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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 7
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Ward 7 Councilwoman Nikki Nice checks in on current activities, including what's available during wintertime, at RIVERSPORT Adventure Park in the Boathouse District.
Her guest is Mike Knopp, Executive Director, OKC Boathouse Foundation.
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A
Hello
from
City
Hall
I
am
Councilwoman
Nikki
nice
representing
Ward
7,
and
it's
always
fun
for
me
to
talk
about
Ward,
7
and
the
great
things
that
it
has
to
offer
him
right.
Now
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
river
sports
adventure
area
and
here
to
talk
more
about
that
representing
the
boathouse
foundation,
is
Mike
coming
up
hello,
hello,.
A
B
A
B
Well,
you
know,
like
we've,
we've
mentioned
before
this
is
really
kind
of
a
very
unique
differentiator
for
Oklahoma
City.
The
fact
that
kids
have
access
to
this
kind
of
amenity,
the
only
place
in
the
world
where
we
have
a
lighted
racecourse,
and
so
that
course
was
used
Saturday
night,
where
we
had
the
Youth
League
championship,
and
so
we
had
over
15
middle
school
and
high
school
teams
that
were
representing
schools
across
the
Metro.
B
But
you
know
specifically
like
us:
grant
a
South
East,
Santa,
Fe,
South,
Northwest
class
and
Mustang
Aztec,
there's
many
of
them
so
and
they
all
raced,
and
it
was
such
a
great
event,
very,
very
diverse
crowd.
People
that
have
never
necessarily
thought
they'd
be
at
a
rowing
event
before,
but
these
kids
just
did
great
and
it
was
just
a
beautiful
evening.
The
winners,
you
know
we
had
a
new
team.
South-Southeast
high
school
did
very
well.
B
B
A
There
and
even
the
fact
of
the
rental
spaces
that
are
available
too,
but
I
want
to
talk
more
about
just
kind
of
the
inception.
If
you'll
talk
about
that
how
this
came
to
be
as
far
as
this
area,
where
we
are,
and
then
we
had
him
at
E
study,
that
was
done
because
there
were
some
difficulties
that
were
happening
down
there
from
that
Matisse
study,
where
we
are
now
sure.
B
Well,
we
recognize
this
ditch
that
we
had.
You
know
back.
You
know,
20
years
ago,
it's
hard
to
believe.
It
was
that
long
ago
that
we
had,
we
were
sitting
on
a
very
unique
opportunity
for
Oklahoma
City
to
have
a
vibrant
urban
recreational
water
venue
and
and
just
from
where
I
came
from
in
the
world
of
rowing
and
water.
B
So
it's
really
powerful
we're
really
trying
to
send
the
message
to
parents
out
there
that
we're
sitting
on
this
world-class
resource
here
and
it's
open
to
everyone.
Regardless
of
your
ability.
You
know
whether
you're,
if
you
have,
if
you've
ever
played
a
sport,
it
really
doesn't
matter.
We
can
find
a
place,
there's
no
bench
here,
and
so
it
really
isn't
a
tremendous
opportunity.
I
would
say
to
that
at
the
event
on
Saturday
night
wait
administrators
came
from
different
schools
and
they
were
emphasizing
how
the
students
that
were
participating
their
grades
were
had
improved.
B
They
become
leaders
at
the
school
at
their
schools.
It
just
there's
a
lot
of
great
benefits
all
due
to
this
development
that
you
know,
because
of
the
momentum
around
the
building
that
first
boathouse
it
led
to
a
whole
boathouse
district
and
we've
got
cities
from
across
America
really
coming
to
learn
how?
How
do
we
do
this?
B
How
do
we
activate
the
river
in
this
very
unique
way,
and
you
know
part
of
that
has
created
you
know,
because
no
one's
ever
done
this
before
there's
been
challenges
along
the
way,
but
I
think
when
you're,
when
you,
when
we've
done
something
that
is
truly
getting
the
attention
you
know
of
really
the
world.
But
you
know
most
recently,
the
outdoor
industry
has
selected
Oklahoma
City
is
one
of
four
cities
in
America
to
focus
their
efforts
because
of
the
river
and
and
so
what
we're
really
trying
to
do
is
leverage
that
we've.
