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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And we now bring in the Mayor of Louisville, mister
Craig Greenberg. Craig, how we doing on this Friday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I'm doing very well. I always love when it's hot
rod weekend. I own a nineteen seventy four Cadillac El
Dorado convertible white with red leather, So going out and
seeing the hot rods over the weekend is always one
of rachel My favorite things to do.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Yes, and it's another reminder with us being here in
the studios at four Street Live, they're prepared for a
bigger crowd this weekend, and certainly I would say that
event has a lot.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
To do with it.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
But yeah, there's a lot of vehicle It's such a
just to see how much work and how much of
a passion it is for these folks who own these
really really cool cars. So yeah, certainly exciting weekend here.
And we've got a big race tomorrow coming up, the
Mayor Thon Race Series race the Runway five point two
(00:51):
K similar to it to five K.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
But tell us a little bit about this race.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I know it's one of a few and it gets
started here and people can still sign up if they
want to.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, that's right, Nick. You know, I love to run,
and I have found that it's not just great for
physical health, but also for my mental health. And so
most days I wake up and I get an early
morning run in, and I just find that to be
a wonderful way to start today. And so I started
a Mayorthon race theories thanks to Planet Fitness, who's been
sponsoring this. The Planet Fitness Mayorthon. We have four runs
and the first one starts tomorrow. I know it's been
(01:23):
hot all week long, it looks like it's going to
be cool tomorrow, but it's a really cool event. I
wanted to try to find some race options where people
could go and do things that they otherwise couldn't do.
And this is literally you get to run on the runway.
That's right. Bowman Field closes down for about an hour
or so and the roughly five k race is on
(01:44):
the runway at bowman Field and it's not competitive. So
if you want, I mean, we'd of course time it
and we've got to finish your things. But if people
want to walk, that's okay too. We want to welcome
families and runners and walkers of all abilities all times
to just really enjoy the outdoors and to really have
a unique experience of running on an airplane runway. We
had the first one last year. This is the second one.
(02:06):
Registration's going great and it's a really cool event. My
entire family and I cannot wait for it. We have
some other three more events coming up over the coming
months as well as part of the Planet Fitness mayor
Thon Race series.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I totally agree with you when it comes to running
really being good for the mind. I enjoy running more
so for that aspect other than anything. Certainly helps keep
you in shave and whatnot. But when did you get
when did running become certainly just a a big thing
to you? Obviously you've done it for a long time,
and I know Louisville fan has really got a kick
out of you and Josh Hurd running together a few times,
in fact more than a few times.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
That was really cool to see.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Well, And I'll tell you also, I can't really run
with Josh anymore because he is far too far too
fast for me. He'll be having a full conversation and
I can barely get yes or no answers at when
we run together. He is an amazing runner, but we
are Josh and I are pairing up to teaming up
with U of L and US on the final race
of this Earth On Race series is going to be
(03:01):
a new one called Through the vill and so it's
going to be on a Saturday morning, I think it's
in November, where you're going to race through u of
l's campus, run through u of l's campus, or walk
through ul's campus. And so I'm excited to work with
Josh and U of L Athletics and the university on that.
But I started running in law school. I was up
in the Boston area and it happened to be the
one hundredth anniversary of the Boston Marathon, and so I
(03:23):
rode my bike with some law school friends to go
watch the Boston Marathon. And it was the one year
that you did not have to qualify for Boston. Normally
you do with a very fast time. This was the
hundredth anniversary. They took a lot of entries and I
saw a lot of people that looked far more out
of shape than me, even though I really wasn't in
shape running a marathon, and I said I could do this,
and I literally on my way back to my law
(03:45):
school apartment, I stopped off, I bought my first pair
of running shoes. I started running in Boston, and that
fall I ran the marathon. I ran in New York
City Marathon, and I ran two marathons at that point
in time in my life, the New York and Chicago Go.
