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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thank you, John. It's Joe Ella here for NIKED News
Radio eight forty whas and as John says, Mayor Craig
Greenberg joined us in the studio this morning. Mister Merrick,
thanks very much for coming in. You know, the battle
against crime continues, and that's an ongoing thing which we
have to pay attention to every day. But as you
step back and you look back at you look at
(00:20):
where we are, you have some good news to report
about gun violence and homicides this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
That's right, Joe, good morning. We are making incredible progress.
Now there's no cause for celebration because we have to
continue to do what we're doing, do it even more,
do it even faster, do it with more people. So
we continue with this great momentum. But year to date,
our homicides are down thirty six percent year over year,
and our shootings are down thirty percent. That is a
(00:50):
huge increase in improvement in one year. So we're doing
a lot of the right things under the leadership of
LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey, with what we're doing with other
violence preventions and initiatives, with our programs throughout the city,
we are taking action. You're seeing the results, and we
just are going to keep doing more of it and
do it faster so that the people of Louisville feel
(01:11):
even safer. That they are safer in every corner of
our city.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
So that is great news, and certainly the battle goes on.
As you have said many times, one homicide, one shooting
is too many, and obviously we're working toward that, and
that's the thing you have to renew basically on a
daily basis. But you know, it's important to kind of
assess where we are, what happened here, Why are we
doing so much better? Why are homicides down thirty six percent,
(01:37):
that the non fatal shootings down thirty percent? What are
some of the things we can point to that have
been successful in reducing these rates?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Well, I think there are several things, Joe. First, our
police officers started policing again. They know that they LMPD
knows that they have my support, they know that they
have the chief support, they know that they have the
community support to be on the street, working with communities,
be a visible presence to prevent crime from happening, and
then if and when it does, to respond quickly and
(02:07):
hold people accountable. We've done a lot to improve LMPD.
We now have a wellness center that supports their physical
and mental and financial health and well being. We have
a new historic contract that pays them more. You know,
there is support all across the city, and I do
think that after you know, in the last several years
(02:27):
under my administration for two years now, that has significantly
changed for the better. I also think we're doing more
working with nonprofit organizations around the community. We have violence
prevention initiatives. We're doing more in our libraries, at our parks,
working together as a community to prevent violence from happening
in the first place, to help young people find new
(02:48):
paths in life. So I think those are a few
of the things that we're doing that are really starting
to have an impact now, and we're going to keep
doing more of it and doing it faster.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, I'm appreciative, I'm also greedy. Are they so we
can do to make this even better? Are there other
things that you want to do to continue to reduce
these rates?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Definitely there are. I mean one of the things that
we're working with the state now on getting the Juvenile
Justice Detention Center rebuilt in downtown Louisville. That's going to
be incredibly important because so much of a percentage of
the crime that is still happening in Louisville is performed
by juveniles, and we need to improve that system. I
think that having that detention center opened in downtown Louisville
(03:30):
once again that the state is working on that will
help reduce our juvenile crime, which will bring it down.
So that's one area again we need to continue with
all these programs. We still need about two hundred more officers.
So just a couple of weeks ago, I joined our
largest recruiting class in years with LMPD. Thirty three recruits
are right now training. We have three of those planned
(03:52):
for this year, but I'd love to have even more
in each class. We can accept up to about forty
eight people in each class, so getting more LMPD officers
on the streets will be helpful. And then also we
need to continued help from the judges and the judiciary
branch to make sure that people who commit violent crimes
are held accountable. And so all three of those things
(04:13):
are things that we can and we'll do more of.
But you know, again, we're going to keep doing what
we're doing because it's working.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Now We've had some real problems with teen violence and
teen arrests in the past few weeks. And I understand
school is out, it's really hot, kids have a lot
of time on their hands. Parents aren't in some cases
paying attention. Are there things we can do specifically to
reduce this problem, because it has really ratcheted up this summer,
it seems.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah, and so we've got some things for that. But
you know, just kids having time on their hands, that's
no excuse to whip out a gun and use it
to settle some kind of dispute, as you will, of course,
so we have to keep trying. We're opening new libraries,
all of which have a lot of programs. We've got
the new Algonquin Park Pool. It's an amazing place for
kids to go and have good old fashioned fun. It's
(05:01):
the biggest and best public pool in the entire city.
