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From YouTube: From City Hall - Larry McAtee OKC Ward 3
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Riverpark Neighborhood Association gears up for the their annual summer projects, Riverpark Rehabs 2012. Improvements in the Riverpark neighborhood now exceed well over 100 completed home rehabilitation projects and volunteers-partners continue to share in the work.
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A
subsidiary
of
Chesapeake
Energy
and
each
employees
required
each
year
to
donate
at
least
four
hours
of
their
time
to
community
service.
There's,
there's
multiple
projects
out
there
that
we
can
choose
from
I
had
heard
through
the
grapevine
over
at
Chesapeake
that
River
Park
neighborhood
was
needing
some
help.
I
myself,
love
getting
into
construction
projects,
so
I
got
a
hold
of
a
25
to
30
guys
in
our
group,
and
they
all
agreed
that
they
thought
it'd
be
fun.
So
this
will
be
our
third
year
to
get
involved
and
what.
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It'll
depend
on
the
project
list
that
we
that
were
able
to
support,
but
some
of
the
projects
are
smaller
projects.
We
may
get
five
or
six
people,
but
some
of
them
will
be
as
many
as
25
or
30,
so
I
think
in
the
in
years
past.
You
know
we
could
count.
You
know
several
dozen
people
a
year
that
would
come
over
now
in.
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B
Really
really
excited
about
this
year
because
of
the
past,
and
I
can
tell
you
Larry
the
quality
of
life
that
these
gentlemen,
what
their
teams
have
supported
us
in
riverpark
for
a
person
that
can
be
on
the
inside
of
their
home
and
can
literally
be
looking
outside
through
broken
glass
through
walls
that
are
falling
down.
They're,
not
it's
not
safe
for
them
to
enter
into
a
room,
because
the
floor
is
going
to
collapse,
underneath
them
to
not
be
able
to
go
out
on
their
back
porch
because
there's
not
a
porch
there.
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It's
gone
it's
broken
down,
and
you
can't
put
that
into
words.
I
mean
you're,
talking
about
a
quality
of
life
for
individuals,
the
it
there
at
the
end
of
their
journey
in
life
and
there's
no
resources
for
them.
You
know
there's
waiting
lists
that
they
can
get
on
through
different
agencies,
but
oftentimes
we
see
that
they
reach
the
end
of
their
life
before
they
get.
You
know
to
the
end
up
to
tell
it's
their
turn,
so
we
just
try
to
move
their
turn
up
a
little
bit.
Well,.
B
The
age
range
is
from
62
to
90
years
old,
so
we
have
a
13
projects
that
we
want
to
try
to
accomplish
this
year,
and
you
know
we've
never
been
able
to
not
reach
our
goal.
So
we're
determined
we're
going
to
reach
that
again
this
year.
That
will
bring
our
total
projects
to
date
to
over
a
hundred
and
twenty
projects
that
we've
completed
over
seven
years
now.
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Know
I
was
thinking
this
morning
as
I
was
driving
down
to
the
studio.
I
was
looking
at
the
Devon
tower,
often
the
horizon
and
what
a
great
accomplishment
that
is,
but
I
was
thinking
back
of
what
you
all
have
accomplished
with
the
help
of
companies
like
Dell
and
Hodges
trucking
the
lives
that
you've
been
able
to
touch
and
a
hundred
and
twenty
projects
over
the
last
seven
years,
I
think.
B
It's
an
amazing
number
and
even
though
that's
a
huge
number
councilman,
if
it
were
just
one
project,
the
difference
for
that
person
for
the
quality
of
life
that
it
gave
them
and
the
dignity
that
it
gives
them
back,
it's
not
about
the
numbers,
it's
about
the
person
that
you
can
make
a
difference
in
their
life,
and
you
know
that
there's
no
resource
for
them!
That's
what
it's
about!
What
it's.
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B
There's
always
a
need,
of
course,
for
many
all
of
these
projects,
the
homeowners
and
they
don't
have
defense.
So
we
have
to
raise
funds
for
those,
and
we
do
fundraising,
you
know
we're
not
always
we
try
really
hard
to
raise
funds
or
self
in
our
neighborhood,
but
things
money.
Of
course,
donations
of
paint
of
materials
shingles
are
very
expensive.
We
have
a
roofing
job
that
we
want
to
do
this
year,
so
anything
to
help
with
materials.
That's
awesome,
paint
paint
goes
a
you
know.
The
any
contribution
of
paint
would
be
wonderful,
interior
or
exterior
paint.
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B
A
B
Can
contact
neighborhood
alliance?
Neighborhood
alliance
has
supported
River
Park
projects
for
seven
years
now
they
can
contact
Georgie
or
Laura
over
there.
She
can
help
with
a
pass
through
donation
that
just
needs
to
be
earmarked
for
River
Park.
