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From YouTube: Charles Carroll Community Center Groundbreaking - March 1, 2022

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That's close enough good morning, everybody.

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Welcome to march.

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Fat tuesday, I mean whatever you want to call it. You know, uh got a couple folks coming down yet.

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uh First of all, I want to thank everybody for uh braving the elements a little bit out here.

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It's gonna get better. It is march the first and uh participating in something that uh not.

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Just me, but the community and a lot of other folks have been uh wishing for and working for.

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For quite a few years and uh the day's finally here and I'm very happy that it is so while it.

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May be a little chilly out. It's pretty warm in my heart for the community today for this project.

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Starting off, I think we would all be remiss if we didn't just take a moment. There's a lot of.

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Tensions in the world right now, there's a heck of a lot going on on the negative side. So I would ask.

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If we'd all just take a moment of silence uh to keep in your thoughts and prayers, uh the folks.

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Not only in ukraine, but the surrounding areas that are going through some tough times right now,.

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Thank you all very much uh again. It's it's! It's an honor to lead to lead this uh brief groundbreaking.

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Okay, I'm going to keep it brief and again thank everybody for attending. I want to recognize some.

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Of my colleagues here today, without them we wouldn't be here, and I want to thank them.

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Specifically, I'm going to start off with carroll county. Commissioner, president uh ed rostein.

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You can applaud for him uh vice president dick weaver.

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Commissioner, dennis frazier.

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Commissioner, eric boucher- and I think most of you know me, uh commissioner, steve lance couple.

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Other electeds that are here, I'm uh I'm, excited to see mayor pro tem of tonytown, joe vigliotti.

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Very good friend of mine uh from westminster city council, caroline, oh, wait! A minute kevin dehove.

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Any other electeds that I missed speak now forever hold your peace.

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Oh dancing, she's and you're you're taller than I did, I'm sorry and from uh tony town town council.

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uh My my good friend and I think he's a relative of mine dan haynes, yeah yeah. So there's that.

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Our county administrator, who has kept this project in my in the front of my mind when.

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I've been yelling and screaming, and everything else and telling me to calm down. I want to thank.

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Her as well she's here this morning, roberta windham. Thank you very much for all your help.

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So quick brief history here, as most of you know, uh there was a building here constructed in 1929.

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And then uh there was a previous structure here that was here in 1921 that was destroyed by.

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Fire in 1928 in 1950 an addition was put on and then in 1973. A second edition was constructed.

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So that remained in place for quite some time and then uh some things occurred.

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And uh the board of education and carol made a decision uh to close three schools, and I spoke.

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About this, in my state of the county address, uh we have worked extremely hard to turn. What was.

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Negative three negatives into three positives. uh Again, I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge.

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My good friend and colleague dick weaver, who has worked tirelessly on north carol as well. That's.

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Going to be another great community venue up there, dick and congratulations to you and your community.

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uh Again, it's going to be both of these places are going to be something to be very proud of.

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uh After the decision was made uh to um to close this building, uh there were a lot of things.

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That occurred, we had some walk-throughs for the community, so folks could remember and reminisce.

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Students, teachers, family members, all all participated in that.

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And perhaps that was the first day that was ingrained in my mind about how that was part of.

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The glue of this community and how that needed to come back here in whatever form uh it needed to be.

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So here we are, and uh again I want to thank quite a few people.

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I want to thank a gentleman who's no longer with us, but who was uh a mentor to me.

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And was just a great individual and that's uh our former public works director.

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Scott moser uh scott passed away um last year and um scott was just an incredible individual and.

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Scott and I would burn the midnight oil talking about what needed to occur here and that will.

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Be forever ingrained in my mind as well so scott to you, I know you're looking down and.

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Thank you uh for your passion for this project. Kirk angle, where's kirk, this guy right here.

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uh Kind of took that passion and ran with it as well. Kirk has a lot of family ties here.

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And uh understands what needs what needed to happen here? We couldn't have found a better.

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Person to step up and take this project on so kirk to you, your family and everybody. I.

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Cannot, thank you enough. Thank you very much for all that you've done to make this day happen.

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There's quite a few folks here from my silver run: union mills advisory committee.

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uh That still is a group that's been put together uh that was put together about two years ago and.

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uh They also worked tirelessly to make sure that something occurred here and there was.

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Just not an empty lot so to those thank you very much that are here and I'll reach out to them.

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Later on, personally as well, I have a gentleman here who I also well all the rest of my public.

