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From YouTube: Jeep Jones Park Reopening
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Welcome to the newly renovated Jeep Jones Park! Mayor Wu joined the Parks Department and members of the Jones family to cut the ribbon on this remodeled park in the heart of Roxbury.
Jeep Jones was a lifelong community advocate, proud resident of Roxbury, and the chair of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (now BPDA) for 24 years.
B
B
My
name
is
Ryan
Woods
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
the
parks
commissioner
for
the
city
of
Boston.
We're
excited
to
be
here
today
to
celebrate
This
1.2
million
dollar
renovation.
I
want
to
thank
Lauren
Bryant
on
our
team
for
who
has
been
involved
for
several
years.
She's
been
doing
all
the
community
meetings
and
been
engaged
so
Lauren.
Please
raise
your
hand
I
want
to
give
a
round
of
applause
she's
over
by
the
panel
over
there.
B
B
The
fun
thing
about
this
park
is
there's
so
many
elements.
If
you
haven't,
got
to
take
a
look
on
the
downward
stairwell
there
and
at
the
Overlook
you
can
see
another
renovated
playground
down
there
for
zero
to
two
in
two
to
five
year
olds,
as
well
as
a
five
to
twelve
year
old
playground
behind
us
and
I'm
happy
to
say
this
is
one
of
our
64
water
features
across
the
city
that
are
working
right
now
and
functioning
to
cool
people
off
in
the
summer
season.
B
We've
added
interpretive
signage,
there's
the
zero
to
twelve
two
to
five
and
five
to
twelve
playgrounds.
You'll
see
a
new
cement
ping
pong
table
tennis
over
there,
as
well
as
refurbished
chest
tables
in
the
in
the
seating
area,
renovated
the
basketball
courts.
I
think
this
is
one
of
our
our
best
logo
in
the
city.
I
I
can't
Jeep's
logo.
If
you
haven't
seen
it
on
the
middle
of
the
court
with
the
logo
of
an
actual
Jeep
logo.
B
It's
great
and
it's
one
thing
that
we
love
to
show
around
the
city
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
in
Jeep's
family.
That's
here,
I
know
Wanda's.
Here
his
grandkids
are
here
his
sister
Jackie's
still
here
and
all
of
his
friends
who
are
here
with
us
to
celebrate
in
this
renovation,
as
well
as
members
of
the
Somali
Community,
who
have
been
very
engaged
in
helping
us
advocate
for
more
money
for
this
park
to
have
a
better
playground
at
the
lower
level.
So
thank
you
to
everyone
in
that
Community.
B
It's
now
my
pleasure
to
introduce
our
biggest
Advocate
somebody
that
can
be
found
in
the
parks
on
a
daily
basis
with
her
kids,
whether
she's
they
are
celebrating
the
fireworks
last
night
throughout
or
going
to
every
single
event.
That's
happening
around
the
city.
It's
my
pleasure
to
interview,
introduce
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
mayor
Michelle,
Wu,.
C
Good
morning,
everyone-
and
please
join
me
in
giving
a
huge
round
of
applause
to
commissioner
Ryan
Woods,
the
entire
parks
department,
our
energy
environment,
open
space,
Chief,
rubber,
mariama
white
Hammond,
everything
that
they
do.
It's
we're
so
lucky
that
Boston
is
a
city
where
we
can
have
all
of
the
diversity
and
creativity
that
comes
from
population
and
people
being
able
to
to
live
close
together,
but
that
we
also
have
the
the
treasures
of
open
spaces
and
parks
and
playgrounds
and
water
features
that
are
are
painstakingly
renovated,
maintained
and
kept
up.
C
And
so
we
know
it's
a
it's
a
ton
of
work
that
goes
into
this
whole
process
and
we're
so
grateful
for
all
of
them.
I
want
to
also
Echo
the
thanks
to
Lauren,
who
has
been
the
prime,
the
project
manager.
It's
it's.
You
know
you
think,
about
the
complexities
of
planning
buildings
and
other
things
that
get
a
lot
more
attention,
but
Parks
really
can
be
especially
Parks
like
this
one,
where
there's
so
many
different
elements
meant
to
connect,
so
many
different
parts
of
our
community.
C
The
process
of
how
we
engage
and
bring
people
together
is
is
just
as
if
not
more
important
for
our
open
spaces,
so
thank
you
to
Lauren
and
her
entire
team
I
also
want
to
recognize
Senator
Liz
Miranda,
who
is
here.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Councilor
Aaron,
Murphy
I
know
we
will
likely
be
joined
very
shortly.
We
were
just
at
the
same
event.
Together
a
few
minutes
ago,
we'll
probably
be
joined
shortly
by
councilor,
Tanya,
Fernandez,
Anderson
and
and
Council
Julia,
Mejia,
so
I
know
they'll,
be
stopping
by
soon.
C
C
Thank
you
thank
you
and,
of
course,
Miss
Wanda
and
the
entire
family
were
so
thankful
for
all
of
you
and
for
the
Legacy
that
you
also
continue
to
bear
today.
We're
here
to
celebrate
not
only
a
beautiful,
newly
renovated
public
play
space
for
our
young
people
and
families,
but
to
remember
honor
and
to
hold
with
the
deepest
gratitude
the
legacy
of
a
man
who
shaped
not
only
this
neighborhood,
but
our
entire
city,
Clarence
Jeep
Jones
was
many
firsts.
C
C
Today,
it
has
been
an
honor
to
partner
with
the
Jones
family,
on
this
project
and
I'm
so
thrilled
to
have
been
able
for
the
city
of
Boston
to
partner
with
everyone
to
create
a
park
worthy
of
Jeep,
Jones's
name.