I've been running ever since. No desire to do another
marathon right now. I love the minis each year, but
(04:05):
I've been running for over about twenty five years now.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I tell you what, I don't know anybody that has
ever trained for even a five k, and certainly a
mini or maybe a marathon that regretted it afterwards, because
you really challenge yourself to get prepared for it. If
in fact, you do prepare yourself for it, you're certainly
better off doing that.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
But yeah, I did the Triple.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Crown of Races a few years back and need to
get back into it. I won't be able to make
it this weekend, but I've been I've been encouraged by
some others to join these other races, and I think
I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Should be should be a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, definitely will come on out and I know you'll
love in particular through the zill one. That's all.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Well, absolutely so, I'm going to use this word. You
may not use it, but Louisville dominated the USA Today's
ten Best Attractions list, and I'm not totally surprised by this,
but to see that we are the only city that
can claim for our of our tourist attractions, essentially for
sports fans, is in this top ten with Churchill Down's,
(05:01):
Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, Muhammad Ali Center, and the
Kentucky Derby Museum. I would be curious, and I'm not
asking you to answer the question by any means, but
I don't know, people realize that we have some really
cool stuff right here in our hometown that people not
only take in when they're in Louisville, they come to
Louisville to experience it.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Yeah, I mean, tourism is a huge industry for us.
We have gotten That's what I think is one of
our secret sauces, you know, because every year we've got
great practice hosting the world for the Kentucky Derby, and
now we're hosting the world every fall for Bourbon and
Beyond and Louder than Life. Those weeks have become as
big or actually bigger than Derby. And this year we're
gonna have probably over seventy thousand people one night, louder
(05:41):
than life. Last year we set records with Bourbon and beyond,
and so we are well prepared to welcome the world
all of the time, whether it's for the Street Rods
this week, you know some of these other events. We
just a couple of weeks ago had the largest basketball
tournament in the world with the Run for the Roses,
a women's basketball tournament out at the Expo Center. That
is what we do wonderfully. And we've got some great
(06:02):
amenities that are in many cases historic, and you've got
the historic Church, will Downs, you've got Louisville Slugger and
everything that has meant for our at least baseball history,
but even more than baseball, it's become an icon. And
then of course you know the Center really that is
just so wonderful to have in our community, honoring the
goat Muhammad Aldi Center. That does an amazing job, and
(06:25):
Lannie and Devon and that whole team have really done wonders.
They've got great plans for the future. So and then
the Derby Museum. If you haven't seen the new film
at the Derby Museum. It's really spectacular. We'll give you
goose bumps. So we have and there's more too. You know.
We just have great events and we'd love to welcome
the world here. And I'm excited about some of the
things that we were competing for right now that I
(06:46):
hope we win and can announce that are going to
continue to bring people here. You know. In twenty twenty eight,
we've got the Solheim Cup, that's the women's version of
the Ryder's Cup. That's going to be another spectacular event
at Valhalla, only in Louisville.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
I tell you what as a crowd Louavillion myself, when
I see the comments from the club that came here
and played against lu City FC over the weekend from Germany.
To hear them really not know what to expect about Louisville,
but really seemingly, very genuinely impressed and really loved it.
I mean that's got to make you happy as the mayor, right.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Oh yeah. And had a chance to meet a few
of those folks from on Track Frankfurt, and you could
tell they were just blown away. They're traveling around the
US this summer They're seeing a lot of different places,
but they know there's something special here in Louisville, and
that's another area of soccer where I'm hoping we can
grow too. We had a record breaking event with the
US women's national team last fall. We are a potential
(07:42):
home based city for the World Cup next year when
it comes to America. So that's another area I'm hoping
that the teams come back next summer as well. The
crowds were out for that. There were eleven thousand people
at Lynn Family Stadium last week watching on track Frankfurt
play aston Villa, a Premier League team. It was wonderful.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Mayor Kaik Greenberg Jeremy joins me here on news radio
eight forty whas some news last week that I think
was a surprise to a lot of people, and certainly
the reaction was I guess different depending on who you
talk to. But the Kentucky Oaks Race is making the
move from a late afternoon race to being under the
lights at night in primetime on NBC. How is this
this move? What are the expectations as far as impact.
(08:25):
Obviously there's some local businesses as far as restaurants that
may be a little worried about the crowd not being
what it has been typically, But just your thoughts on
sort of this move and what it could mean for
the city of Louisville on that week, really just of
Derby week here.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, well, let's start with the incredible positive news, which
is that Louisville is going to be in the national
spotlight for two straight days on primetime in NBC. The
Kentucky Oaks Race is going to be run. There's going
to be a full hour coverage talking about our city,
about his Churchill Downs. It's going to make the Derby
and even bigger internationally event and so for all those reasons,
(09:02):
it's wonderful for the Derby, it's wonderful for Churchill Downs,
it's wonderful for the city of Louisville and the state
of Kentucky. So that's the great news. You know, it's
definitely a big change, and Derby is big business for
local businesses in our city, particularly in the hospitality industry,
which we've just been talking about. So this change is
going to have an impact on locals. We're going to
(09:23):
be encouraging locals to dine out on Oaks Night continue
if you're not out at the track. It's a good
opportunity to go out on Oaks Night when you otherwise
might not have. I've been speaking with folks from the
Restaurant Association here to figure out other ways that we
can continue to promote local restaurants on Derby week and
then really all year round as well. I mean, Louisville
(09:43):
is a foody city. We have amazing restaurants. We've got
amazing places, whether it's bars and restaurants to enjoy of
all sorts, and so I hope people really continue to
support our local restaurants and we'll work with it. You know,
habits will change. People get into the habit of doing
Derby Weekend a certain way. That's going to be a
little bit different now and there'll be a new normal.
