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Mayor Wu attends the annual Emerald Necklace Conservancy Party in the Park at the Franklin Park Playstead in Roxbury, a fundraiser to support and maintain the Emerald Necklace, a 1,100 acre park system spread throughout Boston.
A
A
You
have
heard
me
say
this
before:
there
is
no
dispute
that
trees
give
life,
they
give
us
oxygen,
they
give
a
shade
and
they
give
us
Beauty
the
emerald
necklace
as
we
fits.
Its
name
is
beautiful,
but
all
beautiful
things
need
care,
and
sometimes
they
need
repair
right
now.
The
muddy
river,
which
winds
through
the
fence,
is
getting
some
extra
love
and
attention.
As
you
know,
it
goes
right
by
the
shadow
of
our
great
museums.
B
B
B
Thank
you.
We
are
here
today
here
and
forever
forevermore
for
this
fantastic
cause,
the
health
and
well-being
for
everyone
who
touches
Boston
and
brookline's
emerald
necklace
through
your
generosity
and
the
raffle
and
the
paddles
up,
which
is
the
supported
need,
which
is
about
to
happen
a
little
bit
later.
Today.
We
work
together
to
repair
and
take
care
of
the
emerald.
Necklace
parks
for
everyone
to
enjoy
here
are
some
things
that
we
can
look
forward
to
together.
B
We're
making
sure
that
people
from
all
over
the
city
are
able
to
come
to
a
valuable,
healthy
place
to
be
those
are
the
1
100
acres
of
the
emerald
necklace,
Boston's
Emerald
necklace
makes
up
almost
half
of
Boston's
Parklands,
so
this
is
the
system
that
needs
your
help
and
can
do
the
most
for
our
city.
I
want
to
give
a
deep
thank
you
to
the
city
of
Boston
parks,
department,
hello,
Ryan
was
Mariano
him
and
she's
wearing
I'm
a
white
Hammond.
B
B
Is
to
wardy
later
this
evening
later
today,
but
I.
Really,
this
work
is
really
truly
a
partnership
between
these
three
agencies
and
the
Conservancy
one
more
page,
I
promise
I
want
to
thank
Ben,
Taylor,
our
board,
chair
and
our
Board
of
advisors,
our
board
of
directors
and
our
Board
of
advisors,
who
help
make
all
of
this
work
possible.
B
I
want
to
say
that
since
we
were
last
together,
we
had
an
amazing
year
with
our
Olmstead
now
program,
we
celebrated
his
homestead's
Bicentennial,
with
Boston's.
First
machine
burn,
an
indigenous
ceremony
for
the
first
in
400
years.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
members
of
The
Olmsted
now
committee
I'm.
Also
all
right,
I
want
to
say.
B
If
you
can
think
about
how
much
these
Parks
mean
to
you,
how
much
they
meant
to
you
during
covid
I
want
to
ask
you
to
think
about
what
you
can
give
think
about
your
best
gift,
many
of
you
today.
Maybe
you
can
support
the
Conservancy
to
a
hundred
dollars
for
a
thousand
dollars
ten
thousand
dollars.
It
depends
on
each
of
each
of
us
doing
what
we
can
and
I
really
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
be
here.
A
I
promise
you,
we
only
have
just
one
brief
item.
We
just
have
one
brief
item
left
before
we
let
you
enjoy
your
lunch.
You've
heard
me
mentioned
climate
change.
Our
honoree
today
is
focused
on
that
Big
Challenge
here
to
introduce
the
lift.
Spirit
award
is
Dr
Olivia,
lith,
Collins
and
state
senator
Nick
Collins.
C
So
when
Nick
learned
we
were
giving
the
award
to
Gina
McCarthy,
he
was
so
excited
and
I
felt
there
was
no
one
that
would
be
better
to
speak
to
Gina's,
just
really
incredible
accomplishments
that
we've
really
been
learning
about
as
we've
prepared
for
this.
So
it's
really
fun
to
introduce
my
wonderful,
precious
husband,
the
sender
for
the
first
Suffolk
District
Nick
Collins.
C
D
D
D
D
D
Thank
you,
but
what's
great
about
Gina
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
with
her
earlier
she
hasn't
lost
her
common
touch.
She
has
connected
the
big
work
that
she
has
done
to
the
everyday
lives
of
people.
She
has
probably
impacted
in
pursuit
of
the
main
goal
of
public
service,
helping
the
most
people
you
can
and
that
she
has
done
100
times
over
through
her
time
in
Academia,
private
practice
and
public
service,
ensuring
that
we
have
a
healthier
Planet.
So
please
give
a
warm
Boston.
E
F
F
G
Look
and
I
want
to
thank
Karen
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
at
the
emerald
necklace
Conservancy,
not
just
for
the
work
you're
doing,
but
for
letting
me
to
be
a
small
part
of
it.
I
love
being
home,
I
love,
the
emerald,
necklace
I,
have
to
say
it's
an
amazing
and
honestly
for
me.
I
am
here
because
one
of
my
heroes
is
actually
being
honored
tonight.
Justine,
Liff
and
I.
Don't
want
to
talk
to
her
too
much
because
I'll
get
a
little
bit
teary-eyed
because
we
work
together.
She
was
the
epitome
of
a
public
servant.
G
She
worked
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Is
tough
love
baby.