That
will
extend
his
legacy
of
promoting
black
Joy
well-being,
health
and
opportunity
in
our
city
for
generations
to
come.
So,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
all
that
you
do
we're
so
excited
to
see
this
part
already
in
great
use
and
that
it
will
remain
in
great
use
for
generations
to
follow.
A
Good
morning,
everyone
I
am
that
Chief,
so
I
don't
just
get
up
and
speak
like
that,
but
I
will
say
a
few
words
since
the
mayor
and
the
commissioner
have
thanked
everybody.
I
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
coming.
Thank
everyone
who
has
something
to
do
with
honoring
Jeep's
memory
and,
like
all
great
leaders,
you
never
know
what
people
do
until
you
find
that
later
so
I
kind
of
met
Jeep
in
1980
on
the
heels
of
all
a
lot
of
political
stuff.
He
was
not
Deputy
Mayor,
he
was
not
at
Yak.
A
A
What's
your
name,
I'm
Rudy,
well,
I'm
Junior,
Jones
of
all
the
people
that
passed
him
by
they
had
just
said:
hey
and
left
him
sitting
on
the
step.
But
you
stopped
and
introduced
himself
and
said,
come
up
to
my
Clubhouse,
which
is
on
his
mom's
back
porch
and
his
mom
made
them
homemade
donuts
and
everything
like
that
and
that's
who
Jake
was
he
loved
people
and
he
loved
the
city
and
he
showed
it.
He
acted
out.
He
didn't
talk
about
it.
A
People
used
to
ring
our
bed
and
say:
oh,
it
wasn't
for
Mr,
Jones
I,
don't
know
where
I
would
be
today
and
I
said.
Who
are
you
and
G
for
go
down
and
he
would
say:
well:
okay,
I'm
glad
I
helped
you,
but
he
wouldn't
even
know
he
didn't
know
who
he
helped.
He
just
helped
people
and
he
used
to
say:
I
can
open
the
door
to
get
you
in
there.
He
and
jacket
both,
but
you
got
to
keep
yourself
in
there.
A
A
D
Let
us
bow
our
heads
and
give
reverence
to
the
god
that
you
serve
Our
Father,
who
art
in
heaven.
We
thank
you
for
this
beautiful
day
that
you've
made
and
we're
going
to
rejoice
and
be
glad
in
it.
We
thank
you
for
the
man,
the
myth
and
the
legend
of
Roxbury
in
Boston
who
serve
this
community
with
honor
and
distinction.
D
We're
grateful
for
this
beautiful
day,
we're
having
Smiles
upon
the
rededication
of
this
part
and
Lord.
We
pray
for
those
that
use
this
park
where
they
sense,
even
more
so
your
presence
as
they
play
as
they
walk
as
they
sit
as
they
enjoy
these
beautiful
surroundings
and
through
what
may
they
understand
what
it
means
to
give
back
to
the
community
in
which
they
live
now.
D
May
the
Lord
bless
you
and
keep
you
making
space
to
shine
upon
you
and
may
his
grace
be
sufficient
for
you,
and
we
are
grateful
for
his
wife,
his
family
and
even
for
the
mayor
and
the
city
that
has
spent
resources
to
make
this
park
as
beautiful
as
it
is.
We
give
you
the
grace.
We
give
you
the
honor
and
we
give
you
the
thanks
in
my
son's
name:
I
pray,
let
everybody
say:
Amen,
say
man
again,
shout
it
out.
God
bless.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
We've
had
a
lot
of
Engagement
in
the
community
throughout
the
process
and
a
lot
with
the
Somali
community,
and
we
now
like
to
bring
up
Liv
and
Diwali
to
help
speak
on
behalf
of
the
community,
and
she
was
very
helpful
in
getting
a
large
crowd
today
and
helping
us
fly
and
get
the
word
out.
So
thanks
for
all
the
help,
and
please
welcome
living
Diwali.
E
Good
morning
everyone
accent,
so
thank
you
for
everyone
for
coming
deep
Jones
has
been
a
home
to
a
lot
of
us.
I
grew
up
playing
basketball
here,
so
it
is
wonderful
to
see
them
renovation.
It's
amazing
to
see
that
the
culture
is
engraved
in
it.
It's
a
safe
space
for
a
lot
of
the
Somali
Community.
Here
some
of
us
come
all
the
way
from
Cambridge
just
to
meet
with
our
friends
here.
So
it's
not
just
for
the
Roxbury
Community.
It's
the
Somali
Community
all
over
Massachusetts
come
here
and
to
hang
out
here.
E
E
So,
thank
you
to
parks
and
recs.
Thank
you
to
the
mayor's
office.
Thank
you
to
everyone
that
was
involved
in
making
this
happen.
Thank
you,
John's
family
and
thank
you
to
mama
fardoso.
She
was
like
a
big,
huge
involved
and
advocate
for
making
this
happen,
having
the
culture,
the
language
and
the
colors
involved.
As
you
all
know,
from
our
last
press
level
that
we
had
where
phonetics
have
blown,
so
we
really
appreciate
the
blue
color
of
the
basketball
court.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
for
coming.
B
We
I
want
to
highlight
again:
Mr
does
all
the
work
that
she's
done
for
the
past
three
years,
trying
to
advocate
for
additional
budget
dollars
to
try
to
make
sure
we
have
translations?
We
have
interactive
panels,
so
all
the
work
that
she
has
done.
We
I
don't
think
she's
here
with
us
today,
but
we
greatly
appreciate
all
the
efforts
that
she
put
into
the
project.