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          [Arco del Tiempo: A Discussion of the Nation's First Energy Generating Artwork]
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          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          I AM SHANNON BUGS, DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, AND WE ARE IN FABULOUS DISTRICT EIGHT, AND WE ARE HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CARLOS CISNEROS, AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE US GREETINGS AND THEN I WILL GO INTO THE NEXT PART. 
          WELL, HELLO EVERYONE. 
          UM, WELCOME TO TVH TO LINDA BINGA TO HOUSTON. 
          UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CORNERSTONE OF, OF THE SECOND WARD IN THE EAST END. 
          UM, I'M JOINED HERE BY A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          YOU KNOW THAT SECOND WARD IS ONE OF THE, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND, AND MAYOR TURNER'S, UM, UH, INITIATIVE TO, TO REALLY FOCUS IN ENERGY ON, ON SOME COMMUNITIES THAT WERE RIGHT ON THE EDGE THAT JUST NEEDED A, A, A BOOST TO, TO REALLY, UM, CROSS THE THRESHOLD AND TO SO MUCH MORE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, IS PART OF, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR HIM TO, HIM FOR, FOR, UM, GETTING THIS GOING. 
          AND, AND, AND THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN OVER THE, THE YEARS NEW COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE BENEFITING. 
          AND, UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THAT SECOND WARD HAS BEEN ONE OF THEM. 
          AND, UM, THE, THE ART PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING MORE ABOUT AND AND CELEBRATING, UM, I, I, UM, I WANNA JUST GIVE THEM ANOTHER THANK YOU FROM ME BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO PRESENTING TO A GROUP OF CHILDREN ON FRIDAY AS PART OF TECH CONNECT AT EASTWOOD PARK THAT THE KIDS WILL BE MAKING SUNDIALS WITH THEM AND LEARNING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE, THE SUN AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DIURNAL PATTERNS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE EARTH AND THE, AND THE SUN AND, AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UM, Y'ALL ARE ALL WELCOME TO COME TOO. 
          THE PROGRAM'S REALLY GEARED FOR CHILDREN SIX TO 13, BUT, UM, BUT, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU, YOU PULL THESE THREADS AND, AND ONE THING LEADS TO SO MUCH MORE. 
          AND SO, UM, WE WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, UM, MAYBE COMING BACK AND DOING MORE TECH CONNECT FAIRS, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'LL BE LOTS OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT. 
          UM, Y'ALL BE THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BUILD ON WHAT'S, WHAT'S HERE, WHAT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN, UM, IN THE EAST END. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE DON'T GO AWAY, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE HERE IN THE WONDERFUL, UM, SECOND WARD, HISTORIC SECOND WARD IN THE LENTE LINGUE TO HOUSTON BUILDING. 
          AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE A MAJOR PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT IN THE SECOND WARD THAT RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, ASKED FOR AND PRIORITIZING YOUR COMPLETE COMMUNITY'S ACTION PLAN, IMPROVE GUADALUPE PAW A PARK AND BEAUTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          BUT BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THE DETAILS OF THAT DONATION, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THESE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES ACTION PLANS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS AS A CHAMPION OF THAT WORK AND A CHAMPION OF EQUITY WITHIN HERE. 
          UM, THIS IS WORK THAT IS COLLECTIVE, NOT ONLY WITH HER AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SHE JUST RECOGNIZED IN THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO UH, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE ALSO HERE. 
          WE HAVE KEITH BYNUM, WHO IS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT, IF YOU'LL STAND UP, JUDGE ELAINE MARSHALL, UH, HEAD OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CHIEF PENA, UH, HEAD OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ARTURO MICHELLE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          UM, SO THERE, ALL OF US HAVE COLLECTIVELY BEEN WORKING ON THIS, OH WAIT A MINUTE. 
          AN ANGEL POE, DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING YOUR DIRECTOR WITH ALL OF THIS WORK. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, IN HERE IN SECOND WARD HAVE SOME SUCCESSES, INCLUDING AN $800,000 DONATION FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO LEVERAGE MORE THAN HALF A MILLION OF PUBLIC FUNDING TO RECONSTRUCT AND REOPEN THE FLORES LIBRARY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS ROS CONSISTENTLY ASKING, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET THAT DONE? . 
          WE ALSO HAD TWO SOCCER MINI PITCHES DONATED TO AND INSTALLED AT EASTWOOD PARK. 
          AND THE FRIENDS OF EASTWOOD CAME OUT OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES ACTION PLAN PROCESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS HELPED TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. 
          WE HAD 1.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, UM, TO IMPROVE THE HARRISBURG TRAIL AND REPAIR AREA SIDEWALKS, AND OF COURSE THE $38 MILLION FEDERAL FUNDING PACKAGE THAT WAS USED TO BUILD 
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THE 300,000 SQUARE FOOT EAST END MAKER HUB THAT SERVES AS AN INCUBATOR FOR HIGH TECH, MANUFACTURING, MEDICAL, AND FABRICATION COMPANIES. 
          THAT IS A LOT OF SUCCESS AND IT DESERVES APPLAUSE. 
          AND WE THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS, I PERSONALLY WANNA THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING ALL THAT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAND HERE FOR THE REST OF IT, BUT WE DID WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          , AS MAYOR LIKES TO SAY, QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS THE VISIONING THAT YOU CAPTURED IN YOUR ACTION PLANS THAT HELPS THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO FOCUS PHILANTHROPIC AND CORPORATE INTEREST ON THE SECOND WARD AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY THAT ARE MOST IN NEED OF TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ALLEVIATE THE HISTORIC INEQUITIES THAT HAVE CREATED PRESENT DAY DISPARITIES. 
          THAT'S THE BASIS OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE HOUSTON A MORE EQUITABLE CITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK WITH US. 
          NOW I AM VERY EXCITED FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING NEXT TO THE GUADALUPE PARK PLAZA PLAZA PARK, AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THAT FROM THERESA ESCOBIDO, CITY OF HOUSTON CIVIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          IN THIS ROLE, THERESA MANAGES THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION AND COMMUNITY ART INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
          SHE'S A CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL WITH MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN ARTS ADMINISTRATIVE STUDENT PROFESSOR MM, ARTS ADMINISTRATION, PROFESSIONAL CURATOR AND WORKING ARTIST. 
          HER EDUCATION AND CREATIVE FOUNDATION ARE IN ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL MEDIA. 
          SHE'S, UM, JUST A TRUE TALENT AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY AND PROUD TO HAVE HER ON AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          SO PLEASE HELP ME WORK. 
          WELCOME THERESA ESCOBIDO TO THE STAGE. 