We have. Every public library has reading programs and has
lots of extracurricular programs that are not just about books.
In our community centers we have programs and also there's
something called the cultural paths where families can get and
they can go free to so many of the cultural
institutions around our entire community. You can write tark for
(05:25):
free doing that. And so there are lots of different
things that we're pushing out there to try to keep
kids busy during the summer so that they don't end
up hanging out with the wrong people and doing things
that impact others and that they'll regret for the rest
of their lives.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah, that is. That's another ongoing problem that we're always
going to have to pay attention to. Let me ask
you about a couple of other things here. I think
almost everyone would agree that good jobs make everything better,
and we have some good views on that front from
our friends at GE.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
That's right, Joe. Another area of really positive momentum in
our community is with Job Create you know about. We
formed about a year ago, the Louisville Economic Development Alliance.
A couple months ago we got the new CEO, Trevor Paulin,
and he is doing an amazing job. And the biggest
win we've scored so far is this announcement with GE Appliances.
Working in partnership with Governor Basher in the state of Kentucky,
(06:16):
GE Appliances has agreed to invest a half a billion
dollars in Appliance Park they're going to create eight hundred
new jobs. They're bringing back to America a wash, an
all in one washer and dryer unit that they're going
to make in the most advanced manufacturing facility right here
in Louisville. And GE Appliance is for the first time
in their company's history, they are rightfully recognizing Ge Appliance
(06:40):
Park as their world headquarters. So this is a huge
deal for Louisville. This means decades of growth in and
around Ge Appliance Park, other suppliers that work with Ge
and the manufacturing of their products. This is a big
deal for Louisville and for Louisville residents, great job opportunities.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
So other things we can do. We've had some of
our corporate citizens either walk away in this town over
the past few years or certainly reduce their presence. What
do we do to get that back? What do we
do to grow that?
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Well, several things. One is we need to continue making
Louisville an awesome place to live, a great place to
raise families. And so that's why we invest in parks
and libraries, and when we want our downtown to be vibrant,
we want people to want to live here. That means
continuing to focus on improving our public school system, which
is so critically important. All of that, making this a
great place to want to live and want to stay
(07:31):
is important. We have lots of new incentives. We're working
in close partnership with the state on many different things,
like the ge Appliance announcement. There are several other companies
that we're working with right now. We've been working with
the General Assembly on some new incentives. Like you've seen
it in the creation of this new film and industry
and the production that we're starting to attract film and
TV production to our state. We're built redoing Louisville Gardens
(07:55):
so that we have a world class production studio right
here in our city. So we're trying a lot of
different new things, and I'm really excited about the future
vibrancy of our city's economy. It's going to be a
great place to do business, to create businesses, to create jobs,
to get new jobs in Louisville. Lots of exciting things
going on.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Let me ask you about one of the things. We
had the problem on Barstown Road in the Highlands at
the bar with the bars Friday and Saturday nights. It
seems like we're having this problem crop up in New Lou.
What's going on here with this? Is this? Is this
a cultural thing? I mean, we have people who simply
don't seem to want to They want to gather, not disperse.
(08:35):
It's it's kind of hard to understand exactly why this
is happening. I know the police are doing everything they
can to, you know, to stop it or to circumvent it.
What's going on here, mister Mayor.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Well, that's a that's a good question, Joe. I don't
know about you, but I like to be asleep during
two to four am on most days. There are some
that like to be out and about and hanging out
on the streets, and so we saw that on Barstown Road.
We addressed that we had it New Lou last week,
but we are addressing that. I met the chief of Police,
the director of ABC, and myself along with members of
(09:06):
our team. We met with probably about fifty people from
New Lou yesterday, business owners and other people that care
about that neighborhood. We went over what our very aggressive
plan is to ensure that people can continue to enjoy
New Lou, which is such an amazing neighborhood. It is
so unique for anywhere, not just in our city but
in the country. People love it, enjoy it. There's great restaurants,
(09:26):
there's great bars, there's great hotels, there's great retail shops
of all different kinds. I had a wonderful dinner there
with my family this week. So we want to continue
to make sure that newlu is the amazing, thriving place
that it is. It's got to be safe. It will
be safe. We have a very serious plan in place
to make sure that it and Bargstown Road, in the
waterfront and everywhere else across the city is safe, not
(09:48):
just for this weekend so people can celebrate the fourth
but for the rest of the year.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Yeah, no doubt. People are going to stay away if
they don't feel safe. And I mean, we can talk
about it a thousand different ways, but that really is
the bottom line.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
That's right, And so we're just going to be a
little bit more proactive that when people start gathering, if
people are drinking outside, you're not allowed to do that
in public areas. We're going to enforce the law. We're
going to disperse people, We're going to make arrest if necessary.