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Works folks are here: um I'm going to have um is jeff here. Casting away. Did I see there's jeff, I'm.

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Going to have him uh introduce a couple of those folks or eric I'm going to have eric do that, but.

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First, I have a gentleman here that also put his heart and soul into this, uh and he's got um he's.

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He's here and he's gotta leave soon for another uh another thing that he's gotta be participating in.

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So I wanna give him a chance to say a few words. We knew when we went into this project that we.

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Needed community involvement, we needed somebody to keep everything together and we picked a liaison.

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And kirk you eric jeff, you all remember when we decided to do that and we found a guy who again.

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Took this project and ran with it so derek if you'd come up here, please uh derek ludlow was the.

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Community liaison for this project- and I want to give derrick uh a chance to say a few words here.

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And thank you very much for all that you've done, sir. Of course,.

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Good morning everybody, so I just you know as a community member and somebody with young family.

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uh Two kids in the community here, five and nine and gonna- be here hopefully, for you know the next.

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Hundred plus years as the previous building was, I was honored and it was a privilege to be. You know.

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Able to sit at the table with the commissioners, the architects, the general contractor selection.

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Kirk eric your staff, everybody involved. I just want to say thank you from all of us that are here.

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It certainly meant a lot to realize that you know we weren't really left in the weeds.

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And to be forgotten that once the brick and mortar went down, there was a lot more to it.

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And it is a lot more than just brick and mortar. You know, I know my family looks forward to.

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What the next 100 years is going to be here on this site really honored, like I said to.

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Be a part of it very supportive of of all of you folks here under this pavilion today and.

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Everybody throughout the county, steve. Thank you. I know it's been something that you've pressed on.

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I know a little thing: name, coveted kind of got in the way and slowed some of us down.

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But we kept trucking and uh you know I truly do appreciate that and you know I just hope.

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That this becomes the next anchor to us here at silver run in union mills community, and we can.

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Start bringing folks back up, you know to this beautiful area supporting what we have around.

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Here so thank you all for being in attendance and thank you guys for your help and support.

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Okay, uh now I'd like to introduce our deputy director of public works, mr eric burdine.

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Good morning, everyone border commissioners, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,.

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It's an honor for me to be here this morning to celebrate the beginning of the construction of.

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The new charles carroll community center- this is an important project for silver run community will.

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Serve as a place for all members of the community to gather and enjoy a variety of sporting events.

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And community activities for many decades to come a project like this absolutely cannot be, cannot.

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Happen without the hard work and dedication of so many people in the forging of great.

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Partnerships, first and foremost, this project will not be possible without the support of the board.

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Of county commissioners, commissioner, lance has been a great champion and leader on this project,.

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From the very beginning, secondly, but just just as important, I would like to thank the silver run.

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Community for their time and input as we work to develop a project that best serves the community.

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I also thank you for the abundance of patients. You showed my team and I, while waiting for this.

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Day to finally come special thanks are owed to derek ludlow, who served as a community liaison.

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To the county staff and design team, as we developed this project from raw ideas to.

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A finished product on paper, I'd like to thank our architectural team member architects and engineers.

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And their consultants for the countless hours they have spent in the architectural engineering design.

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Development and permitting of this project I'd like to thank our internal partner agencies.

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That collaborate with the bureau of building construction.

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During design justin mcdonald, bureau, chief of facilities and his team mark ripper director of.

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Technology services and his team and jeff degetts, director of recreation and parks.

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And his team I'd also like to thank our internal staff from the county.

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County administrator, roberta windham, director of public works, jeff cash, castingway bureau.

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Chief of building construction, john bowers, laura myers and stephanie haynes for providing hours.

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Of support to accomplish everything involved in moving the project forward to where we are today.

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Kirk engel project manager for the charles carroll community center project.

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As commissioner lance pointed out, kirk was the perfect choice for this project.

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His deep roots in the community have translated into passion for this project, as well as passion.

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For getting it right, this passion, I am sure will serve to contin, will continue to serve him well,.

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While we're providing oversight on the construction of this very important.

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Carroll county project finally like to highlight the partnership formed with north point builders.

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Ken wingate and his team have been incredibly dedicated to this project from the moment, the.

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Big documents hit the street and have continued that dedication through pre-construction.

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I am 100 confident that north point builders will complete this project with the care and.

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Quality construction, this community and this community center deserves. Thank you.

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All right, our director of public or.

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Director of parks and rec jeff daggett's jeff, if you'd come up, please.