          THANK YOU DIRECTOR BUGS, AND THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE HERE TO JOIN US IN SHARING NEWS. 
          WE VERY GOOD NEWS TODAY. 
          UM, AS DIRECTOR BUGS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS THERESA RO OR FOR THIS COMMUNITY RO AND I AM THE FIRST EVER CIVIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          TO PUT IT SIMPLY, WE'VE INVITED YOU HERE TODAY TO SHARE SOME REALLY EXCITING NEWS ABOUT A PUBLIC ART PROJECT BEING GIFTED TO THE CITY. 
          BUT BEFORE WE SHARE THAT NEWS AND BEFORE WE ALLOW YOU TO SEE THE VISUALS OF THE PIECE, WE WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND INSIGHT ON WHAT IS DRIVING THE CIVIC ART PROGRAM AT THE CITY. 
          WE WANNA SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHIES, THE GOALS, AND THE VISION THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR THE CIVIC ART PROGRAM. 
          AND I DARE SAY A FEW PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT WHY WE DO THE WORK THAT WE DO AND WHAT IN FACT IS DRIVING WHAT HAPPENS AT MOCA AS WE INTRODUCE NEW PUBLIC ARTWORKS TO HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AFTER HEARING FROM DIRECTOR BUGS ABOUT THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO AFFIRM HOW INFLUENTIAL THESE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE HAS BEEN EVEN TO CIVIC ART IN HOUSTON. 
          IT HAS BEEN INFORMATIVE IN TERMS OF THE EVOLUTION OF OUR PROGRAM AND OUR WORK AS THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC ARTWORKS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I'LL EXPLAIN HERE THAT FUNDS FROM ARTWORKS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR ITS COLLECTION ARE GENERATED BY THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT'S A FIVE YEAR FORWARD. 
          LOOK AT THE PLAN FOR BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS, WHICH BECOME CITY FACILITIES. 
          RENOVATIONS ALSO QUALIFY SOMETIMES AS GENERATORS FOR THESE FUNDS. 
          AND HERE'S THE CONNECTION. 
          BECAUSE OF THIS, ADMINISTRATION'S FOCUS ON DIRECTING INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY TO THE 10 MOST UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN HOUSTON. 
          WE FIND A GREAT DEAL OF ACTIVITY FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS TAKING PLACE AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN OUR CITY. 
          THIS BUILDING EFFORT HAS PROMPTED THE COMMISSIONING OF A NUMBER OF ARTWORKS FOR CIVIC ART OF THE COURSE OF THE PAST, AT LEAST THREE YEARS, MAKING THIS TIME THE MOST ACTIVE TIME OUR CIVIC ART PROGRAM HAS EVER SEEN WITH ACTIVITY FOCUSED, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOST UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. 
          WHEN I ENTERED INTO MY POSITION AT MOCA IN THE SPRING OF 2020, I WAS ASKED BY THEN DIRECTOR DEBBIE MCNULTY TO SURVEY THE CITY'S ART COLLECTION THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT AND HISTORY OF INVESTMENT IN COLLECTING ARTWORK FROM ARTISTS ALONG THE COURSE OF THE LIFETIME OF THE PROGRAM. 
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THERE ARE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM WHO WE SHARED THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY WITH, AND WE DID OUR VERY BEST TO LIVE UP TO OUR OWN VALUES OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          AND WE PUBLICLY PUBLISHED THESE STATISTICS ABOUT OUR PROGRAM'S HISTORY NUMBERS, WHICH TRULY, AND TO BE VERY HONEST, HAVE LEFT MANY OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, RATHER SHOCKED AND QUITE FRANKLY, EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. 
          THE MOST GLARING STATISTIC I CAN RECALL FROM THIS FIRST SURVEY IN 2020 IS THAT OUT OF 677 ARTWORKS IN OUR CITY'S COLLECTION, THEN ONLY 14 WERE CREATED BY WOMEN OF COLOR. 
          THAT'S LESS THAN 2%. 
          AND THAT IS A STATISTICS WHICH I STAND UP HERE AS AN ARTIST ALSO REPRESENT. 
          WE SHARED THESE RESULTS WITH MAYOR TURNER AND HE IMMEDIATELY GAVE US THE GO AHEAD TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO OVERHAUL THE PROCESSES THROUGH WHICH WE COMMISSION ARTWORK, AND TO IMPROVE THE EQUITY AND THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COLLECTION. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE PUT FORTH CONCERTED WORK TO ESTABLISH A NEW VISION AND NEW GOALS FOR MOCA'S WORK TO COMMISSION ARTWORKS FOR HOUSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO HERE'S WHERE I SHARE WITH YOU SOME DEEPLY PERSONAL INSIGHTS, AND I DO SO IN AN EFFORT TO SHARE WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE THREE YEARS AND CHANGE OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AT MOCA. 
          I'VE COME TO LEARN AND TO BELIEVE EMPHATICALLY AND WITH GREAT CONVICTION THAT THE PERSONAL VALUES OF PERSONS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS PERMEATE OUR SERVICE TO COMMUNITY THROUGH AND THROUGH. 
          AND WE SEE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CREATION OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY'S OFFICE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR PERSONALLY BECAUSE YOUR VALUES OF LEADERSHIP HAVE SHAPED WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO AT MOCA, THAT THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE EXISTS AT ALL, IS EVIDENCE OF MAYOR TURNER'S PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SERVICE TO COMMUNITY. 
          IF OUR MAYOR DIDN'T CARE, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IN THIS MOMENT. 
          THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM AT MOCA, MOST OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ARTISTS. 
          WE WORK WITH EMPATHY AND WE WORK WITH DESIRE TO TRULY PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE ARTISTS WE REPRESENT ON THE INSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. 
          SOME IN THIS ROOM, AND THIS IS A PERSONAL ANECDOTE FROM MINE, LIFE WILL RECOGNIZE THE NAME OF MY GREAT UNCLE, BENNY C MARTINEZ, WHO ALONG WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER, ESTELLA MINO AND THEIR HUSBAND WILLIAM AND OTHERS, SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UM, TO INSTALL ULTIMATELY WHAT BECAME THE HANNO MONUMENT AT THE STATE CAPITOL. 
          HOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS, OF THIS ARTWORK? IT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY PIVOTAL MOMENT TO WITNESS THIS WORK HAPPEN. 
          AND I RETURNED TO A QUOTE FROM MY UNCLE AT THAT EVENT WHERE HE SAYS, AND I CAN RETURN TO THIS 'CAUSE IT'S IMPRESSED. 
          I'VE GOT PRESSURE ON MY CHEST. 
