The community, the center piece of the community in the 19th century but during the 20th century with industrialization the river became polluted. The river becomes fluted and the city turns its back on the river, forgets about it and believe it or not sort of the ultimate disgrace, in 1960 the state High Way Department put this on top of it. A 4 lane high way bridge on what uns was the birth place of the community. Over time in the 1980s the water became less polluted and cleaner and we began to talk about the publt possibility of reclaiming the falls. That was a very tough sale because when this bridge went up that was 1960, that meant for 40 years people who live said in greenville all their lives didnt know or remember we had a water fall. We lost the entire institutional memory that the fall existed, the falls that was once the center piece of the city so it was a tough sale. We basically said to people we propose to spends 13 Million Dollars to build a beautiful park and public g
The community, the center piece of the community in the 19th century but during the 20th century with industrialization the river became polluted. The river becomes fluted and the city turns its back on the river, forgets about it and believe it or not sort of the ultimate disgrace, in 1960 the state High Way Department put this on top of it. A 4 lane high way bridge on what uns was the birth place of the community. Over time in the 1980s the water became less polluted and cleaner and we began to talk about the publt possibility of reclaiming the falls. That was a very tough sale because when this bridge went up that was 1960, that meant for 40 years people who live said in greenville all their lives didnt know or remember we had a water fall. We lost the entire institutional memory that the fall existed, the falls that was once the center piece of the city so it was a tough sale. We basically said to people we propose to spends 13 Million Dollars to build a beautiful park and public g
Thank you for being interesting in the health of your citizens and the heth of the nation as a whole. Hang on one minute here and ill get the resume out for the next speaker and introduce him. I had a chance to meet mayor murray from seattle before the show started. He was in the state legislator for a long time and i asked him how does he like being mayor and he lit up. I said you that means you are going to run for the next time and he said the next time and next time. He is having a good time and ill tell you a little about him. He is the mayor of seattle sinss jan 2013 and served in the Washington State senate from 200713 and before that 11 years in the Washington State out of representative. He has bichb around a while and has inovateive programs he starlted to institute. We are interested in hearing how seattle approached all this. Mayor murray it is good to be here from the land of sea hawks in San Francisco. Mayor lee started it. It was just after the election just over 15 mont
Very strong in our parks and that collaboration is absolute late essential not just for the maintenance of the parks and refreshing, it is for the engagement of how these parks will look and are maintained. I was most excited when recently in the middle of the most impover rshed city called the tin loin area, we have a 9. 3 Million Dollar investment just opened, reopened [inaudible] park with a strong strong collaboration. In fact, i think it was a year and a hamp of planning and meetings with neighborhood organizations, people use the parks, parents, kids, public and preeuvt School Parents and their chaern engage with recreation and park and supervisors over the quality of the park and what it met. What it meant is 9. 3 Million Investment and the sources are the state parks that invested and our own recreation park bonds, it was grants Philanthropic Foundation all amassed in this investment and it come out with one of the best designed urban parks where i you have the 25 7 club house,
Meant for 40 years people who live said in greenville all their lives didnt know or remember we had a water fall. We lost the entire institutional memory that the fall existed, the falls that was once the center piece of the city so it was a tough sale. We basically said to people we propose to spends 13 Million Dollars to build a beautiful park and public garden around a water fall you have never seen, trust us. And they didnt. Mr. May,or, i waited until i was reelected to take this on. It was a tough sale because people didnt know the water fall was there. We were tibel remove the bridge and i have the next picture and created falls park. You only see a slice of it here, but the is a beautiful pedestrian suspension bridge where there was once a 4 lane high way. There is about 20 acres in the park t. Is a lush guardsen and what you dont see and do see people and they enjoy it all the time, it is the center piece, but what you dont also see in the picture just a few yards from main str