B
B
We've
had
increases
in
the
attendance
in
the
whitewater
facility
this
year
about
a
17%
increase
in
people
rafting
about
a
75%
increase
in
people
buying
passes
and
I've
said
for
a
long
time,
we're
in
the
culture
building
business,
we're
having
to
kind
of
create
an
outdoor
or
try
to
infuse
an
outdoor
culture
into
Oklahoma
City,
and
it
doesn't
happen
overnight.
But
but
we
think
Ron
on
our
way.
Well,.
A
B
B
Helped
well,
it's
helped.
You
know
it
is
a
very
seasonal
operation
and
part
of
it
has
to
do
with
these
are
outdoor
sports
on
the
river,
and
so,
but
we
do
a
lot
of
things.
In
fact,
we
really
encourage
people
to
come
use
these
beautiful
iconic
facilities
for
your
holiday
parties
or
your.
We
do
a
lot
of
team
building
I
mean
it's
such
a
great
opportunity
to
bring
your
co-workers
out
and
get
in
our
Olympic
training
site
at
our
rowing
tank
and
have
a
team-building
experience.
B
So
we
do
a
lot
of
those
things
you
know
throughout
the
year,
but
specifically
offseason
is
a
great,
is
a
great
time
we're
doing.
We
do
a
lot
of
fundraisers
for
not
only
our
nonprofit,
but
many
other
nonprofits
come
in
utilize.
Our
space,
we're
having
a
big
fundraiser
for
our
youth
program.
This
weekend
called
the
perfect
finish,
and
so
those
are
just
ways
to
generate.
B
You
know
support
for
this
nonprofit
mission
that
we
have,
and
you
know
we
have
plans
in
the
works
to
continue
to
kind
of
build
upon
kind
of
some
off
the
out
of
you
know,
offseason
programming.
You
know
we
started
this
year,
we
or
we
expanded
our
Halloween
offerings
with
a
program
called
event
called
River,
scream
and
and
that.
B
Know
I
have
to
try
everything
but
I
took
my
kids,
my
teenage
boys,
and
they
just
loved
it,
and
we
had
a
haunts
in
the
woods
there.
We
actually
have
a
wooded
area
and
we
partnered
with
our
friends
at
the
sanctuary
to
put
that
on
and
then
we
did
a.
We
took
our
sky
trail
and
turned
it
into
a
an
interactive
zombie
hunt
where
we
used
some
new
technology
was
like
a
laser
tag.
Experience
so
you
you
know
we
want
to
be
creative.
Coming
up
with
new
ideas.
B
B
You
know
because
of
you
know,
I
think
it's
one
of
the
best
places
to
watch
fireworks
over
the
river
and
and
just
getting
people
to
come
down
and
enjoy
again
something
that
is
truly
unique
for
Oklahoma
City,
our
REI,
the
retail
store
just
opened
this
week
and
we've
been
working
with
them
as
well
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
they
mentioned
about
coming
to
Oklahoma
City
was
due
to
this
kind
of
emerging
culture,
we're
creating
around
the
river
and
getting
people.
B
You
know
on
the
water,
but
not
just
on
the
water,
on
the
trails
and
just
getting
more
active,
and
so
we
think
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
opportunities,
as
we
continue
to
build
that
those
out
or
programming
that
are
year-round
and
and
having
partners
like
REI
and
then
also
our
new
partners
in
the
outdoor,
the
the
thrive
outside
initiative
that
we're
working
on
right
now
that
will
that
will
create
programs.
In
fact,
we
had
a
group
of
kids
from
the
YMCA
that
went
camping
last
weekend
in
the
Whitewater
Center.
A
B
B
B
Well,
we
have
about
over
a
hundred
acres
in
the
boathouse
district
and
starting
with
the
Chesapeake
boathouse,
which
is
on
the
far
west,
and
that's
our
community
boathouse,
where
all
of
our
youth
programs
and
our
corporate
programming
occurs
on
the
rowing
side.
Then
we
have
the
finish
line
tower.
The
Chesapeake
finish
line
tower
really
iconic
facility
marks
the
finish
line.