          HE SAID HE LIGHTLY PATTED HIS CHEST BEFORE THE UNVEILING. 
          I CANNOT EXPRESS THE JOY IN MY HEART ON MY MOST CHALLENGING DAYS IN THIS WORK, I RETURNED TO THESE VERY CANDID WORDS FROM MY ELDER, WHERE THEY HAVE GROWN IN ME AN EMPATHY WHICH BELIEVES IN EARNEST THAT ALL THOSE WHOSE HERITAGE HISTORY AND CULTURE IS PRESENT IN A PLACE ARE DESERVING OF MOMENTS LIKE THIS, NO EXCEPTION. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT SHAPES AND MOTIVATES THE PERSONAL DRIVE TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE CIVIC ART PROGRAM FOR THE CITY. 
          ONE WHICH RECOGNIZES THE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZES HISTORY AS A COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZES THE CHARACTER AND NATURE OF THOSE QUALITIES WHICH MAKE A COMMUNITY THRIVE. 
          I USUALLY SPEAK ABOUT THE VISION FOR THE CIVIC ART PROGRAM AS BEING ONE THAT IS COMMUNITY CENTRIC. 
          BUT IN THIS CASE, WITH THIS AUDIENCE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I OFTEN THINK OF THIS WORK AS IN OPPOSITION TO CULTURAL ERASURE. 
          SO I SHARE THIS WITH YOU SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE RECEIVE THE OFFER OF A TREMENDOUS GIFT, A WORK OF ART, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVER TRULY SINGULAR IN THE WORLD OFFERED TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS MAYOR, WE ARE PLEASED TO ACCEPT THE ARTWORK NAMED MPO AND HOPE TO SHOW YOU IMAGES OF THIS ARTWORK PROPOSED AND SCHEDULED FOR GUADALUPE PLAZA PARK. 
          AND SO WE HAVE HERE WITH US TODAY THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT. 
          THEY'RE HERE IN THE ARTIST, UH, AUDIENCE ARTIST RICARDO MARIANO, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WHICH FOUNDED THE LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE. 
          ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE IMAGINE THIS ARTWORK TO LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT. 
          AND I'LL REPEAT AGAIN WHY THIS ARTWORK MAKES SENSE. 
          WE BELIEVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FORTHRIGHT IN ITS REQUEST FOR ACTIVATED 
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PUBLIC SPACE AND PARKS. 
          GUADALUPE PARK IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN FORTHRIGHT IN ITS ASK FOR PUBLIC ART IN GENERAL. 
          AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY WHICH ASKS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR PERFORMATIVE SPACE. 
          AND WE THINK IN ONE FELL SWOOP, THIS ARTWORKS GETS AN OP, GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MANY OF THOSE REQUESTS AND DOES SO IN A WAY, UNLIKE ANY OTHER ARTWORK YOU WILL SEE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 
          SO IF I CAN READ FROM READ TO YOU A DESCRIPTION OF THIS PIECE PROVIDED TO ME BY ELIZABETH AND ROBERT, THE FOUNDERS OF THE LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE AT RICARDO MPO ARCH OF TIME BY RICARDO MARANO INCORPORATES SOLAR BODO VOLTAIC MODULES TO GENERATE 400 MEGAWATT HOURS PER YEAR OFFSETTING THE ELECTRICITY DEMAND OF WHAT COULD BE EQUIVALENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT IS THE FIRST PUBLIC ARTWORK IN THE WORLD DESIGNED TO BE A NET POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY GENEROUSLY PROVIDING CLINGING ENERGY TO THE CITY. 
          THE ARCH WILL INSPIRE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND WONDER OF A POST CARBON FUTURE WHILE PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL VENUE FOR PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, LEARNING, DISCOVERY AND PLAY. 
          AND SO, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE WAYS, AND IT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THE REQUESTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THIS ARTWORK ALSO IS A FEATHER IN OUR CAP AS WE, THIS CITY OF HOUSTON ARE LEADERS IN THE TRANSITION TO GREEN ENERGY. 
          AND THESE ARE ALSO SPECIAL INITIATIVES WHICH HAVE RECEIVED MUCH EFFORT AND MUCH INVESTMENT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF MAYOR TURNER. 
          SO WITH THAT, I SAY LET'S WELCOME TO THE STAGE OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT. 
          'CAUSE I WILL BE ASKING A FEW QUESTIONS OF DR. SHANNON BOGS, UM, DR. 
          LAURA MURILLO, AND OF COURSE MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. 
          I WELCOME YOU TO THE STAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I CAN'T SEE THANK YOU EACH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 
          MAYOR, FIRST AND PRIMARY QUESTION FOR YOU, AND ONE THAT I KNOW YOU'LL SPEAK TO FROM THE HEART, WHAT HAS INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE? LET ME JUST START OFF BY SAYING GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE AND UM, AND BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I, UH, I AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I MEAN, YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE ARTICULATED IT, UH, MY THOUGHTS, UH, BETTER THAN, BETTER THAN I CAN. 
          AND THEN, UH, FOR THE TEJANA MONUMENT ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS, UH, BACK THEN, 2020, NO, 20 0 20 12, I THINK WAS DEBUTED. 
          UH, YEAH, I WAS RIGHT THERE LISTENING TO THOSE PRESENTATIONS. 
          SO IT BROUGHT BACK MANY, MANY MEMORIES. 
          UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, WE CREATED COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, UH, FOR THOSE OF US WHO GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THIS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, HIGHLY DYNAMIC. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED, UNDER-RESOURCED IN MANY WAYS, UH, TREATED LIKE STEPCHILDREN, UM, WITH THIS SECOND WARD, YOU KNOW, EAST END, UH, OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ADDRESS THOSE INEQUITIES IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONALLY FOCUSED. 
          YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN A GENERAL SENSE, BUT THAT WON'T GET IT. 
          AND SO COMPLETE COMMUNITIES WAS INTENDED TO FOCUS, UM, ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN WHERE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN THOSE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, UM, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE MAYOR OF TWO CITIES IN ONE, A CITY OF HAVE AND HAVE. 
          I'VE LIVED IN THAT CITY FOR FAR TOO LONG BECAUSE IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD OF PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          ALL KIDS DESERVE TO BE TREATED THE SAME AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. 
          AND SO, UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES WAS INTENDED TO BE LASER FOCUSED, TO BE THE ROADMAP, THE BLUEPRINT BY WHICH WE GOVERN, UH, DURING MY TERM AS MAYOR OF CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT HAVING KEY PEOPLE IN PLACE. 