(10:04):
But I'm I'm optimistic that it is going to continue
to grow for everyone, including local businesses and restaurants. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
I think it'll be a positive for everybody involved. And
I wouldn't pretend to know what typical crowds that you
see on Oaks Night at all the various great restaurants
that we do have, but there's a lot of places.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Oh, it's probably the biggest night of the year.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
But it's tough to get a table, Craig, on any Saturday,
it's some of these places, or a Friday. So I'm
thinking if we're talking about the week of Derby, when
people are here, like I mean, I don't think those
tables are going to be empty, but I'm with you,
I think it'll.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Be Yeah, And it's you're right.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
The spotlight there, I mean, that's really that really shows
what NBC the sees of what they get out of
the Churchill, out of the Derby, and clearly they know
that there's some real value there with Oaks, and certainly
putting a bigger spotlight on on this city is great.
One more thing I wanted to mention, Craig. I don't
know if this was something you planned on doing, it
was an initiative for you, but I just wanted to
(10:56):
share with you that I know it does not go
unnoticed and unappreciated. I know you've been in a lot
of these camps across the city of Louisville with former athletes,
some of them that played for U of L, some didn't,
And you know Deanta Parker obviously, D'Angelo Russell, Josh Minkin's
and they have these these camps that they put on
for kids, and they give back to the community, and
I know you being there and sort of honoring them,
(11:17):
that has only given them more I guess, incentive to
feel proud of being from Louisville and want to use
their platform and their success to help the community. I
just want, I think that's really cool that you're doing that.
But is that just I mean, did that come natural?
I know it's probably not getting as much attention as
maybe maybe it should in my opinion, but I just
know some of these guys, they that means a lot
(11:39):
to them to be from Louisville. We so often just
think about Red Blue Louisville and Kentucky and there's some
guys who played here transferred out, or some guys like
D'Angelo that that didn't play here. But to get, you know,
the honor from the mayor, I mean, that goes a
long way.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Well. I actually give credit on this one to my
wife Rachel. It was her idea that we of course,
she got connected. I think Davante was the first one
and got connected with Davonte and some of his friends
that had common friends with Rachel, and so it was
her idea. To go support them at the camp, and
you know, we became good friends with Davonte and Ali
and some of his crew and his family, and then
(12:14):
we just got to know others. And D'Angelo and his
family do amazing things for our city. They've done wonderful
things at Algonquin Park and for kids around here. And
then this year we got to meet Josh Mincoln's and
his family and that, and that was wonderful. He's a
fellow Ballad grad like me, and he's you know, the
fact that he is getting ready for training camp and
(12:34):
still here in Louisville giving back to kids with what
was an amazing football day at Low City was great.
And his parents family does stuff year round. As a
matter of fact, Rachel was just talking to his mom
last night because she is doing a part of a
big back to school event tomorrow at the Republic Bank
YMCA on eighteenth and Broadway where they're giving away backpacks
(12:57):
and other school supplies and things of kids. If people
are interested in that, it's at the Republic Bank Foundation
why tomorrow. So really, these folks, these these former local
hometown athletes that still have a place for Louisville and
their home it's it's really heartwarming to see them giving back.
And whether they're athletes or others, we really like to
(13:18):
support people who are giving back to their community. Uh,
And so that's what's done it and in the process
we have met so many wonderful people. These these guys
and their families are really wonderful people. And so now
I think it's important to support them and to acknowledge
and thank them good stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
And I know some of them maybe didn't necessarily expect it,
And again, I just think it's only going to encourage
more to do what they're doing. As far as if
you have a platform, you have a reach, and you
can help out, you know that that can go a
long way. But Craig, you've been gracious with your time.
I really do appreciate it. Enjoy your weekend and we'll
talk soon, my friend.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
All right, take ary neck heavy right weekend. Bye.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
That's Loisville may Or Craig Greenberg.
