[Press Conference: “Tour de Houston Announcement”]
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FIRST OF ALL, LET ME, UH, THANK EVERYONE FOR TAKING TIME TO BE HERE.
THIS IS WHERE MOST HOUSTONIANS WOULD LIKE TO BE AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE HERE TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY I COULD SPEND MY WHOLE MORNING THINKING STAKEHOLDERS AND SPONSORS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS TO ENJOY.
I COULD MENTION SILVER EAGLE, I COULD MENTION SUNKI, BUT I WANT TO GIVE MY SHOUT OUT TO APACHE CORPORATION BECAUSE, BUT FOR THEM AND JOHN CHRISMAN, THEIR CEO, WE WOULDN'T BE GATHERED HERE TODAY.
AND BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF JOHN AND APACHE, HIS EMPLOYEES, WE'RE GONNA BE THE TALK OF TEXAS ON APRIL 7TH.
IF YOU WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE AND ENJOY YOURSELF AND SEE THE VALUE OF RIDING A BIKE AND IF YOU LOVE TREES LIKE YOU SHOULD, YOU WANT TO BE HERE ON APRIL 7TH BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANOTHER EXPERIENCE LIKE IT GOING ON THAT DAY.
IT'S WHAT MAKES HOUSTON GREAT.
YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY CITY GOVERNMENT MAKES HOUSTON GREAT, BUT I'M NOT THERE YET.
WHAT MAKES HOUSTON GREAT IS ITS PEOPLE AND ITS INSTITUTIONS.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT WHAT WOULD WE BE WITHOUT APACHE AND HIS CORPORATE FRIENDS? WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE.
WE WOULDN'T LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
SO I'M HERE TO CELEBRATE THE CITY OF HOUSTON BEING THE GREAT CITY IT IS AND IT'S GONNA GET GREATER.
BUT ON APRIL 7TH, WE GET TO COME TOGETHER.
WE WON'T BE POLITICAL PARTIES, WE WON'T BE THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE US GREAT.
KINDA LIKE THE EXPERIENCE OF A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAM ON APRIL 7TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORLD CHAMPION TOUR DAY HOUSTON.
AND IT ALLOWS US, IT ALLOWS US TO COME TOGETHER, BE UNITED, HAVE FUN, SHOW THE VALUE OF BACK RIDING AND HEALTH.
AND IF YOU ARE A TREE ON APRIL 7TH, YOU'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING TOO.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT NEW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MANY MORE NEW FRIENDS BECAUSE OF APACHE'S COMMITMENT TO OUR GREENERY, OUR FOLD, OUR CANOPY.
THANK YOU TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, OUR PARTS DIRECTOR, THE POLICE CHIEF IS GONNA MAKE IT SAFE AND CERTAINLY HOUSTON FIRST.
IT'S NOT THE ACCIDENT WHERE THEY'RE SITTING HERE NEXT TO HOUSTON FIRST NERVE CENTER.
THEY HELP US EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.
SO I KNOW YOU DIDN'T COME HERE TO LISTEN TO ME THIS MORNING.
WE CAME HERE TO KICK OFF THIS GREAT EVENT.
WE WANNA ENCOURAGE MANY, MANY PEOPLE TO REGISTER.
LET'S HAVE THE BEST TOUR IN HOUSTON IN MEMORY.
LET'S PLAN ON GREAT WEATHER ON APRIL 7TH.
BUT LET ME SIT DOWN BY SAYING I'M HONORED TO BE HERE.
I GET FIRED UP LOOKING AT YOU WHEN I LEAVE HERE.
I'M GOING BACK TO CITY HALL AND LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CONTINUE HOUSTON'S GREATNESS.
I DO BELIEVE AS THIS DEMONSTRATES HOUSTON'S GREATEST DAYS ARE IN FRONT OF US.