We want people to have fun, but we want them
to follow the rules, and that means you're not allowed
to drink in public spaces, you're not allowed to block streets,
and we're going to be aggressive with the enforcement of
(10:21):
that this weekend and weekends to come.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
So there's been a lot of chatter about about the bars.
The closing time is four am. Some people say it
will make a big difference if we roll it back
to two am. What do you think is that going
to make a difference or much of a difference.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Well, you know, personally, I'm fine if it moves back
a little bit earlier, but I know that there are
a lot of people that don't agree with me on that.
That's a decision for Metro Counsel, and I'm not sure
the votes are there to do that. So we're going
to live with what we are right now. And you know,
when you have a place like Nulu, nearly every one
of the bar owners is following the rules and has
been so cooperative with ABC and with LMPD. They're great partners.
(11:00):
They let us know if there are any issues early on.
There are other places in the community where that's not
the case, and ABC is going to take action, and
if we have to shut down bars and nightclubs, we will,
just as we have this year. We shut down three
on Bardstown Road alone because they weren't following the rules.
So you know, we'll enforce the rules as they are.
We want people to enjoy themselves. Louisville is a city
(11:22):
where we want people from around the world to come
enjoy themselves. We're known for our hospitality, whether it's over
Kentucky Derby weekend we're bourbon and beyond and louder than
life weekends. You know, we do hospitality right in this town.
So we want people to have fun. We just want
it to be safe for them and safe in the
neighborhoods for they are, and save for everyone else in
our city. And that's what we're going to really focus on.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
You know, it's amazing. I think those of us who
have lived here for a long time appreciate the quality
of life in this city so much. And I don't
know how you describe that to other people. I think
there's a We've told this story so many times, and
you know this is true. There are so many people
who have come here and they thought it was, you know,
close to a death sentence. They didn't want to be here.
They stayed here for three years. Their company wants to
(12:05):
transfer them somewhere else, they don't want to go. In
many cases, they walk away from that job and take
a job here so that they can stay here and
so that they can raise their families here. It's such
a great quality of life for so many of us.
My last question I guess about that would be, that's
what we think here in Louisville. But what do people
(12:25):
outside of Louisville think, and how do we how do
we sort of get them to understand what a good
quality of life and a good quality of living we
have in this city.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Well, Joe, one thing that's interesting that I've learned is
that we're actually all the things you said are true,
and I totally agree with you. At the same time,
here locally, we're incredibly hard on ourselves. We focus on
the negatives. We focus about what we haven't done, what
we can't do, why we're not like this city or
that city. Sometimes that's not like me, and that's not
like the rest of the country. When I'm talking to
(12:59):
others from the country, when I'm talking to business leaders
that are looking at and making investments and creating jobs
in the city. Other mayors that I might have met
people that are visiting our city from other places around
the world, and I meet them in and around our city.
People love Louisville and our image and our reputation around
the city. This country is really strong. People might know
(13:22):
us for the Kentucky Derby, they might know us for Bourbon,
they might know us for the Louisville Slugger. They might
know us as the home Muhammad Ali. But whatever they
know us for, it's almost always incredibly positive. We have
this really unique, authentic vibe that people are interested in,
and once they come here, they too fall in love
with our city. So all of us in Louisville, we
(13:42):
need to be really proud to be louivillions, to be
from here. We've got a great city. We certainly have challenges,
and we are working aggressively on those challenges every day,
better than we ever have in over a decade in
this community. But we should be proud of who we are,
of what we have. We should celebrate it, and we
should sell it to the world so more people can
(14:03):
enjoy this amazing city we have.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, you sure have a lot of stuff. A lot
of challenges, a lot that that you're facing, a lot
of things to do. We'll let you get back to work,
but I really appreciate you spending some time with us
this morning, mister mayor. Thank you so much, Mayor Greg
Greenberg joining Usone happy fourth to you, and thanks for
joining us on News Radio eight forty whas. We'll come
right back after this
Thank you, John. It's Joe Ella here for NIKED News
Radio eight forty whas and as John says, Mayor Craig
Greenberg joined us in the studio this morning. Mister Merrick,
thanks very much for coming in. You know, the battle
against crime continues, and that's an ongoing thing which we
have to pay attention to every day. But as you
step back and you look back at you look at
(00:20):
where we are, you have some good news to report
about gun violence and homicides this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
That's right, Joe, good morning. We are making incredible progress.