And we now bring in the Mayor of Louisville, mister
Craig Greenberg. Craig, how we doing on this Friday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I'm doing very well. I always love when it's hot
rod weekend. I own a nineteen seventy four Cadillac El
Dorado convertible white with red leather, So going out and
seeing the hot rods over the weekend is always one
of rachel My favorite things to do.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Yes, and it's another reminder with us being here in
the studios at four Street Live, they're prepared for a
bigger crowd this weekend, and certainly I would say that
event has a lot.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
To do with it.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
But yeah, there's a lot of vehicle It's such a
just to see how much work and how much of
a passion it is for these folks who own these
really really cool cars. So yeah, certainly exciting weekend here.
And we've got a big race tomorrow coming up, the
Mayor Thon Race Series race the Runway five point two
(00:51):
K similar to it to five K.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
But tell us a little bit about this race.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I know it's one of a few and it gets
started here and people can still sign up if they
want to.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, that's right, Nick. You know, I love to run,
and I have found that it's not just great for
physical health, but also for my mental health. And so
most days I wake up and I get an early
morning run in, and I just find that to be
a wonderful way to start today. And so I started
a Mayorthon race theories thanks to Planet Fitness, who's been
sponsoring this. The Planet Fitness Mayorthon. We have four runs
and the first one starts tomorrow. I know it's been
(01:23):
hot all week long, it looks like it's going to
be cool tomorrow, but it's a really cool event. I
wanted to try to find some race options where people
could go and do things that they otherwise couldn't do.
And this is literally you get to run on the runway.
That's right. Bowman Field closes down for about an hour
or so and the roughly five k race is on
(01:44):
the runway at bowman Field and it's not competitive. So
if you want, I mean, we'd of course time it
and we've got to finish your things. But if people
want to walk, that's okay too. We want to welcome
families and runners and walkers of all abilities all times
to just really enjoy the outdoors and to really have
a unique experience of running on an airplane runway. We
had the first one last year. This is the second one.
(02:06):
Registration's going great and it's a really cool event. My
entire family and I cannot wait for it. We have
some other three more events coming up over the coming
months as well as part of the Planet Fitness mayor
Thon Race series.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I totally agree with you when it comes to running
really being good for the mind. I enjoy running more
so for that aspect other than anything. Certainly helps keep
you in shave and whatnot. But when did you get
when did running become certainly just a a big thing
to you? Obviously you've done it for a long time,
and I know Louisville fan has really got a kick
out of you and Josh Hurd running together a few times,
in fact more than a few times.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
That was really cool to see.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Well, And I'll tell you also, I can't really run
with Josh anymore because he is far too far too
fast for me. He'll be having a full conversation and
I can barely get yes or no answers at when
we run together. He is an amazing runner, but we
are Josh and I are pairing up to teaming up
with U of L and US on the final race
of this Earth On Race series is going to be
(03:01):
a new one called Through the vill and so it's
going to be on a Saturday morning, I think it's
in November, where you're going to race through u of
l's campus, run through u of l's campus, or walk
through ul's campus. And so I'm excited to work with
Josh and U of L Athletics and the university on that.
But I started running in law school. I was up
in the Boston area and it happened to be the
one hundredth anniversary of the Boston Marathon, and so I
(03:23):
rode my bike with some law school friends to go
watch the Boston Marathon. And it was the one year
that you did not have to qualify for Boston. Normally
you do with a very fast time. This was the
hundredth anniversary. They took a lot of entries and I
saw a lot of people that looked far more out
of shape than me, even though I really wasn't in
shape running a marathon, and I said I could do this,
and I literally on my way back to my law
(03:45):
school apartment, I stopped off, I bought my first pair
of running shoes. I started running in Boston, and that
fall I ran the marathon. I ran in New York
City Marathon, and I ran two marathons at that point
in time in my life, the New York and Chicago Go.
I've been running ever since. No desire to do another
marathon right now. I love the minis each year, but
(04:05):
I've been running for over about twenty five years now.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I tell you what, I don't know anybody that has
ever trained for even a five k, and certainly a
mini or maybe a marathon that regretted it afterwards, because
you really challenge yourself to get prepared for it. If
in fact, you do prepare yourself for it, you're certainly
better off doing that.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
But yeah, I did the Triple.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Crown of Races a few years back and need to
get back into it. I won't be able to make
it this weekend, but I've been I've been encouraged by
some others to join these other races, and I think
I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Should be should be a lot of fun.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yeah, definitely will come on out and I know you'll
love in particular through the zill one. That's all.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Well, absolutely so, I'm going to use this word. You
may not use it, but Louisville dominated the USA Today's
ten Best Attractions list, and I'm not totally surprised by this,
but to see that we are the only city that
can claim for our of our tourist attractions, essentially for
sports fans, is in this top ten with Churchill Down's,
(05:01):
Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, Muhammad Ali Center, and the
Kentucky Derby Museum. I would be curious, and I'm not
asking you to answer the question by any means, but
I don't know, people realize that we have some really
cool stuff right here in our hometown that people not
only take in when they're in Louisville, they come to
Louisville to experience it.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Yeah, I mean, tourism is a huge industry for us.