THANK YOU JOHN CHRISMAN AND YOUR TEAM.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ WHO SHOWED US YOU CAN RIDE OVER TO A PRESS CONFERENCE.
THANK YOU JAY MAC FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
UH, SILVER EAGLE, EAGLE HOUSTON AND MICHELOB ULTRA ARE THRILLED TO ONCE AGAIN BE THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION PARTNER OF THE TOUR TO HOUSTON.
WE HAVE PROUDLY SUPPORTED THIS BIKE RIDE ACROSS HOUSTON SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER EXCITING YEAR AS A STRONG ADVOCATE OF OUR CITY'S
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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS.WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT FUNDS RAISED THIS YEAR WILL BE USED FOR THE CITY'S REPLANT HOUSTON PROGRAM.
AND ONCE THE RIDE IS OVER, BE SURE TO JOIN US AT DISCOVERY GREEN FOR THE MIC ULTRA POST RIDE CELEBRATION PARTY WITH MUSIC, FOOD, AND OF COURSE COLD MICHELOB ULTRA.
LASTLY, MR. MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF OUR 1100 EMPLOYEES, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR RECENT APPOINTMENT TO OUR CITY AND OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU TO TEAM MICHELOB ULTRA
NOW CAN WE GET MS. DILL SULLIVAN MANAGER AND SUN OF SUN SKI ON WESTHEIMER THE LOCATION? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
SUN SKI IS SUPER EXCITED TO BE BACK THIS YEAR AS YOUR OFFICIAL BIKE TECH SUPPORT TEAM.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF, OF OUR STORES OUT ON COURSE THIS YEAR AT EVERY RISK STOP TO HELP OUT WITH ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THAT YOU MAY NEED.
WE'RE HERE TO GET EVERYONE THROUGH THIS EVENT, SAFE AND SOUND, AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL RIDERS TO COME BY OUR STORES TO GET THEIR BIKES CHECKED OUT BEFOREHAND AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND READY TO GO FOR THE BIG DAY.
AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THIS EVENT BACK HERE IN HOUSTON.
AND THANKS TO MR. MAYOR WHITMORE AND APACHE CORPORATION FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A GREAT EVENT.
THANK YOU MR. JOHN CHRISTIE, UH, APACHE, THANK YOU ON, UH, BEHALF OF APACHE CORPORATION.
WE'RE HONORED TO DO THIS AGAIN.
UM, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY OIL AND GAS COMPANY THAT BELIEVES IN RESPONSIBLY PRODUCING OIL AND GAS AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 70TH YEAR IN BUSINESS.
OUR EMPLOYEES REALLY, REALLY LOVE THIS EVENT.
UM, I WANNA THANK HOUSTON FIRST FOR MAKING THIS THE BEST ONE EVER.
I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IN 2005 WE FOUNDED OUR TREE GRANT PROGRAM AND WE HAVE NOW PLANTED MORE THAN 5 MILLION TREES, UH, ACROSS THE WORLD.
AND 450,000 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN HOUSTON.
SO, UM, IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING THE GREEN SPACES, CELEBRATING THE ENVIRONMENT, CELEBRATING OUR CITY, UM, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO PLEASE COME OUT ON, UH, APRIL 7TH AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.
BUT, UH, WE'RE HONORED TO BE A SPONSOR AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
ARE Y'ALL EXCITED? ARE Y'ALL REALLY EXCITED? IT'S DEFINITELY GOING DOWN, LIKE YOU SAID, APRIL THE SEVENTH, THE TOUR OF HOUSTON.
I RIDE LIKE 60 MILES EACH AND EVERY SUNDAY.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OUT THERE? I'LL GET SOMEBODY TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WELL THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT HERE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SOME OF Y'ALL WHEN IT'S TIME TO RIDE THE BIKES.
AND RIGHT NOW FOR THE PHOTO OP SUNDAY, 60 MILES.
START, COME DOWN WITH EVERYBODY IN THE MIDDLE.