You
go
to
community
meetings,
people
are
going
to
tell
you
what
they
want,
what
they
need
and
what
you
ought
to
do
and
she
would
just
stand
up
there
and
she
was
the
epitome
of
Grace
and
dignity.
She
was
what
you
want
people
to
be
who
are
in
government
today.
She
was
a
lovely
smart,
passionate
woman
who
did
great
things
for
this
city,
because
she
didn't
just
think
of
pox's
places
to
go,
walk
and
have
fun.
G
G
You
know
I'm
lucky
enough
to
live
across
the
street
from
Jamaica
pond
I'm
down
the
street
from
the
Arboretum.
If
you
haven't
seen
the
lilacs,
you
better
hurry
and
a
pretty
short
walk
from
Justine's
precious
muddy
river
God,
Only,
Knows
Why,
any
River
was
called
muddy,
but
she
loved
it
and
I
feel
so
privileged
to
wake
up
every
morning
and
to
see
the
most
beautiful
sight
ever.
It's
the
pond
as
it
begins
to
come
to
life,
is
the
people
who
start
early
in
the
morning
to
go
out
jogging
the
little
geese
who
started
honking.
G
G
And
what
you
realize
right
away
is
that
is
it
a
cultural,
Melting,
Pot
I,
don't
know
anything
that
most
of
the
people
are
yelling
to
their
kids,
but
I
get
the
point
because
they
yellow,
when
they're
going
too
far
in
front
of
them,
when
they're
starting
to
run
over
and
attack
the
geese
when
they're
looking
for
the
turtles
and
can't
see
them,
but
it
is
a
sort
of
the
epitome
of
of
what
the
city
of
Boston
stands
for.
It
stands
for
openness.
It
stands
for
Equity.
It
stands
for
nature.
G
It
stands
for
actions
that
we
need
to
do
to
protect
one
another
moving
forward.
That's
what
brings
this
city
to
life?
That's
what
we
all
work
for!
That's
why
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
is,
unlike
any
other
state,
that's
why
we
have
leadership
today,
like
the
ones
that
are
sitting
here
right
now.
They
know
what
it
means
to
be
a
public
servant
and
they
are
serving
each
and
every
one
of
us
and
at
night,
when
I,
look
at
the
pond,
all
I
look
at
is
I,
see
the
sun.
G
So
today
and
every
day,
let's
try
to
be
generous
with
our
donations
to
keep
this
city
beautiful,
to
keep
our
Emerald
necklace
shining
like
an
emerald
ought
to
shine,
and
let's
remember
that
our
pox
are
part
of
the
overall
nature
that
we
need
to
bind
together,
that
we
need
to
work
on,
because
it's
not
just
a
nice
place
in
Green
Space.
Folks,
all
of
you
out
here
chatting
think
about
what
we
need
to
do
together,
not
just
to
eat
together,
but
to
act
together.
F
G
Need
to
keep
ourselves
healthy,
we
need
to
develop
a
clean
and
healthy
and
sustainable
environment
for
all
of
you
for
your
kids
and
your
grandchildren.
This
is
what
we
work
for
each
and
every
day.
This
is
what
Justine
left
would
have
worked
for
each
and
every
day
and
God
knows
we
all
wish
she
was
sitting
here
joining
in
this
celebration.
We
know
what
we
have
to
do
in
a
fish
climate
change
together,
move
it
forward.
We
have
the
leadership,
we
have
the
leadership
and
Governor.
G
F
E
F
A
Here
next
year,
okay,
one
more
thing,
as
you
know,
each
year
we
waffle
off
something
spectacular
for
you
to
help
forward
the
vision
and
the
preservation
of
these
green
spaces,
and,
as
we
remind
you,
not
every
city
has
this
go
to
another
modern
city.
You
do
not
see
the
green
like
this
anyway,
this
year
we
are
not
raffling
off
an
item.
We
are
raffling
off
an
experience
and
at
the
risk
of
sounding
like
Stefan
from
SNL.
A
A
We
know
it's
really
hard
to
be
quiet
when
it's
so
wonderful
to
see
your
beautiful
friends
in
this
beautiful
setting,
but
I
want
to
remind
you
that
part
of
the
magic
of
this
event
is
that
it
has
always
been
attended
by
the
mayor
of
Boston
back
to
Tom
Menino,
and
this
has
been
a
tradition.
That's
been
unbroken
and
I
am
really
delighted.
Today,.
A
To
introduce
mayor
Michelle
Wu,
not
just
because
she's
the
mayor,
but
because
everyone
asks
me
every
day
how
my
sister
is
doing.
Thankfully,
it's
not
my
daughter,
but
my
sister
Michelle
woo,
so
we're
just
sisters
from
another
mother
anyway,
we
are
so
honored
that
once
again,
our
event
is
graced
by
the
mayor.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
H
Congratulations
to
our
hometown,
champ
and
National
Global
Climate
leader
Gina,
McCarthy
great,
to
see
you
always
with
the
Red
Sox
hat
in
every
occasion.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
and
we're
so
proud
to
see.
The
legacy
of
Justine
meet
Liff
continued
on
with
the
very
very
committed
and
dedicated
leadership
of
our
Parks
commissioner
Ryan
wood.
So
thanks
to
Ryan,
mariama
and
everyone
from
our
team
have
a
wonderful
day,
have
a
wonderful
afternoon
and
know
that
what
you
are
doing
to
support
our
Parks
is
making
a
difference
for
generations
to
come.
Thank
you.