Now there's no cause for celebration because we have to
continue to do what we're doing, do it even more,
do it even faster, do it with more people. So
we continue with this great momentum. But year to date,
our homicides are down thirty six percent year over year,
and our shootings are down thirty percent. That is a
(00:50):
huge increase in improvement in one year. So we're doing
a lot of the right things under the leadership of
LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey, with what we're doing with other
violence preventions and initiatives, with our programs throughout the city,
we are taking action. You're seeing the results, and we
just are going to keep doing more of it and
do it faster so that the people of Louisville feel
(01:11):
even safer. That they are safer in every corner of
our city.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
So that is great news, and certainly the battle goes on.
As you have said many times, one homicide, one shooting
is too many, and obviously we're working toward that, and
that's the thing you have to renew basically on a
daily basis. But you know, it's important to kind of
assess where we are, what happened here, Why are we
doing so much better? Why are homicides down thirty six percent,
(01:37):
that the non fatal shootings down thirty percent? What are
some of the things we can point to that have
been successful in reducing these rates?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Well, I think there are several things, Joe. First, our
police officers started policing again. They know that they LMPD
knows that they have my support, they know that they
have the chief support, they know that they have the
community support to be on the street, working with communities,
be a visible presence to prevent crime from happening, and
then if and when it does, to respond quickly and
(02:07):
hold people accountable. We've done a lot to improve LMPD.
We now have a wellness center that supports their physical
and mental and financial health and well being. We have
a new historic contract that pays them more. You know,
there is support all across the city, and I do
think that after you know, in the last several years
(02:27):
under my administration for two years now, that has significantly
changed for the better. I also think we're doing more
working with nonprofit organizations around the community. We have violence
prevention initiatives. We're doing more in our libraries, at our parks,
working together as a community to prevent violence from happening
in the first place, to help young people find new
(02:48):
paths in life. So I think those are a few
of the things that we're doing that are really starting
to have an impact now, and we're going to keep
doing more of it and doing it faster.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Well, I'm appreciative, I'm also greedy. Are they so we
can do to make this even better? Are there other
things that you want to do to continue to reduce
these rates?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Definitely there are. I mean one of the things that
we're working with the state now on getting the Juvenile
Justice Detention Center rebuilt in downtown Louisville. That's going to
be incredibly important because so much of a percentage of
the crime that is still happening in Louisville is performed
by juveniles, and we need to improve that system. I
think that having that detention center opened in downtown Louisville
(03:30):
once again that the state is working on that will
help reduce our juvenile crime, which will bring it down.
So that's one area again we need to continue with
all these programs. We still need about two hundred more officers.
So just a couple of weeks ago, I joined our
largest recruiting class in years with LMPD. Thirty three recruits
are right now training. We have three of those planned
(03:52):
for this year, but I'd love to have even more
in each class. We can accept up to about forty
eight people in each class, so getting more LMPD officers
on the streets will be helpful. And then also we
need to continued help from the judges and the judiciary
branch to make sure that people who commit violent crimes
are held accountable. And so all three of those things
(04:13):
are things that we can and we'll do more of.
But you know, again, we're going to keep doing what
we're doing because it's working.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Now We've had some real problems with teen violence and
teen arrests in the past few weeks. And I understand
school is out, it's really hot, kids have a lot
of time on their hands. Parents aren't in some cases
paying attention. Are there things we can do specifically to
reduce this problem, because it has really ratcheted up this summer,
it seems.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yeah, and so we've got some things for that. But
you know, just kids having time on their hands, that's
no excuse to whip out a gun and use it
to settle some kind of dispute, as you will, of course,
so we have to keep trying. We're opening new libraries,
all of which have a lot of programs. We've got
the new Algonquin Park Pool. It's an amazing place for
kids to go and have good old fashioned fun. It's
(05:01):
the biggest and best public pool in the entire city.