          AND, UM, AND AS I LISTENED TO SHANNON AND, UH, BEING MC AND THERESA, AS I LISTEN TO YOU, UH, GIVE 
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THE PRESENTATION HERE, UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR DR. 
          LIA AND BOTH SHANNON BUGS. 
          UM, YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE TO VARYING DEGREES AND FROM VARYING BACKGROUNDS IN THE EAST END SECOND WARD RIO. 
          WHAT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IS, IS THE PROMPT FOR THIS COMMUNITY'S CALL FOR MORE ART AND FOR MORE CULTURE AND FOR MORE SPACE THAT SUPPORTS THAT? WELL, FIRST MY THANKS TO EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WE CANNOT SEE . 
          AND UH, SECONDLY OF COURSE, TO YOU TERESA IU CAME TO THE MAYOR'S HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I SEE LENORA, MICHAEL TINO, SO MANY OTHERS I SAW EARLIER AND PRESENTED THIS AS AN IDEA. 
          AND I OFFERED FIVE MINUTE CALL THAT TURNED INTO A COUPLE OF HOURS AND ZOOMS AND WHATNOT. 
          AND THE BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS THAT YOU SENT ME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBER BEING IN AWE, UH, YOU CAN'T SEE IT VERY WELL ON THE SCREEN, BUT IN COLOR ON A COMPUTER, IT IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL, MAYOR. 
          AND I THINK TO THE ARTIST, RICARDO, SIGN. 
          SIGN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. 
          UH, , HE GAVE ME THE CUE. 
          BUT WHAT I WAS SAYING IN SPANISH IS TO THE ARTIST IS THAT AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED, AND I SEE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK I SAW GRACIELA SIGNS OUT THERE AND SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE FROM THE EAST END, THAT, THAT WE GREW UP HERE, THAT WE CAME HERE FEELING OFTEN, EVEN TODAY, MAYOR, SOMETIMES STILL AS NOT BELONGING AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS, TO KNOW THAT THIS PHENOMENAL, EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF ART THAT COULD HAVE SHANNON GONE ANYWHERE IN THIS GREAT CITY. 
          THAT THE HOME FOR THIS PIECE IS OUR EAST BARRIO. 
          WHAT AN HONOR, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS REGION, OF THE CITY AND OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND MAYOR, I WAS COMMENTING ON THE NAME OF THE PIECE, WHICH IS, UH, ARC OF TIME. 
          AND THE PART WHERE THE SPANISH SPEAKERS LAUGH WAS THAT I SAID THE ARC OF TIME. 
          IT WAS ABOUT TIME. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR MAKING TIME TO PUT THIS IN THE EAST END. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          MARILLO. 
          OF COURSE, YOU ALWAYS SAY THINGS SO PERFECTLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          THANK YOU . 
          UM, FOR ME, IT IS THAT IN THE ACTION PLANNING PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED AND PRESERVED IN THAT PLAN, ITS COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER AND INVESTING IN COMMUNITY ARTS THAT'S THERE. 
          AND THAT PLAN WAS, UH, EMBRACED AND ENDORSED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2018. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THAT ALONG, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE ADDRESSED AS PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY AND SAY, WE WANNA DO SOMETHING. 
          THAT WAS PARTICULARLY, UM, EVIDENT IN 2020 AFTER GEORGE FLOYD. 
          UM, AND EVERYONE WANTED TO COME IN AND, UM, FIX RACE RELATIONS IN THIS CITY, FIX RACE RELATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, FIX EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND WHEN THEY CAME TO MAYOR TURNER, HE SAID, WE DON'T NEED TO DO SOMETHING NEW. 
          WE ALREADY ARE DOING THIS WORK. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING AN EQUITY INITIATIVE. 
          WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO IS TRANSFORMATIVE BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE NEED YOU TO LOOK AT, READ, DIGEST, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THOSE ACTION PLANS, AND DELIVER ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAID THEY WANTED. 
          AND THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          WHEN WE FIRST HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, ALL OF HOUSTON WAS AN OPTION, BUT WE NARROWED THEM AND FOCUSED THEM ON THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND THEN WE KEPT TALKING ABOUT WHERE THIS WOULD BE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL. 
          WHAT WAS THE RIGHT PARK ASSET TO RECEIVE THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT? WHAT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE? AND BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY HAS CONSISTENTLY MOVED FORWARD ON ITS ACTION PLAN WORK, WE HAD IN 2020 THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HERE TALKING WITH US ABOUT HOW TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE PEOPLE. 
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THIS COMMUNITY SAID VERY CLEARLY, WE NEED YOU TO HELP US ENHANCE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY BRINGING MORE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT ENHANCES WHAT'S ALREADY HERE. 
          THE HERITAGE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE HERE, THE ARTS, WE NEED YOU TO FOCUS MORE PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS SO COMMITTED TO GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INFLUENCERS AND CULTURE, KEEPERS OF PERFORMING VISUAL AND LITERARY ARTISTS OF, UM, CREATIVES AND MAKERS. 
          THAT MAKERSPACE IS A FABULOUS PLACE. 
          WE HAVE, UM, UH, MAG PIES AND PEACOCKS HERE THAT DOES, UH, TEXTILES, UM, AND TAKES AND TRANSFORM, UM, OLD CLOTHING INTO NEW EXCITING WORK. 
          UH, THERE IS JUST SUCH A CULTURE HERE OF SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND IT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE TO DO THIS WORK. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, AND I TO I COMPLETELY AGREE, OF COURSE, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY MUCH WHY WE ARE HERE. 
          'CAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE AGREE WITH THAT. 
          UPON FIRST SIGHT OF THIS PIECE, EVEN THIS MORNING WE WERE SHARING A PDF TO UPLOAD, AND OUR WEBMASTER AT THE CITY HALL SAID, WOW, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND OF COURSE, HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW 'CAUSE IT'S SECRET. 
          UM, BUT THERE IS AN UNDENIABLE RESPONSE TO THIS WORK. 
          UM, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WORKING WITH RICARDO, YOU KNOW, IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT BRINGS US TO THIS MOMENT. 
          AND, UM, THE FOUNDERS OF THE LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE, THIS IS REALLY SINCERE AND HEARTFELT WORK. 
          AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE COME TO HOUSTON, UM, TO EXPLORE THIS PARTICULAR SITE. 
          UH, MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR EACH OF YOU IN MY BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE AND IN ART, I HAD SOME SAGE ADVICE SHARED WITH ME THAT SAID, STOP ASKING WHAT AN ARTWORK IS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT IT'S MADE OUT OF, AND START ASKING WHAT IT DOES. 
