I started out working on this project when I was an Austin City Council member, and when it started running out of money and was maybe not going to get built in this amazing way because they were a little short, We brought home a $4 million appropriation from the federal government. And now we have this. This is what we all deserve. And in a time where it feels like so much is going wrong in our country today, shows us the celebration, shows us the amazing things we, when we work together. (00:42–00:47)
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