B
That's
where
all
the
timing
occurs
for
the
events,
but
there's
also
an
event
center
in
there
and
that's
where
people
gather
it's
a
great
place
to
watch
the
races
and
then
the
Devon
boathouse,
which
is
home
to
OCU
one
of
our
great
university
partners
and
there's
a
high
performance
center.
That's
the
Olympics
where
the
Olympic
hopefuls
train
and
we
have
an
indoor
rowing
tank
and
a
altitude
chamber
and
a
lot
of
random
things
have
happened.
There
like
American
Idol,
was
filmed
in
there
for
an
episode.
B
So
it's
just
a
great
event
facility
and
and
then
we
have
the
University
of
Central
Oklahoma.
It's
a
chk
central,
boathouse
and
I
got
to
give
them
props
that
they
are
the
national
champions
for
Division
two
rowing
right
now
and
they
feature
a
music
venue
and
an
art
gallery
in
there.
In
addition
to
it
being
a
boathouse,
then
we
have
the
adventure
area,
the
Scott's
Android
sky
trail,
the
slides,
a
zipline,
the
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
youth
zone.
B
B
You
know
the
tallest
dry,
slides
in
America
and
then
for
further
on
down.
We
have
the
White
Water
Center,
River,
sport,
Rapids
and,
and
that's
we
just
finished
our
third
full
season.
That's
a
8.2
million
gallon
pool
that
we
pumped
five
hundred
thousand
gallons
per
minute
to
create
world-class
whitewater
and
case
in
point.
You
know
it's
for
everyone.
B
It's
also
you
know
the
only
were
the
only
river
designated
in
the
United
States
is
in
the
US
Olympic
and
Paralympic
training
site,
and
so
that
encompasses
the
whole
area.
And
and
so
we
are
focused
on
helping
advance
the
program.
The
Olympic
program
for
Tokyo,
which
is
next
next
August,
believe
it
or
not,
and
in
fact
we're
gonna-
have
athletes
training
in
our
white
water
center,
while
we're
all
eating
turkey
on
Thanksgiving
they're
gonna
be
training
on
the
channels.
B
B
Will
make
announcement,
probably
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
but
we're
planning
on
that
coming?
We
we,
we
open
the
Whitewater
Center
in
2016,
with
the
Rio
Olympic
Trials,
and
the
difference
this
year
is
there's
usually
two
rounds,
we're
anticipating
having
both
because
of
the
quality
of
the
venue
and
the
course
so
so
we're
really
looking
forward
to
that.
All.
B
A
B
B
There
is
no
barrier
to
entry
for
for
people
who
would
like
to
give
this
a
try.
In
fact,
all
of
you
know
a
lot
of
the
schools
that
were
involved
in
our
youth
League.
They
do
that
at
no
cost,
and
so
we
provide
that
through
grants
and
partnerships
we
have
throughout
the
community.
If
people
are
interested,
they
can
go
to
our
website.
B
B
It's
a
four,
oh
five,
five,
five,
two:
four:
zero:
four,
zero
and
I.
You
know
I
want
to
emphasize
too
that
this
is
again
for
everyone
all
ages,
truly
intergenerational.
We
have
seniors
that
are
dragon
boating
and
we
have
you
know.
You
know
eight
year
olds
that
are
kayaking
and
everyone
in
between.
We
actually
have
a
mini
ropes
course
for
kids
that
are
young
as
three
years
old.
So
really
there's
something
for
everyone
and
it's
free
just
to
walk
around.
B
B
Think
it's
a
great
thing
for
the
community
and
and
I
think
it's
a
way
that,
as
we
build
and
bolster
our
outdoor
culture,
our
health
and
wellness
that
for
people
to
come
and
just
give
it
give
it
try
step
out
of
the
side
of
your
comfort
zone
a
little
bit
and
try
something
new,
because
we've
got
an
amazing
opportunity
here.
I.
A
B
A
Right
well,
this
is
Micah
nob
and
he's
joining
us
again
from
The
Boathouse
foundation.
So
we
thank
you
so
much
and
again
you
can
go
to
the
website
or
just
give
them
a
call.
Four.
Oh,
five.
Five,
five,
two:
four:
zero,
four
zero.
So
with
that,
we
are
from
City
Hall
I'm
Councilwoman,
Nikki
Knights,
representing
Ward
7,
have
a
great
day.