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Good morning, everyone it is cold, but it is a great day. I can't tell you how excited we are to.

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See this project moving forward carroll county has long valued, providing recreational opportunities.

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And in this community it's a little bit different because it is a little isolated. You don't have the.

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Population that you may have in some other areas, but you also shouldn't- have to travel very far in.

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Order to enjoy those opportunities. Good example of this is about 40 years ago, the county put.

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Tennis courts in on this school site that was pretty much unheard of at an elementary school.

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Those courts remain and they have recently been refurbished. So I am thrilled to see this project.

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Move forward and to have the community center coming. I have a lot of good memories of attending.

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Rec, council meetings and yes, most of those memories are good, not all, but most of them are and.

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It'll be great to have a building here for those activities to continue. I too would.

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Like to thank the board of county commissioners for their support and funding of this project,.

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Also, the funding of the renovations we recently renovated the fencing on the ball fields.

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The basketball court and the tennis courts and we have a new playground that has been ordered.

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And it will be coming this summer, so all the outdoor amenities will be completed and that.

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Will line up with this new community center very nicely so happy to see a former school.

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Transformed into a park with a great community center, so thank you to everybody.

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For involved and again, thank you to the county commissioners for their support, appreciate it.

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Okay, a couple quick things before we put shovels in the ground. um Most of you will remember that.

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This building was demolished in 2018. uh That's the same date that we picked uh the architectural firm.

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That was spoken of of neymar, architects and engineers. The concept plan was presented to.

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Planning and zoning in 2020 project finally put out to bid in 2021 north point builders.

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Who were wonderful to have uh partners with here and they'll, probably get sick of? Seeing me.

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uh Was was chosen for the project and uh now we're getting started here in march of 2022.

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So um I just wanted to touch on on some of that uh a little bit just to remind folks of how far.

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We've come so, while this polarizing decision to close the school certainly affected the.

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Community, the decision that I and my colleagues have made has now turned it into a positive.

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And out of the gate, I recognize that not only was the previous school building that stood here.

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A valuable piece of history, but it was also the glue that held this community together.

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It certainly wasn't an easy journey.

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From the state highway administration that told us we needed to put two or three more lanes in.

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Down here we fought through that and came up with a great decision that that's not necessary. Now.

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To the fiscal responsibilities of building a new building in carroll, that included many discussions.

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Many debates to a pandemic that delayed almost every step along the way.

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But the push continued and I, along with staff, kept the gas pedal down, and here we are.

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Again, I want to thank all those who were responsible and you know I want to. I also.

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Want to thank those who pushed back on this project, they were loud not only on social media.

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Where it seems these days, you can pretty much say anything. You want without any consequences.

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To the negative in-person comments that some of us received made at various meetings.

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To the no votes along the way, I want to thank you for reminding me.

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That it's not about the money or personal opinions. It's about people.

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And this groundbreaking today proves that positivity is still alive and well so I, along with.

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A lot of my friends that are here today, those that aren't here but will certainly be here in droves,.

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When we see the doors open, we all look forward to the progress that that is happening here today and.

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What's going to happen uh with this community building as it begins to rise, I'm glad that we.

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All embrace this project and the excitement that lies ahead for not just silver run union mills.

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But the entire county and beyond, because this building will have amenities that many people.

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Will be able to take advantage of, and I'm sure all of you will find yourselves here for some event.

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At some time in your lives, so thank you very much again for being a part of this. um It's.

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Been a long journey and uh manor, we all breathe in a sigh of relief, and I gotta tell you I gotta.

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Just share this one quick story: uh there were many times that I walked in. On the second floor,.

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To the department of public works and at one point I think I said to kirk and john.

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Bowers perhaps was in the room, I know dean leister heard me. Jeff heard me casting away eric heard me.

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I said this project doesn't get off the ground and I'm not walking into this project at some.

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Point in the near future, you all need to pack your boxes, put your boxes away.

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Thank you all very much. I appreciate it so um we're gonna do some we're gonna. Do some.

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uh Ceremonial shoveling, now uh before the my good friends from north point, fire up.

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The machines and get rolling here. uh What are we thinking about time-wise here, mr northpoint.

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We'll see what we can do, ed ed, you got a ed know, any bricklayer.

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Well um again, uh we'll see how the project goes, but we're all very excited about it and.

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We're gonna all watch the project as as then as we.

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So there you go so again. Thank you all very much um right now. I need my colleagues up here.

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uh The commissioners, if you come up here and put your hats on please.

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