We have. Every public library has reading programs and has
lots of extracurricular programs that are not just about books.
In our community centers we have programs and also there's
something called the cultural paths where families can get and
they can go free to so many of the cultural
institutions around our entire community. You can write tark for
(05:25):
free doing that. And so there are lots of different
things that we're pushing out there to try to keep
kids busy during the summer so that they don't end
up hanging out with the wrong people and doing things
that impact others and that they'll regret for the rest
of their lives.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah, that is. That's another ongoing problem that we're always
going to have to pay attention to. Let me ask
you about a couple of other things here. I think
almost everyone would agree that good jobs make everything better,
and we have some good views on that front from
our friends at GE.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
That's right, Joe. Another area of really positive momentum in
our community is with Job Create you know about. We
formed about a year ago, the Louisville Economic Development Alliance.
A couple months ago we got the new CEO, Trevor Paulin,
and he is doing an amazing job. And the biggest
win we've scored so far is this announcement with GE Appliances.
Working in partnership with Governor Basher in the state of Kentucky,
(06:16):
GE Appliances has agreed to invest a half a billion
dollars in Appliance Park they're going to create eight hundred
new jobs. They're bringing back to America a wash, an
all in one washer and dryer unit that they're going
to make in the most advanced manufacturing facility right here
in Louisville. And GE Appliance is for the first time
in their company's history, they are rightfully recognizing Ge Appliance
(06:40):
Park as their world headquarters. So this is a huge
deal for Louisville. This means decades of growth in and
around Ge Appliance Park, other suppliers that work with Ge
and the manufacturing of their products. This is a big
deal for Louisville and for Louisville residents, great job opportunities.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
So other things we can do. We've had some of
our corporate citizens either walk away in this town over
the past few years or certainly reduce their presence. What
do we do to get that back? What do we
do to grow that?
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Well, several things. One is we need to continue making
Louisville an awesome place to live, a great place to
raise families. And so that's why we invest in parks
and libraries, and when we want our downtown to be vibrant,
we want people to want to live here. That means
continuing to focus on improving our public school system, which
is so critically important. All of that, making this a
great place to want to live and want to stay
(07:31):
is important. We have lots of new incentives. We're working
in close partnership with the state on many different things,
like the ge Appliance announcement. There are several other companies
that we're working with right now. We've been working with
the General Assembly on some new incentives. Like you've seen
it in the creation of this new film and industry
and the production that we're starting to attract film and
TV production to our state. We're built redoing Louisville Gardens
(07:55):
so that we have a world class production studio right
here in our city. So we're trying a lot of
different new things, and I'm really excited about the future
vibrancy of our city's economy. It's going to be a
great place to do business, to create businesses, to create jobs,
to get new jobs in Louisville. Lots of exciting things
going on.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Let me ask you about one of the things. We
had the problem on Barstown Road in the Highlands at
the bar with the bars Friday and Saturday nights. It
seems like we're having this problem crop up in New Lou.
What's going on here with this? Is this? Is this
a cultural thing? I mean, we have people who simply
don't seem to want to They want to gather, not disperse.
(08:35):
It's it's kind of hard to understand exactly why this
is happening. I know the police are doing everything they
can to, you know, to stop it or to circumvent it.
What's going on here, mister Mayor.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Well, that's a that's a good question, Joe. I don't
know about you, but I like to be asleep during
two to four am on most days. There are some
that like to be out and about and hanging out
on the streets, and so we saw that on Barstown Road.
We addressed that we had it New Lou last week,
but we are addressing that. I met the chief of Police,
the director of ABC, and myself along with members of
(09:06):
our team. We met with probably about fifty people from
New Lou yesterday, business owners and other people that care
about that neighborhood. We went over what our very aggressive
plan is to ensure that people can continue to enjoy
New Lou, which is such an amazing neighborhood. It is
so unique for anywhere, not just in our city but
in the country. People love it, enjoy it. There's great restaurants,
(09:26):
there's great bars, there's great hotels, there's great retail shops
of all different kinds. I had a wonderful dinner there
with my family this week. So we want to continue
to make sure that newlu is the amazing, thriving place
that it is. It's got to be safe. It will
be safe. We have a very serious plan in place
to make sure that it and Bargstown Road, in the
waterfront and everywhere else across the city is safe, not
(09:48):
just for this weekend so people can celebrate the fourth
but for the rest of the year.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Yeah, no doubt. People are going to stay away if
they don't feel safe. And I mean, we can talk
about it a thousand different ways, but that really is
the bottom line.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
That's right, And so we're just going to be a
little bit more proactive that when people start gathering, if
people are drinking outside, you're not allowed to do that
in public areas. We're going to enforce the law. We're
going to disperse people, We're going to make arrest if necessary.