          AND THAT TRULY HAS INFORMED THE PHILOSOPHY FOR EXPECTING ARTWORK TO COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO THINGS. 
          AND SO I ASK YOU EACH BEGINNING WITH MAYOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS ARTWORK WILL DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY? A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS, UM, ABOUT CONNECTING, UM, PEOPLE, PLACES, CULTURE, THE ECONOMIC SECTOR. 
          IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. 
          AND LET'S NOT LOSE THE SIGHT THAT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, WHICH WILL BE PLACED RIGHT HERE, OKAY, FIRST OF THIS KIND. 
          UM, SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND CREATIVE BECAUSE IT DOES FOCUS ON THE CREATIVE SIDE AND THE ARTIST. 
          UH, ROBERT DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S VERY TIMELY. 
          UM, BECAUSE HOUSTON IS THE ENERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, WE NOW SEEK TO LEAD AN ENERGY TRANSITION. 
          AND, AND THE FOCUS SO MUCH RIGHT NOW ALL ACROSS THE WORLD IS ON HOW DO WE REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS? HOW DO WE TAKE THESE CARBONS, UH, UH, OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE AIR, SO TO SPEAK? AS THE FORMER HEAD OF THE US CLIMATE MAYORS AND CURRENTLY CHAIR OF THE GLOBAL RESILIENCE CITIES NETWORK, IT FITS, IT ALIGNS QUITE WELL ON WHERE HOUSTON IS. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF ART WILL GENERATE ENOUGH POWER, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, TO POWER A NEIGHBORHOOD, LET'S SAY 40 US HOMES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'LL TAKE THROUGH ITS LIFETIME, 12 MILLION KILOWATTS, UH, PRODUCE THAT MUCH POWER THROUGH ITS LIFETIME. 
          IT WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF TAKING 8,500 METRIC TONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE AIR. 
          THE FOCUS WILL BE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, WHICH IS VERY TIMELY SINCE THIS CITY, THIS CITY PURCHASES MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE YOU CAN SAY THAT. 
          BUT NOW YOU CAN COME TO GUADALUPE PLAZA PARK AND YOU CAN SEE ARTWORK THAT IS LIVING UP TO OUR MISSION THAT KEEPS US CENTRALLY FOCUSED IN THE WORLD AND IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVEN'T MADE THOSE TYPE OF INVESTMENTS, BUT WE ARE MAKING THOSE TYPE OF INVESTMENTS. 
          AND AGAIN, FROM A CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW, FROM AN ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, FROM AN ENERGY POINT OF VIEW, AND FROM A COMMUNITY 
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POINT OF VIEW, WHERE WE ARE SAYING TO PEOPLE IN THE SECOND ONE, IN THE EAST END, YOU ARE NOT SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. 
          WE ARE ALL IN THIS CASE. 
          HOUSTONIANS, EVERY COMMUNITY HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO OFFER. 
          AND THIS PIECE HELPS TO KEEP US ON THE WORLD STAGE IN A MAJOR WAY. 
          WOOHOO. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON A MAYORAL DEBATE, BUT YOU'RE DONE. 
          AND, AND SO AM I, SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT LEAVING, BUT IT FEELS LIKE I'M LEAVING. 
          I'M NOT YOU'RE NOT LEAVING. 
          NO. 
          YOU'VE HEARD IT HERE. 
          NO. 
          YEAH. 
          AIN'T NO MORE WAY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          . 
          WELL, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION RE AND AGAIN, I WANNA GO BACK TO THE MAYOR'S VISION OF ALL THE THINGS, SHANNON, THAT MANY PHENOMENAL THINGS THE MAYOR HAS DONE, HIS BABY, THE HEART, HIS LEGACY I KNOW IS THIS PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND ALL THE PHENOMENAL WORK. 
          YOU ASKED A VERY RELEVANT QUESTION. 
          WHAT DOES THIS DO? WHAT DOES IT DO? IT SOLIDIFIES THE EAST END SEGUNDO BARRIO AND AFFIRMS WHAT THOSE OF US FROM THIS COMMUNITY ALREADY KNEW THAT WE ARE RELEVANT, THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          IT SOLIDIFIES THAT WE ARE NOT JUST A THREAD IN THIS FABRIC, BUT WE ARE PART OF THIS TAPESTRY THAT MAKES HOUSTON UNIQUE THAT WE ARE NOT DONE. 
          BUT MOST CERTAINLY THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT HOUSTON, FIRST BY MICHAEL, BY DAVID, BY SO MANY PEOPLE, IT COMPLIMENTS WHAT'S BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          IT COMPLIMENTS THAT THE WORLD CUP WILL COME HERE IN 2026 TO SEE THIS MODEL, NOT OF WHERE WE ARE, BUT OF WHERE WE CAN BE. 
          AND THIS IS SYMBOLIC. 
          AND WHAT IT DOES IS THAT IT DEMONSTRATES TO CHILDREN LIKE THOSE OF JOAQUIN WHO HAS FOUR CHILDREN GROWING UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THEY CAN SEE A FIRST CLASS PIECE OF ART THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE, AND THE DESTINATION IS IN THEIR BACKYARD. 
          AND IT SAYS THAT WE MATTER. 
          WE ARE RELEVANT AND WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED TO SEE THIS DAY. 
          SO WE THANK YOU MAYOR SHANNON. 
          TERESA, I STILL REMEMBER YOUR CALLS. 
          YOU ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS AND I SAID, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME? AND YOU SAID, YES, PLEASE TELL ME. 
          AND I WAS VERY DIRECT AND I DISAGREED WITH SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS AND I HAD MY OPINION, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SHE LISTENED AND SHE ASKED MORE PROBING QUESTIONS. 
          AND SHE IS HERE TODAY AS A REPRESENTATION, AS A LATINA WHO HAS BEEN HERE SUPPORTED BY TWO NON-LATINOS TO SAY, TOGETHER WE WILL GET THIS DONE TO THE ARTISTS, TO THE DONORS, TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED IN THIS, THAT MAY OR THIS WILL BE PART OF YOUR LEGACY. 
          SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DR. 
          MARIA. 
          I'M SO GLAD THE TWO OF YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TECHNICAL AND THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT, THAT GETS ME TO THE COMMERCIAL VERSION. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE IN EVERYBODY'S TIKTOK. 
          IT'S GONNA BE IN EVERYBODY'S INSTAGRAMS. UM, I JUST HAVE BEEN IN CHICAGO WHERE THEY HAVE THE BIG BEAN AND YOU TYPE IN CHICAGO BEAN OR HOUSTON BEAN, AND EVERYBODY, UH, HAS PICTURES IN FRONT OF IT. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE THAT KIND OF A DESTINATION PIECE OF ART IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA BE THE PLACE THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO GO AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE, UM, THE EAST END, WHICH IS ALREADY REQUIRED AS A VISIT. 