A
hundred
percent
of
those
funds
go
directly
towards
our
rehab
projects.
Now.
B
Councilman
I
wish
that
I,
if
the
viewers
can
know
what
it
means
for
someone
who
knows
that,
that's
not
going
to
happen
for
them
and
to
see
those
projects
happen.
What
these
guys
do
is
incredible,
because
there's
not
a
long
line
waiting
for
someone
to
reach
out
and
help
them
and
for
what
they
do
I.
You
know,
I
can't
put
into
words
that
I
get
really
emotional
about
that,
because
I
know
where
they're
at
in
their
life,
and
so
it's
it's
a
really
big
thing.
I'm.
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Involvement,
oh
sure,
some
of
these
guys
have
never
had
the
opportunity
to
volunteer
I.
Guess
you
always
have
the
opportunity-
maybe
never
taken
it
before
so
for
the
company
to
allow
us
the
time
to
go.
Do
this
it's
it's
really
changed.
Some
of
our
guys
lives
to
be
able
to
help
out
like
that.
It
really
you
know,
and
even
though
they
set
aside
for
hours,
many
of
us
put
in
way
more
than
that,
because
we're
going
to
be
there
till
the
job's
done.
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Know
it's
interesting.
A
lot
of
people,
think
of
an
energy
company
and
all
they're
interesting,
is
the
bottom
line
in
dollars,
but
your
company,
through
chesapeake,
your
employees,
have
to
spend
four
hours
a
year
on
community
involvement
yeah
at
least
yeah.
Is
that
off
the
clock
or
on
the
clock?
That's
on
the
clock.
That's
on
the
clock.
I
think
that's
an
important
distinction.
It
is
well.
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B
B
Amazing,
it's
just
awesome
everything
you
would
be
the
difference
that
they
can
make
and
it's
such
a
perfect
fit
for
us,
because
some
of
the
projects
that
dell
helps
us
with
throughout
the
year,
whether
it's
through
the
food
pantry
or
food,
giving
delivering
appliances
there's
things
that
the
people
from
dell
can't
do
that
hodges
can
come
in
and
do
with
their
heavy
equipment.
So
it's
a
perfect
perfect
fit
it's
a
perfect
match.
So
it's
just
it's
been
wonderful.
B
A
B
Call
it
a
rebirth
because
it
was
a
neighborhood
that
was
considered
blighted
and
the
city
of
oklahoma
city.
We
were
kind
of
off
the
map,
but
working
through
corporations
like
with
Hodges
and
dale
on
Chesapeake
flint,
co,
I'm
working
with
nonprofits
Community
Action,
rebuilding
Together
networking
with
neighborhood
on
city
of
Oklahoma
City
with
you
councilman
we've
been
able
to
turn
that
neighborhood
around
it's
no
longer
a
blighted
neighborhood,
it's
a
friendly
neighborhood.
We
have
a
wonderful
beautiful
park.
We've
received
grants
from
the
Oklahoma
City
Community
Foundation.
B
Know
it
was
great
the
Westside
Rotary
Club,
they
were
awesome.
They
helped
sponsor
that.
For
us,
Eminem
tile
was
another
one
of
our
sponsors.
We
had
over
300
kids
there.
It
was
a
beautiful,
a
beautiful
day,
beautiful
children
out
there.
It
was
wonderful.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
wonderful
friends
that
want
to
see
our
neighborhood
succeed.
Whether
it's
you
know
the
little
kids
are
the
the
seniors.
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B
One
of
our
senior
residents
is
disabled,
and
this
will
be
our
third
year
working
on
her
project
when
we
went
into
her
home
three
years
ago,
when
she
allowed
us
in
one
of
the
things
that
I'd
like
to
say
is
those
seniors
don't
come
to
us.
They
never
asked
for
help
and
we
get
that
through
word
of
mouth
or
maybe
their
neighbor,
that
you
know
this
person
could
really
use
some
help,
and-
and
that
was
what
we
found
out
for
her-
the
walls
the
house
hadn't
been
touched.
In
50
years,
the
sheetrock
was
peeling.
B
A
B
A
Is
really
awesome
guys,
thanks
for
coming
thanks
for
what
Hodges
trucking
through
Chesapeake
is
doing.
Thank
you
for
dell.
You
guys
have
been
great
citizens
in
town
Gina.
Thank
you
for
your
efforts.
You
know,
I'm
reminded
this
past
Sunday
I
taught
a
lesson
about
the
Good
Samaritan
and
folks.
If
you
want
to
see
three
good
Samaritans
there,
they
are
right
there,
justin
and
Hodges
Dell
and
Chris
and
Gina
you
and
the
folks
at
riverpark.
God
bless
you
as
you
continue
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
our
citizens
and
I
hope
you've
caught
their
passion.