We have gotten That's what I think is one of
our secret sauces, you know, because every year we've got
great practice hosting the world for the Kentucky Derby, and
now we're hosting the world every fall for Bourbon and
Beyond and Louder than Life. Those weeks have become as
big or actually bigger than Derby. And this year we're
gonna have probably over seventy thousand people one night, louder
(05:41):
than life. Last year we set records with Bourbon and beyond,
and so we are well prepared to welcome the world
all of the time, whether it's for the Street Rods
this week, you know some of these other events. We
just a couple of weeks ago had the largest basketball
tournament in the world with the Run for the Roses,
a women's basketball tournament out at the Expo Center. That
is what we do wonderfully. And we've got some great
(06:02):
amenities that are in many cases historic, and you've got
the historic Church, will Downs, you've got Louisville Slugger and
everything that has meant for our at least baseball history,
but even more than baseball, it's become an icon. And
then of course you know the Center really that is
just so wonderful to have in our community, honoring the
goat Muhammad Aldi Center. That does an amazing job, and
(06:25):
Lannie and Devon and that whole team have really done wonders.
They've got great plans for the future. So and then
the Derby Museum. If you haven't seen the new film
at the Derby Museum. It's really spectacular. We'll give you
goose bumps. So we have and there's more too. You know.
We just have great events and we'd love to welcome
the world here. And I'm excited about some of the
things that we were competing for right now that I
(06:46):
hope we win and can announce that are going to
continue to bring people here. You know. In twenty twenty eight,
we've got the Solheim Cup, that's the women's version of
the Ryder's Cup. That's going to be another spectacular event
at Valhalla, only in Louisville.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
I tell you what as a crowd Louavillion myself, when
I see the comments from the club that came here
and played against lu City FC over the weekend from Germany.
To hear them really not know what to expect about Louisville,
but really seemingly, very genuinely impressed and really loved it.
I mean that's got to make you happy as the mayor, right.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Oh yeah. And had a chance to meet a few
of those folks from on Track Frankfurt, and you could
tell they were just blown away. They're traveling around the
US this summer They're seeing a lot of different places,
but they know there's something special here in Louisville, and
that's another area of soccer where I'm hoping we can
grow too. We had a record breaking event with the
US women's national team last fall. We are a potential
(07:42):
home based city for the World Cup next year when
it comes to America. So that's another area I'm hoping
that the teams come back next summer as well. The
crowds were out for that. There were eleven thousand people
at Lynn Family Stadium last week watching on track Frankfurt
play aston Villa, a Premier League team. It was wonderful.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Mayor Kaik Greenberg Jeremy joins me here on news radio
eight forty whas some news last week that I think
was a surprise to a lot of people, and certainly
the reaction was I guess different depending on who you
talk to. But the Kentucky Oaks Race is making the
move from a late afternoon race to being under the
lights at night in primetime on NBC. How is this
this move? What are the expectations as far as impact.
(08:25):
Obviously there's some local businesses as far as restaurants that
may be a little worried about the crowd not being
what it has been typically, But just your thoughts on
sort of this move and what it could mean for
the city of Louisville on that week, really just of
Derby week here.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, well, let's start with the incredible positive news, which
is that Louisville is going to be in the national
spotlight for two straight days on primetime in NBC. The
Kentucky Oaks Race is going to be run. There's going
to be a full hour coverage talking about our city,
about his Churchill Downs. It's going to make the Derby
and even bigger internationally event and so for all those reasons,
(09:02):
it's wonderful for the Derby, it's wonderful for Churchill Downs,
it's wonderful for the city of Louisville and the state
of Kentucky. So that's the great news. You know, it's
definitely a big change, and Derby is big business for
local businesses in our city, particularly in the hospitality industry,
which we've just been talking about. So this change is
going to have an impact on locals. We're going to
(09:23):
be encouraging locals to dine out on Oaks Night continue
if you're not out at the track. It's a good
opportunity to go out on Oaks Night when you otherwise
might not have. I've been speaking with folks from the
Restaurant Association here to figure out other ways that we
can continue to promote local restaurants on Derby week and
then really all year round as well. I mean, Louisville
(09:43):
is a foody city. We have amazing restaurants. We've got
amazing places, whether it's bars and restaurants to enjoy of
all sorts, and so I hope people really continue to
support our local restaurants and we'll work with it. You know,
habits will change. People get into the habit of doing
Derby Weekend a certain way. That's going to be a
little bit different now and there'll be a new normal.