          UM, A A YOU CANNOT MISS PLACE TO COME TO WHEN YOU ARE COMING TO HOUSTON. 
          UM, THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE, HOUSTON IS NOT HOUSTON WITHOUT THE EAST END. 
          AND TO NOW HAVE THIS PIECE OF ART AS A GATEWAY, UM, CIVIC ART PLACE TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME HERE IS GONNA BE FANTASTIC. 
          IT'S GONNA GET THEM TO SHOP MORE ON NAVIGATION BOULEVARD TO ESPLANADE. 
          THEY'RE, IT'S GONNA GET THEM TO, UM, VISIT AND BE HERE IN THE TBH BUILDING. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, NOT TODAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET DONE HERE. 
          THE HOUSTON FIRST PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS BUILDING IS TO THE CITY AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS PIECE OF ART IS GOING TO BE FOR THE FUTURE OF HOUSTON AS A TOURISM DESTINATION, BECAUSE THIS 
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IS THAT KIND OF TRANSFORMATIVE ART PIECE THAT WILL GET SO MANY PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT VISITING THIS PART OF OUR CITY. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT WILL DO ON THAT PART. 
          SO I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COMMENTED EARLIER ABOUT THE, THE DEMAND FROM THE COMPLETE GOOD IMMUNITY INITIATIVE FOR TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION IN THIS PIECE DOES THAT AND SO MUCH MORE. 
          AND SO AS WE CLOSE, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS YOU HAVE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. 
          THIS IS SUCH A MULTIFACETED WORK. 
          IT SPEAKS TO MANY INITIATIVES AT THE CITY. 
          ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE BEFORE WE WRAP UP TODAY? IT, IT IS A, I MEAN, IT'S TRANSF, UH, TRANSFORMATIONAL. 
          IT'S VERY CREATIVE. 
          UM, IT ADDS TO THE WHOLE ACADEMY WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT ART MANY TIMES MAYBE THE STAGE, MAYBE THE PAINTING. 
          UM, THIS ONE IS A, A MORE UNIQUE PIECE, UM, THAT IS VERY FUNCTIONAL. 
          UM, AND IT WILL BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT JUST COMING AND LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE IT WILL GENERATE POWER TO POWER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THOSE WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PIECE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF IT. 
          AND WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT AND ELECTRICITY BILLS, AND YOU NAME IT, SO MANY OTHERS WILL BENEFIT, WILL BENEFIT FROM IT. 
          I CLOSING BY SAYING YESTERDAY THROUGH COM COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, WE FOCUS ON EQUITY INDICATORS. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HOW IN THIS CITY, GREAT CITY THAT WE, THERE ARE STILL AREAS THAT ARE LAGGING BEHIND OTHER AREAS, BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU CATCH UP, SO TO SPEAK, UH, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE LASER FOCUSED IN INVESTING. 
          AND IT CAN NEVER BE ONE AND DONE. 
          SO YOU CAN'T PUT SOMETHING IN A COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, OKAY, I'VE DONE THIS, AND THEN GOING ABOUT DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
          THE INVESTMENTS HAVE TO BE CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING. 
          AND SO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TXRX IN THE EAST END, WHICH STARTED AT 10 TO 12,000 SQUARE FEET AND NOW 300,000 SQUARE FEET AND, AND, UH, A JOB MULTIPLIER THAT'S A PLUS OF WHAT, UH, IS TAKING PLACE WITH BUFFALO VALUE THAT NOW EXTENDS OVER INTO THE EAST END. 
          THAT'S A PLUS. 
          AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS PIECE OF ART RIGHT HERE IN ULU PLAZA PARK. 
          THAT'S A PLUS, BUT IT'S NOT THE END. 
          HOPEFULLY THIS PIECE WILL CAUSE OTHERS TO CONTINUE TO INVEST MORE AND MORE AND MORE. 
          AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS PIECE BEING THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD LOCATED RIGHT HERE, UH, IT KEEPS, UM, THE ATTENTION ON, ON, ON THIS COMMUNITY, UH, AND ON THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 
          WE ARE STRONG WHEN WE ARE CONNECTED. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS CITY TO CONTINUE TO SAY THERE ARE NO SECOND CLASS COMMUNITIES OR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY, UM, THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. 
          WE MUST DO BETTER. 
          AND WHEN EQUITY EXISTS, THE CITY IS EVEN STRONGER. 
          SO AGAIN, TO THE ARTISTS, UH, TO BARBARA TOBER, TO THE LAND ART GENERATED INITIATIVE, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, THERESA, YOU, NICOLE, TO COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, SHANNON AND ALL THOSE AFFILIATED WITH YOU, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, PRIYA ZACHARIA AND HER TEAM, UH, TO ALL OF THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO THE LEADING CHAMBER, UH, DR. 
          LAURA MARIA RIO AND HER LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, AND TO ALL OF YOU, AND TO THOSE SPECIFICALLY TO OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCILMAN MCCONNELL CISNEROS, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT AGE AND UM, AND THEN ROBERT GALLEGOS REPRESENTING DISTRICT, I, UH, AND TO ALL OF YOU, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS NO WAY THE, THE END. 
          UH, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND IT'S MY HOPE, UH, THAT IT WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WHO FOLLOWS. 
          LASTLY, I WILL SAY THIS, WHO YOU PLACE WHERE MATTERS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO YOU PLACE WHERE MATTERS AND WHO HOLDS THOSE SEATS MATTERS. 
          AND THE VERY FACT, TERESA, I'LL I STARTED WITH YOU, I'LL END WITH YOU. 
          UH, YOUR PRESENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU BRING TO YOUR, TO THIS SEAT AND TO DISPOSITION THE HISTORY AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, GOOD OR BAD. 
          AND, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS EMPOWER YOU AND OTHERS TO TAKE 
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THE RESOURCES THAT COME WITHIN YOUR AMBIT AND TO USE THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FILLING THE GAPS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          TERESA. 
          THE MAYOR CHOSE THE WORD POWER. 
          AND HAVING THIS ONE OF A KIND ARTISTIC PEACE IN THE EAST END SEGUNDO BARRIO WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE POWER, BUT IT WILL ALSO EMPOWER THOSE FORTUNE TO VISIT A PART OF THE CITY THAT FOR MANY OF US, FOR TOO LONG HAS BEEN IN THE DARK, THE POWER WILL BE TURNED ON IN THE EAST END IN RIO FOR ALL TO SEE. 
