Mattie Parker: “We're still a city of a million people.”

“The other thing I think that's very critical that our businesses need to know is that we're preparing from an infrastructure standpoint and from a public safety standpoint. Because let's be honest, We're still a city of a million people. We still have to function, even though you have all these visitors coming into the city. But thanks to the really amazing effort by visit to pull everybody together as A coalition along with our city resources.” (03:54–03:56)

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