We want people to have fun, but we want them
to follow the rules, and that means you're not allowed
to drink in public spaces, you're not allowed to block streets,
and we're going to be aggressive with the enforcement of
(10:21):
that this weekend and weekends to come.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
So there's been a lot of chatter about about the bars.
The closing time is four am. Some people say it
will make a big difference if we roll it back
to two am. What do you think is that going
to make a difference or much of a difference.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Well, you know, personally, I'm fine if it moves back
a little bit earlier, but I know that there are
a lot of people that don't agree with me on that.
That's a decision for Metro Counsel, and I'm not sure
the votes are there to do that. So we're going
to live with what we are right now. And you know,
when you have a place like Nulu, nearly every one
of the bar owners is following the rules and has
been so cooperative with ABC and with LMPD. They're great partners.
(11:00):
They let us know if there are any issues early on.
There are other places in the community where that's not
the case, and ABC is going to take action, and
if we have to shut down bars and nightclubs, we will,
just as we have this year. We shut down three
on Bardstown Road alone because they weren't following the rules.
So you know, we'll enforce the rules as they are.
We want people to enjoy themselves. Louisville is a city
(11:22):
where we want people from around the world to come
enjoy themselves. We're known for our hospitality, whether it's over
Kentucky Derby weekend we're bourbon and beyond and louder than
life weekends. You know, we do hospitality right in this town.
So we want people to have fun. We just want
it to be safe for them and safe in the
neighborhoods for they are, and save for everyone else in
our city. And that's what we're going to really focus on.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
You know, it's amazing. I think those of us who
have lived here for a long time appreciate the quality
of life in this city so much. And I don't
know how you describe that to other people. I think
there's a We've told this story so many times, and
you know this is true. There are so many people
who have come here and they thought it was, you know,
close to a death sentence. They didn't want to be here.
They stayed here for three years. Their company wants to
(12:05):
transfer them somewhere else, they don't want to go. In
many cases, they walk away from that job and take
a job here so that they can stay here and
so that they can raise their families here. It's such
a great quality of life for so many of us.
My last question I guess about that would be, that's
what we think here in Louisville. But what do people
(12:25):
outside of Louisville think, and how do we how do
we sort of get them to understand what a good
quality of life and a good quality of living we
have in this city.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Well, Joe, one thing that's interesting that I've learned is
that we're actually all the things you said are true,
and I totally agree with you. At the same time,
here locally, we're incredibly hard on ourselves. We focus on
the negatives. We focus about what we haven't done, what
we can't do, why we're not like this city or
that city. Sometimes that's not like me, and that's not
like the rest of the country. When I'm talking to
(12:59):
others from the country, when I'm talking to business leaders
that are looking at and making investments and creating jobs
in the city. Other mayors that I might have met
people that are visiting our city from other places around
the world, and I meet them in and around our city.
People love Louisville and our image and our reputation around
the city. This country is really strong. People might know
(13:22):
us for the Kentucky Derby, they might know us for Bourbon,
they might know us for the Louisville Slugger. They might
know us as the home Muhammad Ali. But whatever they
know us for, it's almost always incredibly positive. We have
this really unique, authentic vibe that people are interested in,
and once they come here, they too fall in love
with our city. So all of us in Louisville, we
(13:42):
need to be really proud to be louivillions, to be
from here. We've got a great city. We certainly have challenges,
and we are working aggressively on those challenges every day,
better than we ever have in over a decade in
this community. But we should be proud of who we are,
of what we have. We should celebrate it, and we
should sell it to the world so more people can
(14:03):
enjoy this amazing city we have.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, you sure have a lot of stuff. A lot
of challenges, a lot that that you're facing, a lot
of things to do. We'll let you get back to work,
but I really appreciate you spending some time with us
this morning, mister mayor. Thank you so much, Mayor Greg
Greenberg joining Usone happy fourth to you, and thanks for
joining us on News Radio eight forty whas. We'll come
right back after this
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