          AND IT'S ALSO VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR UNIQUE PIECE OF ART IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN OUR BELOVED SEDO BARRIO. 
          THAT WE TOO CAN HAVE MASTERPIECES THAT WILL ALL THE WORLD AND THAT DON'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE THINGS WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN. 
          AND OUR HOPE IS THAT WHEN THEY SEE THIS ARTISTIC PIECE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THEY WILL SEE US ALSO AS UNIQUE AS CONTRIBUTORS AS PART OF THIS PHENOMENAL CITY WE CALL HOUSTON. 
          AND THAT THROUGH THAT AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE HOUSTON HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. 
          WE ARE PROUD CAPITALIST AND WE UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THE WALLET. 
          AND WE AS HISPANICS REPRESENT OVER 84 BILLION WITH A B IN CONSUMER SPENDING IN THIS CITY. 
          AND AS A RESULT OF THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS, WE WILL SEE THAT NUMBER GROW BECAUSE IT SHOULD. 
          AND BECAUSE WE REPRESENT NOW THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. 
          SO WHEN I DRIVE BY AND I SEE THIS, I WILL THINK OF POWER AND HOW IT CAN EMPOWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THEY BOTH SAID IT ALL. 
          UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT MAYOR TURNER HAS, UM, WITH HIS HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD, UM, PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE EAST END LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND THE INFLUENCE OF SO MANY OF YOU AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE ENTIRE EAST END. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CISNEROS REPRESENTS THE SECOND WARD COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          GALLEGOS REPRESENTS THE MAGNOLIA PARK, MANCHESTER, HARRISBURG AREA, AND COLLECTIVELY THAT'S THE EAST END. 
          AND TO HAVE TWO PHENOMENAL LEADERS PUSHING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS PART OF OUR CITY CONTINUES TO RECEIVE THE ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS, THE INVESTMENTS THAT IT NEEDS. 
          UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE MAYOR TURNER LEAVES, RIGHT? BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD ADVOCATES THAT HAVE SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE THE RESIDENTS. 
          WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. 
          WE HAVE TO DO IT WITH THE ARTISTS. 
          WHEN THERESA TALKED ABOUT THE EMPATHY, UM, THAT SHE HAS, THAT IS ALSO A MAJOR PART OF THE WORK OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. 
          ARTISTS LEAD US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, WHERE WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO GROW. 
          THEY WORK WITH THE CAPITALISTS TO HELP THEM TO ALSO GET TO THE RIGHT SPACES. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO COLLECTIVELY KEEP DOING THIS WORK, NOT JUST IN HONOR OF THE LEGACY THAT MAYOR TURNER ESTABLISHED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, BUT IN HONOR OF YOU BECAUSE THIS IS THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S WHAT YOU NEEDED. 
          AND SO WE THANK YOU, THE CITIZENS, RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON, THE FOLKS THAT CALL THE HOME. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE WAY AND TELLING US WHAT YOU NEED SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST ONE THING, LAST THING BECAUSE, UM, UM, WE LAWYER THESE THING, BUT WHAT WE EACH IN OR NOT, I DO WANT TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A WE THING. 
          UM, AND SINCE THEY TOO ARE IN THEIR FINAL SIX MONTHS, UH, 
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I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CISNEROS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT GALLEGOS FOR EIGHT YEARS. 
          AND IT HAS BEEN A WE EFFORT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THE CITY STAYS FOCUSED, THAT MY ADMINISTRATION STAYS FOCUSED, THAT WE ARE NOT OVERLOOKING COMMUNITIES OR DISTRICTS, AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN HIGHLY, HIGHLY INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT I HAVE TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO I, I WANT TO JUST TAKE THIS SPECIAL MOMENT, UH, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE WRAPPING UP, UH, WITH ME AS WELL, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, UH, IN AN, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN SAID. 
          BUT THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PUT, UM, PUT FORTH EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND THIS CITY HAS BEEN MADE BETTER BECAUSE OF THEIR PRESENCE AND BECAUSE OF THEIR LEADERSHIP. 
          AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM FOR BEING INCREDIBLE PARTNERS FOR ME OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 
          PLEASE GIVE IT UP TO COUNCILMAN ROBERT GALLEGOS AND COUNCILMAN MCC CISNEROS, PLEASE STAND. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE OUR DISCUSSION FOR THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF TWO VERY IMPORTANT SPEAKERS THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE BACK MAYOR. 
          SO THERE IS, THERE IS A NAME THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED TODAY IS THAT OF A ONE MRS. BARBARA TOBER, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE HER AS A LEAD DONOR FOR THIS ARTWORK. 
          IT IS HER, IT IS HER VISION THAT APPROACHED THE CITY TO CONSIDER THIS ARTWORK. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS FROM HER. 
          SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE SENT US A, A VIDEO. 
          UM, AND SO YOU CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM HER WHAT MOTIVATED HER TO OFFER THIS GIFT TO US. 
          APOLOGIZE, THIS WAS A SHOWSTOPPER HERE. 
          PLEASE ENJOY . 
          AND SO I'LL REMARK HERE THAT THIS IS AN ACTUAL FUNCTIONAL TIMEPIECE. 
          IT PROJECTS ON THE GROUND, THE TIME IT IS CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COORDINATES OF THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION FOR OUR PARK. 
          UM, AND THAT TRULY MAKES IT A SINGULAR PIECE. 
          YOU KNOW, ANOTHER COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS PIECE, UM, WHILE WE WERE MAKING THE EFFORT TO INTRODUCE THIS ARTWORK TO THIS COMMUNITY, WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY IN GUADALUPE PLAZA PARK IN MARCH. 
          UM, RICARDO WAS PRESENT AND HE WAS ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, FROM THE EASTERN COMMUNITY. 
          WE PARTNERED WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 63 ON THIS EVENT. 
          UM, AND IT, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE NAME, THE TITLE FOR THIS PIECE WAS SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM OUR VERY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND SO WE THANK YOU TO RICARDO FOR YOUR OPENNESS TO LET US INFLUENCE THE TITLE OF THIS PIECE. 
          IT IS TRULY A PIECE FOR THE EAST END. 
          WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, REMARKS FROM MRS. BARBARA TOBER FIVE YEARS AGO AT A CODA CONFERENCE, WHICH IS CONFLUENCE OF ART AND DESIGN IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. 
          THE KEYNOTE SPEECH WAS GIVEN BY ELIZABETH MOINIAN AND ROBERT FERRY TO GREAT APPLAUSE. 
          THEIR CONCEPT WAS SIMPLE. 
