS OUR VICE CHAIR DE NORRIS HERE, CC'S HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND I WANNA THANK MY BOARD FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THEY'VE DONE THESE LAST FEW YEARS, PLANNING THIS PARK AND GETTING READY TO RUN IT DAY TO DAY.
UH, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE, UH, PARTNERED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO PLAN THIS GREEN SPACE, AND IT WILL BE DYNAMICALLY PROGRAM AND MANAGED BY THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
UH, WHILE WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR THREE PILLARS ON WHICH WE WERE FOUNDED, WHICH WAS CULTURE, WELLNESS, AND COMMUNITY.
UH, I THINK I SEE RICHARD BACK THERE TOO.
THANK YOU, RICHARD, FOR COMING.
UM, WE RECENTLY CONDUCTED A RESIDENTIAL SURVEY.
WE'VE GOT ALL THESE GREAT NEW RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT HAVE MOVED HERE, BUT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
WHAT WAS WE HEARD, WERE SOUNDING FROM THEM IS THEY WANT WALKABILITY AND THEY WANT COMMUNITY.
WELL, BASED UPON THOSE TWO GOALS, I THINK THIS TRE LEAGUE PARK IS GOING TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE.
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CAN EXPECT TO, UH, SEE A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS LIKE MUSIC, MOVIES, UH, NETWORKING, ART IN OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEETUPS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE HERE.WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS PARK IS GOING TO BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL AS OUR SISTER PARK, WHICH IS NORTH DOWNTOWN IN MARKET SQUARE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SURPRISED AND PROUD ABOUT HOW RESILIENT DOWNTOWN HOUSTON IS.
I THINK A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS IN THIS TRYING TIME OF COVID, OUR NUMBERS FOR RESIDENTS ACTUALLY INCREASED, SO THAT IS JUST SHOWING WHAT A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT RELEY PARK IS GOING TO BE A HEARTBEAT FOR THIS PART OF DOWNTOWN.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNER PARTNERING WITH THE PARK AND PLANNING ALL THE ACTIVITIES HERE AND BEING THE CARETAKER.
SO ENJOY THIS AFTERNOON, ENJOY THE PARK, COME BACK MANY TIMES, ENJOY THE RESTAURANT, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AND NOW I'M GONNA INTRODUCE ALAN DOUGLAS.
HE'S A-C-O-C-O-O OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
I WANTED ON THE RECORD THAT MY COMMENT TO, UH, CURTIS WAS MERELY AN OBSERVATION, NOT A CRITICISM.
UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU HERE.
UM, IN THE SPIRIT OF THREE, UH, THE PARK WILL PROVIDE AND DOES PROVIDE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, CANINE ASSEMBLY, AND CAFE DINING, AND WILL BE PROGRAMMED FOR SO MUCH MORE.
AS LESLIE MENTIONED, UH, FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, WE KNOW THAT TREBLE WILL ACT AND IS ALREADY ACTING AS A CATALYST FOR THIS NEW BURGEONING NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL DRAW THOSE SEEKING RESPITE, PLAYFULNESS, AND FAST CASUAL OF FOOD.
SPEAKING OF FOOD, HAVE YOU TRIED TWO SWEETS MACAROONS? HAVE YOU HAD AN ESPRESSO PULLED FROM THEIR, UM, MOD BAR MACHINE? UM, AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IS HIGHLIGHT THE DOWNTOWN'S FAVORITE CAFE AND THE WOMAN BEHIND IT.
THANK YOU ANN FOR TRUSTING TREMBLEY PARK WITH YOUR SECOND LOCATION.
TREMBLEY ALSO PROVIDES THE PLATFORM FOR CELEBRATING THE WORK OF THREE ARTISTS, EACH EXHIBITING THE PLAYFUL SIDE OF ART, SERVING AS TREBLES ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE.
OVER HERE WE'VE GOT THE WHALEBONE DINNER PARTY.
IT'S A WHIMSICAL SCULPTURE COMPRISING THE PLAY AREA THAT HINTS AT THE NOTION OF DISCOVERING YOURSELF ON A REMOTE ISLAND.
SO IMAGINE THAT THE FIBERGLASS INSTALLATION IS BY TERRY CHOW AND ADAM FRASER, THE NEW YORK BASED ART DUO KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS CHAA AT TURBO'S NORTHWEST GATEWAY.
OVER HERE IS PORTA PIG MANTA, A FLOATING INSTALLATION BY BERLIN ARTIST THOMAS LOVE TOPIC THAT VISUALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY DRAWS VISITORS INTO THE PARK.
EACH PIECE IS HAND DYED, AND IF YOU'RE TALL ENOUGH, IT MIGHT ALSO COMB YOUR HAIR.
THE MES MESMERIZING MURAL ON THE EAST WALL OF THE INTERIOR OF TOOT SUITE IS BY ARTIST KILLJOY.
AND THAT ART, THAT MURAL IS NAMED HOME.
THE MURAL RESONATES WITH THE THEMES OF NESTING MOTION AND EASE REFLECTING THE TRIPLE SENTIMENT OF TREMBLEY PARK ITSELF.
I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT EACH OF THESE ARTISTS WAS CURATED BY THE WINEGART ART GROUP, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HER SKILL IN, UM, ALLOCATING ALL OF THESE ARTISTS TO RELEY PARK.
I'D LIKE TO CLOSE MY REMARKS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE WHO MADE RELEY PARK ITSELF POSSIBLE.
SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THREE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LAUREN GRIFFITH AND HER TEAM AT LAUREN GRIFFITH ASSOCIATES.
BUILDING ARCHITECTS, RYAN ACHES, AND BEN PEASE AT GINSLER AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR, KEVIN JONES AND NICK GREENO AT TRUCTURE.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN CREATING SUCH A WELCOMING URBAN DESTINATION.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF THREE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AT CENTRAL HOUSTON INVOLVED IN THIS JOURNEY WITH SPECIAL RECOGNITION GIVEN TO THREE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL HOUSTON FAMILY.
I WANNA THANK LONNIE HOOG, BOOM, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR HIS THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP OF THIS PROJECT.
LONNIE, I WANT TO THANK DUSTY MCCARTNEY.
DUSTY, YOU'RE THE GUY WHOSE HAIR IS BEING COMBED BY THIS PIECE OF ART OVER HERE, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
HE'S A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, AND I WANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS SKILLED ATTENTION TO DETAIL AT EVERY MOMENT.
AND FINALLY, TO BRETT DEBOR, UH, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
HIS CALM PROBLEM SOLVING, HE HAS BROUGHT THIS PARK INTO BEING.
HE HAS AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO JUGGLE BOTH PLEASURE AND PAIN, UH, WHILE KEEPING HIS EYES ON THE PRIZE.
SO THANK YOU, LONNIE, DUSTY AND BRETT, AND THE WHOLE CENTRAL HOUSTON FAMILY.
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WITH THAT, UH, LET THE MACAROONS FLOW.UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING, UM, MOST IMMEDIATE.
AND, UH, AND THEN YOU CAN, UH, GO INSIDE THE WARM CAFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE.