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<v Speaker 1>My Billy Cunningham, the Great America, and welcome to this

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<v Speaker 1>door is great Friday afternoon in the Tries day, Reds

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<v Speaker 1>Baseball kicks off about seven forty. Tonight they win the

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<v Speaker 1>night they're back to five hundred, which is think goal.

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<v Speaker 1>Get the five hundred and then may take care of itself.

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<v Speaker 1>As you may know, this has been one season in

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<v Speaker 1>the past ten on May the first, the Reds had

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<v Speaker 1>a winning record. So let's drive toward May first and

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<v Speaker 1>see what happens. But more importantly, big news conference about

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<v Speaker 1>an hour ago with Tracy Schwegman at the banks and

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<v Speaker 1>many others. The police were there, the business owners were there.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a big conclave, and Tracy Schwegman, welcome again

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<v Speaker 1>to the Bill Cunningham Show. And first of all, Tracy,

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<v Speaker 1>what is the deal? What was agreed upon to improve

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<v Speaker 1>the security at the banks because of all the shootings

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<v Speaker 1>that have been down there, it's been bad for business.

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<v Speaker 1>I talked to more and Jim Moorean quite often not

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<v Speaker 1>a good situation. The Reds were not happy. So what

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<v Speaker 1>do we do as in response to some of the

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<v Speaker 1>violence that banks?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, Bill, thanks for having me. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that we've always tried to do

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<v Speaker 2>down here at the Banks is being a good partner

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully a partner with some solutions. And one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that we've been talking about for almost two

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<v Speaker 2>years now, and really in the last year and a half,

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<v Speaker 2>it's really been something we've been focused heavily on is

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<v Speaker 2>how do we improve the environment for that twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>and up crowd. The reality is after ten pm down here,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly in the pedestrian plaza, the offerings are only geared

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<v Speaker 2>towards those that are twenty one enough, and so how

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<v Speaker 2>do we make certain that is a fun, safe, vibrant

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<v Speaker 2>area for those that are twenty one and up? And

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<v Speaker 2>so we spend a lot of time looking at other

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<v Speaker 2>entertainment districts around town and around the country, and how

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<v Speaker 2>do you stands up something like a twenty one and

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<v Speaker 2>up environment, what's the right time to do it, what

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<v Speaker 2>are the right days over week? And most importantly, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do we have stakeholder support and how do we fund it?

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<v Speaker 2>So that took some time, quite frankly, to get us

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<v Speaker 2>to this point, and we were grateful that we have

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<v Speaker 2>the support of the city and with the Mayor's Office

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<v Speaker 2>of City manager's office is a police department. So as

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<v Speaker 2>our large stakeholders, like the Reds and all the businesses,

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<v Speaker 2>to do something like this starting our talents to start

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<v Speaker 2>at May first and ideally on a weekend when the

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<v Speaker 2>Reds were not in town. So that put us back

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<v Speaker 2>to this weekend April twenty fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell me what the plan is. When I see

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<v Speaker 1>the most recent to armed robbery, it was bad for business.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine if you're one of the businesses down

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<v Speaker 1>there that's publicized. It's a big deal. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>meetings being held. What is the plan? Tony Bender loves

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<v Speaker 1>going down there at ten or eleven o'clock at night,

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<v Speaker 1>loves going to the banks and prowling around. What is

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<v Speaker 1>the plan starting? I guess I guess starting tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, starting receiving. What folks will encounter is on both

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<v Speaker 2>ends of the pedestrian plaza you will see some bike racks.

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<v Speaker 2>They have banners on them that talk about, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the new rules and measures for Friday and Saturday evenings

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<v Speaker 2>from ten pm to two am. It'll be a collection point.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to enter that part that plaza area,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to have to doc comes through a central

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<v Speaker 2>check in point. There will be private security there that

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<v Speaker 2>will be looking at your photo ID to make certain

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<v Speaker 2>you are in fact twenty one years old, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you meet the requirements, you can come on in. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll still have to get checked at the individual establishment

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<v Speaker 2>that you might be wanting to enter. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>are twenty one and you don't want to enter an establishment,

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<v Speaker 2>just want to be in the plaza, you can certainly

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<v Speaker 2>do that. But the hope is that it will continue

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<v Speaker 2>to foster a positive fun environment for those that are

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<v Speaker 2>of a certain age after a certain point in time

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<v Speaker 2>in the evening.

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<v Speaker 1>So Tracy's swagman of the bank. So what is the

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<v Speaker 1>problem with somebody would tap on your shoulder and say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm unaware of all the violence happening at the banks.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me what is what? Why are you doing this?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the underlying problem?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we want to make it well. We want

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<v Speaker 2>to encourage folks to still come down here. We want

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<v Speaker 2>them to feel like they're coming to an environment that

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<v Speaker 2>has some controls, that have some safety components associated with it.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is something actually we've done as a private stakeholder.

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<v Speaker 2>Canmunity not only this initiative, but other initiatives that we've

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<v Speaker 2>done and put in place over the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 2>We've added cameras, we've added enhanced lighting. We have worked

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<v Speaker 2>at the police to look at a lot of our

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<v Speaker 2>plantings in the planters and lower the profile though so

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<v Speaker 2>there's some clear sight lines from one end to the other.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of different measures that we've put in

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<v Speaker 2>place as a private community to try and help foster

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<v Speaker 2>a safe environment. You know, we can't solve all the

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<v Speaker 2>problems down here, and a lot of them are quite

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<v Speaker 2>frankly beyond our scope and beyond anything that we can

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<v Speaker 2>quite frankly control. But we certainly want to do our

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<v Speaker 2>part to provide the best customer environment we possibly can.

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<v Speaker 2>And we think that this is a good and valuable step,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're grateful to you know, the city and the

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<v Speaker 2>CPD for granting us special permission to do these things

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<v Speaker 2>in the public plaza on Friday and Saturday evenings.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, a little Bertie told me that it cost

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand dollars to do this on two nights

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<v Speaker 1>a week with four hours. Is that number about correct?

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<v Speaker 1>And who pays for it?

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<v Speaker 2>That's about right. This initiative will cost us about a

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<v Speaker 2>quarter of a million dollars to do over the next

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<v Speaker 2>six months. It's all yeah, it's all privately funded.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's funded by what we affectionately call down here

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<v Speaker 2>are AHOA, our private stakeholders. You know, it's not just

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<v Speaker 2>the retailers that are that are paying into it, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's also you know, the apartments, it's it's the hotel,

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<v Speaker 2>it's all of those private property earners in between the

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<v Speaker 2>two stadiums that believe this is an important measure to

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<v Speaker 2>put in place, uh and should add some value to

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<v Speaker 2>the safety and security of the neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 1>For those who may not know what happens on a

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<v Speaker 1>warm Friday or Saturday night without this door district being

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<v Speaker 1>bicycle racked off, what is happening there? For those who don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, well, I think you know what we've found over

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<v Speaker 2>the last handful of years is, you know, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>fun place to be. It's an attractive fund environment and

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<v Speaker 2>that needs it attracts folks that are not twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>years old as well. We see a lot of youth

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<v Speaker 2>down here, young kids, really young kids, uh, you know, teenagers,

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<v Speaker 2>pre teenagers, and while you know, you know, we welcome

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<v Speaker 2>those folks during the daytime. The reality is at a

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<v Speaker 2>certain point in the evening, the activities down here are

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<v Speaker 2>geared towards twenty one and up, and it's just not

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a place to play and hang out. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's uh. I think that's part of the

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<v Speaker 2>reason why you've even seen the city put in place

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<v Speaker 2>some special measures to try and give those kids someplace

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<v Speaker 2>positive to go spend their evenings rather than hanging out

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<v Speaker 2>in a city environment that's really not geared for them.

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<v Speaker 1>I think last week I had on Ken Cove, or

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<v Speaker 1>sergeant with the CPD, head of the union. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>there's one hundreds some evenings, thousands of kids smoking pot

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<v Speaker 1>looking for the next person to rob.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that a fair description, Well, Kim would probably know

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<v Speaker 2>better than I am from a law enforcement standpoint, that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's for sure. But it's certainly in you know, activity

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<v Speaker 2>that we would discourage. You know, certainly of today's you

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to see kids engaging in that, and

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<v Speaker 2>we certainly don't want to provide an environment that fosters

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<v Speaker 2>that behavior. You know, we want to make certain that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, that's not happening in our neighborhood and hopefully,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, with the other measures perhaps that the city

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<v Speaker 2>has put in place with pools being open and rec

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<v Speaker 2>at night and some other things, that those folks will

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<v Speaker 2>find a more productive environment to have fun and engage

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<v Speaker 2>in more age appropriate activities.

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<v Speaker 1>And the kids doing this are not exactly customers anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>there are sixteen fourteen. It's not going to hurt business

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<v Speaker 1>at all, is it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not, and we actually hope it'll improve business. And

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<v Speaker 2>we're grateful that, you know, our business owners are on

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<v Speaker 2>page with that, our private property owners, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>apartments in the hotel, and frankly, our large venues you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like the Reds and the Bengals are are in supportive

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<v Speaker 2>of this initiative as well. They have been great vocal

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<v Speaker 2>supporters and strategic partners and thinking about how to put

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<v Speaker 2>something like this in place.

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<v Speaker 1>You're also involved with a heritage bank center. It's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a decrepit structure, been there about forty some years,

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<v Speaker 1>and the powers that be have determined that that may

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<v Speaker 1>may not be the best place for the indoor arena.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Birding, your friend TQL and FC wants to move

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<v Speaker 1>that arena over buy music hall across the street. Would

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<v Speaker 1>that be a problem from your perspective?

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred percent. We think that the best place for

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<v Speaker 2>a new modern arena is the banks. The existing footprint

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<v Speaker 2>is the perfect place for it. A new modern arena

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<v Speaker 2>with eighteen to twenty thousand seats and modern amenities does

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<v Speaker 2>sit at the Banks. In fact, it's probably the most

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<v Speaker 2>cost effective location, and studies have shown that cost studies

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<v Speaker 2>have shown that it's actually the most cost effective location

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<v Speaker 2>by simply the fact that you've got a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the public infrastructure already in place. You've got the transit center,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got the interstate exits. You've got the existing sewer

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<v Speaker 2>systems and electrical grids and all those things that support

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<v Speaker 2>large venues like that already in place, so you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to recreate that someplace else. The Bank's handles. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not uncommon to have these three of these venues happen

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time, and we managed to flow people

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<v Speaker 2>in and out of this environment without much trouble. So

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<v Speaker 2>we've truly and firmly believed that on the merits, the

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<v Speaker 2>existing location of the Heritage Bank Center is the best

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<v Speaker 2>location for a new modern arena that I think everybody

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<v Speaker 2>has now reached the point of believing that can be

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<v Speaker 2>a valuable contributor to the city's economic future. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>a new, new, new modern arena has great economic benefits,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that's an exciting place to be from

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation standpoint. That there's that acknowledgment, we just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we will continue to advocate that the Banks is the

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<v Speaker 2>best location for it.

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<v Speaker 1>Tracy, why is it important for it to be there

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to maybe off the city core? And secondly,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to address the issue of how unique the

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<v Speaker 1>Banks are between the Bengals and the Black Music Hall

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<v Speaker 1>of Fame, and throw on top of that all the

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<v Speaker 1>Banks projects in the Heritage Bank, the Great American Ballpark.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it's an incredible area and many cities don't have that.

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<v Speaker 1>And we can't let that fall down because of a

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<v Speaker 1>few hundred kids that don't know how to behave It's

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<v Speaker 1>got to be. How unique is the Banks in Toto.

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<v Speaker 2>It's incredibly unique. You know a lot of people don't

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<v Speaker 2>get the folks from thirty years ago enough credit and

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<v Speaker 2>actually envisioning this and putting it into place. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they contemplated the floodplain. You know, we just encountered flooding

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<v Speaker 2>and all of these businesses were open and just fine.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they built this thing out of the floodplane.

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<v Speaker 2>They were quite they quite forced quite the foresight and

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<v Speaker 2>building it the way they did. You know, they trenchport

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<v Speaker 2>Washington away. They put in the Transit Center. This was

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<v Speaker 2>built as an entertainment district. It was designed to do

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what it does. And I will tell you what

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<v Speaker 2>I hear most frequently from folks that come in town

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<v Speaker 2>supporting the out of town team, whether you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>the Reds are playing the Pirates or the Bengals are

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<v Speaker 2>playing the Bills. Out of town folks love the Banks.

