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From YouTube: Ramsay Park Ribbon Cutting
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Commissioner of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department Christopher Cook and others cut the ribbon at the newly renovated Ramsay Park in the South End.
A
A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
thank
you
so
much
welcome
to
the
beautiful
renovated
Ramsey
Park.
Give
yourselves
a
round
of
applause
for
joining
us
here
today,
and
how
about
a
huge
rev
up
lies
for
all
these
kids
behind
us.
They
are
the
reason
that
we
renovated
this
park
and
we're
so
excited
that
they're
joining
us.
This
is
an
extraordinary
space
named
after
an
extraordinary
person
in
an
extraordinary
neighborhood.
We
are
so
grateful
to
be
here.
A
A
It
gives
me
great
honor
to
also
serve
as
the
parks
Commissioner
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
that
role
and
it's
even
more
of
an
honor,
to
introduce
the
next
speaker,
a
great
friend
to
open
spaces
in
the
city
and
in
fact,
every
year
that
he's
been
in
office,
he's
actually
expanded
the
parks
department
budget.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
a
warm
South,
End
Roxbury
welcome
for
the
mayor
of
Boston
Martin,
J
Walsh,.
B
Thank
you
Chris,
and
let
me
just
stop
stop
by
thanking
Chris
and
all
the
parts
recreation
staff
to
see
it
today.
They've
done
an
incredible
job.
Let's
give
them
a
round
of
applause.
Did
an
amazing
job.
B
I
want
to
thank
Commissioner
sterling
from
our
office
of
veteran
services.
I
want
to
thank
captain
Dave,
Ramsey's,
family
and
friends
that
are
here.
I'm
gonna
talk
more
about
Captain
Ramsey
in
a
few
minutes.
I
want
to
thank
the
neighborhood.
That's
here,
captain
Sweeney,
let's
here
with
us
today.
Thank
you
very
much
to
the
young
people
that
challenged
me
in
the
city
a
couple
of
years
ago
that
some
of
you
were
here.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
walked
through
this
park
22
years
ago
and
we
walked
through.
This
is
a
journey
area.
B
B
All
of
those
things
I
want
to
thank
the
young,
because,
without
your
advocacy
and
for
the
press,
the
young
people
contacted
me
and
they
wanted
to
talk
about
their
parking
and
how
bad
it
was,
and
we
came
down
here
and
we
did
a
tour
and
we
walked
around
and
we
made
a
commitment
at
that
point.
To
put
some
money
in
the
budget.
I
think
it
was
a
million
bucks
in
the
budget.
B
At
that
point,
and
eventually
the
the
project
went
up
to
over
two
point:
1
million
dollars
renovation
to
have
more
trees
in
this
product
that
public
art
in
this
park
more
ways
to
play
the
playgrounds
for
kids
with
all
abilities,
so
they
can
come
in
here
and
enjoy
themselves.
These
young
people
behind
me
and
in
front
of
me
are
the
benefactors
of
what's
happening
here
today
in
this
park.
B
B
This
park,
obviously,
is,
is
a
place
to
play
and
a
place
for
families
to
come
and
enjoy,
and
it's
it's
named
after
a
local
hero,
David
Ramsey,
captain
Dave
Aranda.
You
grew
up
in
Roxbury.
He
played
in
these
streets
in
the
neighborhood
he
set
track
and
field
records
in
his
high
school.
He
went
on
to
serve
his
country
in
Vietnam
where
he
died
in
action.
B
This
Park
is
named
after
him
for
not
just
what
he
did
as
a
hero
for
this
country
and
for
this
neighborhood,
but
reflects
his
legacy
in
giving
back
and
helping
others
and
that's
what
a
parks
all
about
it's
about,
giving
back
to
the
community.
It's
about
allowing
young
people
the
opportunity
and
old
people,
older
people,
the
opportunity
to
to
go
and
relax
and
enjoy
themselves
and
to
have
a
safe,
good,
clean
place
to
be
able
to
go
and
enjoy,
and
that's
really
what
this
all
about
and
I
want
to.
B
Thank
the
captain's
legacy
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
so
when
you
think
about
when
you
think
about
the
captain-
and
you
think
about
all
the
advocacy
when
you
think
about
this
Park
think
about
think
about
a
man
who
grew
up
in
Roxbury
who
hung
on
the
same
streets
that
a
lot
of
us
did.
Who
once
is
something
maybe
the
same
high
school,
that
some
of
us
did
that
played
sports.
The
way
that
we
do
went
on
to
fight
for
the
country.
B
This
investment
also
makes
a
big
difference
in
our
communities.
Last
year
we
announced
the
largest
have
a
capital
Park
funding
budget.
We
are
truly
building
a
world-class
City
last
weekend.
I
would
weekend's,
who
I
missed
it,
but
in
the
basketball
courts
behind
that
here
there
was
a
guy,
that's
somewhat
famous.
You
know
he
was
Michael
Bivins
with
Sierra
T
and
his
basketball
tournament,
going
on
and
I
think
he
played
some
music
and
you
know
Michael,
Bivins
and
and
and
when
he
was
with
new
addition.
B
Our
kids
also
that
grew
up
in
this
neighborhood
in
these
neighborhoods
and
they
ran
around
the
streets
of
Boston
and
Roxbury
and
they
went
on
to
do
some
incredible
things
within
their
music
career
and
they
changed
the
way
that
musics
that
happens
and
they
they
came
up
I,
don't
say,
want
to
be
called
the
boy
band,
but
they
were
a
boy
band
back
in
the
day
and
they
really
did
some
incredible
things.
