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Renard Johnson: “We can do better than putting 60,000 people or 600,000…”

Featuring: Renard Johnson, Mayor of El Paso | Texas

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Mayor Johnson outlines 2026 priorities at El Paso 'State of the City' address

Published | Video Starts at 43:49

But why are we going to deprive this community of having something that every other community has? The Clyde Warren Deck plaza in Dallas, the number one tourist destination in the city of Dallas. We can do better than putting 60,000 people or 600,000 people in downtown El Paso with the green space as small as this stage. We're better than that. We can do better. And that's the opportunity I see for this community. And that Deck Plaza we've only begun. (43:49–43:59)

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Asserts that current green space in downtown El Paso is inadequate for its population.

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