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<v Speaker 2>They are astounded at what we have down here, and

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<v Speaker 2>they can't wait to come back. Folks love to come

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<v Speaker 2>here from out of town because of what the Banks

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<v Speaker 2>offers them. It's like it's a walkable downtown that they

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<v Speaker 2>can they can go from the stadium to a bar

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<v Speaker 2>or a restaurant and it's all right here at their footsteps.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a fun, walkable environment, and folks are are They

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<v Speaker 2>love coming here, and sometimes we don't appreciate that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>being local and and just it's part of our daily lives.

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<v Speaker 2>But you really do gain some appreciation for it when

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<v Speaker 2>you hear out of town ors sing the praises of

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<v Speaker 1>Tracy Schwegman of the Banks. Lastly, it's tonight ten o'clock.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone's not paying attention to radio television. They're going to

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<v Speaker 1>run into what tonight at ten o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to run into bike racks with signs on

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<v Speaker 2>them reminding folks that this is now twenty one and

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<v Speaker 2>up environment from ten pm to two am. They're going

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<v Speaker 2>to run into security, private security. They'll be checking their IDs,

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<v Speaker 2>and we hope folks remember to bring their IDs. And

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<v Speaker 2>we look forward to welcome you folks to a fun,

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<v Speaker 2>fun environment down here at the Banks twenty one and

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<v Speaker 2>up ten pm to two am.

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<v Speaker 1>Tracy Swegman of the Banks, thanks again for coming on

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<v Speaker 1>the Bill Cunningham Show. May God bless you and God

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<v Speaker 1>bless America.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Tracy, Thanks Bill, much appreciated.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's continue, and one might ask, I know

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<v Speaker 1>that Thigi has talked about this. I spoke to the

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<v Speaker 1>Chief of Police's to come on with me on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>and she said, where the parents are ware they how

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<v Speaker 1>do you have numerous hundreds of kids running around Shmail

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<v Speaker 1>Park and the banks on a summer's night without much

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<v Speaker 1>going on, and I would note off the air. She

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<v Speaker 1>told me, this is only Friday and Saturday and so

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. It's going to be,

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<v Speaker 1>shall we say, no idea required in the door district,

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<v Speaker 1>in front of in front of a great American ballpark,

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<v Speaker 1>in front of the Holy Grail. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the way things have been recently. And there's a police

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<v Speaker 1>station right there, right in the middle, and there's cops

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<v Speaker 1>right there in uniform CPD and Hamley County Sheriffs are there,

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<v Speaker 1>and these crimes are taking place despite that fact. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's put that in your computer and see what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>But the billions of dollars in investments in that area

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<v Speaker 1>cannot be fritted away because of the behavior of a

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<v Speaker 1>few children. Let's continue with more if a line becomes available.

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<v Speaker 1>Five one, three, seven, four, nine, seven thousand. Coming up

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<v Speaker 1>later will be Leland vide of News Nation. I'm watching

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of nights ago, and he spoke about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that he has autism, that he's autistic. He could

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<v Speaker 1>have knocked me over with a feather, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>he's got a book out of it to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it called Born Lucky. And I want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>Leland Viddert, who spent time on CNN and also Fox News.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's only forty two years old and he was

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<v Speaker 1>diagnosed when he was four or five years older with

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<v Speaker 1>autism and his journey is unbelievable. So if you know

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<v Speaker 1>a parent or a loved one that has this spectrum disorder,

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<v Speaker 1>pay attention. After one o'clock today, Leland Viddert will be here.

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<v Speaker 1>That's rom of the Reds, by the way, teeing off

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<v Speaker 1>tonight about seven forty in Denver. The Reds are one

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<v Speaker 1>game below five hundred. They win two out of three

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<v Speaker 1>or sweep Colorado when they should because that team stinks.

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<v Speaker 1>They won a total of four games this year, which

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<v Speaker 1>is not good. So let's continue with more. Bill Cunningham

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<v Speaker 1>News Radio seven hundred WW