          CREATE OUTDOOR PUBLIC ARTWORKS THAT CONTAIN ENERGY PRODUCING COMPONENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL CITIZENS, IE AN AREA OF A CITY OR AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I FELT THIS WAS AN OPEN DOOR TO THE FUTURE WHERE PUBLIC ARTWORKS COULD PERFORM AS ENERGY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BEAUTY AND FUNCTION, ALL IN ONE EXCITING PACKAGE, A LANDSCAPE WITH AN ARTISTIC MISSION THAT COULD DOUBLE AS ART WITH A PURPOSE. 
          IT WAS A FRESH NEW IDEA THAT COULD DELIGHT THE SENSES AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT WAS A PROJECT 
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WHOSE TIME HAD COME AND I RESOLVED TO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN NATURALLY, THE IDEA GENERATED GREAT ENTHUSIASM, WHICH WAS WHY THEIR CONCEPT WAS CHOSEN FOR THE CODA SUMMIT KEYNOTE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          AT THE TIME, WE BELIEVED THAT ALL WE NEEDED WAS ONE EXAMPLE THAT ACTUALLY WORKED TO SHOW THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR THEIR WHOLE LIVES. 
          ELIZABETH AND ROBERT CALLED THEIR PROJECT LAND ART GENERATOR AND PROCEEDED TO PRESENT IT FROM DUBAI, WHERE THEY LIVE WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN PITTSBURGH TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 
          THEY GOT CLOSE, VERY CLOSE TO FRUITION, BUT THEIR PRESENTATIONS NEVER GOT BEYOND THE, WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA STAGE UNTIL NOW. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE ENERGY CAPITAL OF AMERICA, LUCKILY HAS THE IMAGINATION, THE SPACE, AND THE SENSE OF ADVENTURE TO TAKE THE LAGGY IDEA AND RUN WITH IT. 
          WE WHO HAVE SEEN THE MANY ITERATIONS, DRAWINGS, AND FRESH CONCEPTS, SORROWFULLY REJECTED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITIES ARE JUBILANT AT THIS EARLY SUCCESS. 
          WE ARE COLLECTIVELY TAKING IT AND RUNNING WITH IT, AND CERTAINLY THE INITIATORS, ELIZABETH AND ROBERT AND THE ARTIST HIMSELF, RICARDO MARIANO, ARE THRILLED TO SUPPORT THIS EXCITING IDEA. 
          THE PROJECT THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER ALL THESE MANY MONTHS IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE IN HOUSTON TODAY. 
          AND AN EXAMPLE FOR THE WORLD TOMORROW AND BEYOND. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT IDEA. 
          AND I'D SAY, MRS. TOBER, IF YOU ARE WATCHING, WE OWE YOU AN INCREDIBLE DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR YOUR VISION, FOR SHARING THIS VISION WITH HOUSTON. 
          BEFORE WE CLOSE TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE PODIUM MY OWN FEARLESS LEADER, THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, NICOLE IRVING, WITHOUT WHOM, WHICH WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. 
          ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR DIRECTOR IRVING, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON THIS EXTREMELY EXCITING DAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE AND IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO NOT TALK ABOUT IT TO EVERYONE THAT WE KNOW. 
          UM, AND SO NOW THAT WE CAN AND WE HOPE THAT YOU DO AS WELL. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANNA SAY IT IS A HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE BECAUSE I GET A CHANCE TO REPRESENT CREATIVES, UM, ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          I GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND WHAT ARTISTS DO AND BRING TO OUR CITY, TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, IT IS ALSO A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH SUCH AN EXCITING AND PASSIONATE TEAM THAT INCLUDES TERESA. 
          UM, SHE WAS VERY MODEST IN, UM, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. 
          UM, WORKING AS THE FIRST CIVIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 800 WORKS IN OUR CITY'S CIVIC ART COLLECTION. 
          AND WHEN I SAY RESPONSIBLE, THAT MEANS IN DIALOGUE WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT MAINTAIN PUBLIC ARTWORKS. 
          UM, THE CONSERVATION OF THOSE ARTWORKS AND ALSO THE ACQUISITION AND COMMISSIONING OF NEW ARTWORKS ALL FIT WITHIN HER AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHE IS CREATING, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY NEW POLICIES FOR THE CITY AS WE THINK ABOUT TELLING THE STORIES OF HOUSTON AND ENSURING THAT THE WORKS THAT WE INVEST IN ARE APPROPRIATE AND CELEBRATORY FOR EACH COMMUNITY THAT THEY GO INTO. 
          UM, AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO TERESA FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT SHE DOES. 
          UM, AND IT IS ALWAYS PHENOMENAL BEING ROOM WITH LEADERS. 
          ALL OF YOU ARE LEADERS. 
          AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME, UH, FOR JOINING WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND I WON'T CALL OUT, UM, ANYONE OUTSIDE OF, BECAUSE YOU, UM, CAME IN JUST A, A LITTLE BIT AFTER DIRECTOR BUGS, UM, IDENTIFIED AND RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. 
          BUT ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AS THIS 
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WORK WILL BE GOING INTO GUADALUPE PLAZA PARK IS OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR ALLEN. 
          AND SO THANK YOU DIRECTOR ALLEN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN MORE THAN 380, I THINK PARKS AROUND THE CITY. 
          UM, AND 400 THOU FOUR 40,000 ACRES, I THINK IS THE, THE NUMBER, UM, THAT I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE FACT THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO OPERATE OVER THE LAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS UNDER A DYNAMIC LEADER WHO TRULY HAS A HEART FOR PUBLIC SERVICE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO FINALLY THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE HOPE THAT YOU JOIN US ON TOMORROW. 
          SO ON TOMORROW, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE AT TBH. 
          WE'LL BE HERE AT 1130 BECAUSE WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO SHARE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE OF ART THAT WE ARE RECEIVING HERE IN HOUSTON. 
          AND SO IT'LL BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST RICARDO, UM, WHO IS JOINING US FROM GERMANY, UM, AS WELL AS ELIZABETH AND ROBERT WITH THE LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE. 
          SO AT 1130 TOMORROW, WE WILL BE HERE ON THIS STAGE IN DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION AND TALKING ABOUT WHY AND THE WHAT AND THE HOW OF THIS ARTWORK. 
          UM, AND REALLY HEARING FROM ALL THREE OF THEM, UM, AS WE BEGAN TO BECOME MORE INTIMATE. 
          AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY MORE INTIMATE AND ENGAGED ABOUT ARCO DEL TIEMPO. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL SAY THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW AT 1130 HERE AT TBH. 
          AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, INVITE FIVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON.
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