So
I
want
to
thank
Michael
Bivins
as
well,
because
he's
helping
us
continue
to
build
a
world-class
park
system.
I.
B
I'm
not
gonna,
talk
that
long,
because
the
young
people
behind
me
could
care
less
what
I'm
saying
all
they
want
to
do
is
get
on
TV
and
if
you
can
help
us
with
that,
the
news
stations
please
help
us,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
lastly,
couple'a
settees.
Thank
you
to
Chris
Cook
and
the
parks
department.
B
Thank
you
to
Commissioner
sterling,
the
veterans
office,
think
it's
the
entire
community,
but,
most
importantly,
this
is
a
park
that
got
renovated
because
a
bunch
of
young
people
saw
something
in
the
neighborhood
that
wasn't
working.
That
was
broken,
that
wasn't
inviting
that
wasn't,
allowing
people
to
come
in
and
enjoy
this
place
and
they
did
their
civic
responsibility.
B
They
contacted
their
elected
official,
they
contacted
me,
we
sat
down,
we
talked
about
it,
we
put
it
in
the
budget,
and
this
is
because
of
your
hard
work,
because
if
one
of
you
just
saying
an
idea,
we
should
contact
somebody
about
what's
going
on
here
and
if
you
didn't
do
that,
we'll
probably
sin
in
a
different
part
today
having
a
different
conversation.
So
thank
you
to
all
the
young
people
for
your
great
advocacy.
A
Thank
you
such
so
much
Mary
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
mm-hmm
and
then
I
also
want
to
shout
out
our
Deputy
Commissioner
Frieda
Harris
is
here
as
well
as
well
as
Ryan
woods
or
other
Deputy
Commissioner.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
very
grateful,
as
the
mayor
said,
to
the
community
activism
that
resulted
in
this
space
and
here,
representing
them
as
Sarah
and
Brent,
who
actually
coordinate
with
st.
Stephen's
on
the
youth
program.
So
if
you
could,
please
welcome
them
to
the
microphone.
Thank
you.
So
much.
C
C
They
remembered
shooting
out
of
a
window
over
there
into
the
park.
They
remember
finding
needles
on
the
ground
and
they
didn't
want
us,
bringing
our
young
people
here
from
our
after-school
program
and
our
summer
program
right
from
that
building
over
here
didn't
feel
safe,
walking
them
over
here.
So
we
walked
10
blocks
into
the
nicer
better
resource
parks
in
the
South
End
and
played
there
for
years
and
in
the
summer
of
2015,
the
young
people,
as
Mayor
Walsh
said
and
Commissioner
Cook
mentioned,
decided.
They
wanted
to
do
something
about
that.
C
Sprinkler
area
is
right
right
now,
when
we
painted
those
tiles
to
put
up
on
the
fence
and
ask
the
mayor
and
the
city
for
some
investment
of
resources
in
this
neighborhood,
and
they
committed
to
this
beautiful
renovation
that
we
all
now
get
your
experience.
And
so
this
past
summer
many
of
the
young
people
who
are
part
of
the
original
crew
that
asked
for
this
to
change,
got
to
enjoy
the
results
of
their
work
and
got
to
bring.
C
In
some
cases,
because
they're
gonna
be
renovating
the
buildings
and
it's
not
guaranteed
that
they'll
be
able
to
move
back
in
and
not
guarantee
that
they'll
be
able
to
move
back
in
at
the
same
rents
that
they
can
afford.
And
so
many
of
our
young
people
who
fought
for
this
improvement
in
their
community
are
now
on
the
are
at
risk
of
being
pushed
out
of
this
neighborhood.
C
A
Sara
Brent,
thank
you
so
much
and
as
she's
talked
about,
she
talked
about
the
renovation
of
this
park,
but
the
mayor's
commitment
actually
extends
beyond
this
when
you
think
about
just
the
renovations
that
we've
doing
in
the
past
few
years.
It's
just
in
this
neighborhood
alone.
Harriet
tubman
park,
titus
feral
park
this
park,
Carter
playground
in
partnership
with
Northeastern
right
down
the
street.
This
whole
neighborhood
is
transforming
its
open
space
because
of
leadership,
partnership
and
community
advocacy,
and
we're
very
grateful.
We're
also
very
grateful
in
our
city
to
have
extraordinary
leaders.
A
D
D
So
today
we
celebrate
the
space
and
pay
tribute
to
his
patriotism,
deep
values
to
family
and
country
and
community
and
I
care,
encourage
everyone
here
to
take
the
time
to
read
his
story
right
along
the
walkway
around
that
corner,
where
his
portrait
and
his
story
is
etched
in
stone
for
everyone
to
see
that
we
lost
him
too
soon.
It's
days
like
today
that
his
spirit
and
legacy
lives
on,
and
we
can
be
proud
to
stand
here
and
celebrate
and
honor
his
legacy
of
a
local
hero.
So
again,
thank
you.
D
A
E
E
A
Thank
you
so
much
a
few
more
quick
thank-yous.
Our
project
manager,
Nate
Frazee,
he's
not
able
to
join
us
today,
he's
not
feeling
that
well,
but
if
he'd
give
him
a
round
of
applause
for
the
Boston
parks
department,
he
worked
really
hard
on
this
I
gotta.
Thank
the
amazing
designers,
Stantec
they're,
absolutely
amazing,
who
would
have
ever
thought
of
a
water
feature
that
could
also
be
a
skateboard
park.
That's
fantastic
Stan
Tech
did
a
great
job
and
our
contractors
Fleming.