(10:04):
But I'm I'm optimistic that it is going to continue
to grow for everyone, including local businesses and restaurants. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
I think it'll be a positive for everybody involved. And
I wouldn't pretend to know what typical crowds that you
see on Oaks Night at all the various great restaurants
that we do have, but there's a lot of places.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Oh, it's probably the biggest night of the year.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
But it's tough to get a table, Craig, on any Saturday,
it's some of these places, or a Friday. So I'm
thinking if we're talking about the week of Derby, when
people are here, like I mean, I don't think those
tables are going to be empty, but I'm with you,
I think it'll.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
Be Yeah, And it's you're right.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
The spotlight there, I mean, that's really that really shows
what NBC the sees of what they get out of
the Churchill, out of the Derby, and clearly they know
that there's some real value there with Oaks, and certainly
putting a bigger spotlight on on this city is great.
One more thing I wanted to mention, Craig. I don't
know if this was something you planned on doing, it
was an initiative for you, but I just wanted to
(10:56):
share with you that I know it does not go
unnoticed and unappreciated. I know you've been in a lot
of these camps across the city of Louisville with former athletes,
some of them that played for U of L, some didn't,
And you know Deanta Parker obviously, D'Angelo Russell, Josh Minkin's
and they have these these camps that they put on
for kids, and they give back to the community, and
I know you being there and sort of honoring them,
(11:17):
that has only given them more I guess, incentive to
feel proud of being from Louisville and want to use
their platform and their success to help the community. I
just want, I think that's really cool that you're doing that.
But is that just I mean, did that come natural?
I know it's probably not getting as much attention as
maybe maybe it should in my opinion, but I just
know some of these guys, they that means a lot
(11:39):
to them to be from Louisville. We so often just
think about Red Blue Louisville and Kentucky and there's some
guys who played here transferred out, or some guys like
D'Angelo that that didn't play here. But to get, you know,
the honor from the mayor, I mean, that goes a
long way.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Well. I actually give credit on this one to my
wife Rachel. It was her idea that we of course,
she got connected. I think Davante was the first one
and got connected with Davonte and some of his friends
that had common friends with Rachel, and so it was
her idea. To go support them at the camp, and
you know, we became good friends with Davonte and Ali
and some of his crew and his family, and then
(12:14):
we just got to know others. And D'Angelo and his
family do amazing things for our city. They've done wonderful
things at Algonquin Park and for kids around here. And
then this year we got to meet Josh Mincoln's and
his family and that, and that was wonderful. He's a
fellow Ballad grad like me, and he's you know, the
fact that he is getting ready for training camp and
(12:34):
still here in Louisville giving back to kids with what
was an amazing football day at Low City was great.
And his parents family does stuff year round. As a
matter of fact, Rachel was just talking to his mom
last night because she is doing a part of a
big back to school event tomorrow at the Republic Bank
YMCA on eighteenth and Broadway where they're giving away backpacks
(12:57):
and other school supplies and things of kids. If people
are interested in that, it's at the Republic Bank Foundation
why tomorrow. So really, these folks, these these former local
hometown athletes that still have a place for Louisville and
their home it's it's really heartwarming to see them giving back.
And whether they're athletes or others, we really like to
(13:18):
support people who are giving back to their community. Uh,
And so that's what's done it and in the process
we have met so many wonderful people. These these guys
and their families are really wonderful people. And so now
I think it's important to support them and to acknowledge
and thank them good stuff.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
And I know some of them maybe didn't necessarily expect it,
And again, I just think it's only going to encourage
more to do what they're doing. As far as if
you have a platform, you have a reach, and you
can help out, you know that that can go a
long way. But Craig, you've been gracious with your time.
I really do appreciate it. Enjoy your weekend and we'll
talk soon, my friend.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
All right, take ary neck heavy right weekend. Bye.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
That's Loisville may Or Craig Greenberg.
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