[0:04] All right. Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us indoors today with the rain. We are hoping to be outside, but we have a wonderful view of what the background was going to be. And we encourage all the media to check out the new mural that we will talk about here in a moment. Mayor Pearl, thank you very much. Mayor Pearl, the mayor of Lindview. Thank you for hosting us here this morning. It's great to be joined by Council members, Rui and Saim as well. Thank you all for joining us in good morning. Everyone, it is great to be here.

[0:34] be with everyone here today. First, let's just start with a couple of fun sports things going

[0:40] on around the community. First, how about the Louisville Kings in their first year of an expansion

[0:46] team? Are UFL football team is playing for the championship in the United Bowl this Saturday,

[0:54] so we're really rooting for Coach Redmond and the entire Kings team. We're so excited about that.

[1:00] Also good luck to we have another national team that's going for a national championship that this weekend

[1:06] And that's the Louisville rowing club competing in the juniors national tournament in Sarah so to Florida this weekend

[1:13] They practice right out of the community boat house, which is owned by Louisville Metro government

[1:17] It's open and available to encourage people to enjoy the Ohio River

[1:21] And these young adults are doing a great job and so good luck to the Louisville rowing club juniors team and the national and finally

[1:27] have not yet had a chance to publicly congratulate Sharede Devo on winning once again the Belmont

[1:34] stakes with Golden tempo, another record-breaking win. Lots of great things going on in the

[1:41] sporting world and the community. In addition to the sporting world, we have amazing cultures

[1:46] to celebrate here in our city. Louisville is a city that's full of wonderful cultures, wonderful

[1:52] people and wonderful neighborhoods all across our community east, south, north, and west.

[1:59] When I was running for mayor four years ago, I ran through every neighborhood in this entire city,

[2:05] and I got to see up close and personal what makes Louisville so special and got to meet so many

[2:10] of the people who make it special. And right here where we are today, in the south,

[2:14] pressed in highway corridor, has become one of the most vibrant areas of our community. It is just

[2:21] teaming with vibrancy of Hispanic culture, entrepreneurship, and community life.

[2:27] And I knew that our city could do even more to support the people of this neighborhood

[2:33] and highlight it and encourage people to visit this area and enjoy everything that has

[2:39] to offer even more.

[2:41] So about a year and a half ago, our team got to work and our office of immigrant affairs

[2:45] working with our office of strategic initiatives sat down with local residents, local

[2:50] business owners, community community leaders, and families from this area to start conversations.

[2:58] They gather around the table with blank sheets of paper, with pens, and usually great food as

[3:05] well. Thank you very much, Margarita for a wonderful food that you, it was usually you who was providing

[3:10] that. And the conversations were about what makes this community special. What mattered most

[3:16] to the people who call these neighborhoods home or work here every day, how they want their

[3:23] stories, their culture, and their contributions to our city to be celebrated and told.

[3:29] And we heard from local residents with a passion who had a strong vision that they wanted

[3:36] this area to be celebrated and recognize the contribution of Hispanic families and entrepreneurs

[3:43] in Louisville. So last October we launched the community led Hispanic Heritage

[3:49] Appreciation Initiative and first we invited the community to vote on a new name

[3:55] for this general neighborhood and today we're excited to officially announce as

[4:00] you can tell the new name is La Valleux. We are very excited about that

[4:10] and it

[4:11] looks great also. We also asked the community to offer ideas for public art

[4:16] because when you're out on the street, whether you're walking, whether you're running,

[4:20] whether you're going to a business, you see family owned businesses that are creating jobs,

[4:26] that are serving the community. You see restaurants that are introducing Louisville to incredible cuisine,

[4:32] and you see families who are building futures. And now you get to see those stories reflected in public art.

[4:40] And today we're officially unveiling the very first mural of this project.

[4:45] And you can see that mural right behind me, or just a half a block away here if we're not raining outside.

[4:53] But is it this mural absolutely beautiful?

[5:02] And all of this came directly from our Louisville community.

[5:06] It's a statement that Hispanic history and Hispanic contributions are part of Louisville story.

[5:14] And during immigrant month, right now immigrant heritage month, right now this month,

[5:18] That message feels especially important, and it's only the beginning.

[5:24] We plan to add additional murals, more public art, more historical markers and storytelling

[5:29] opportunities in the months and in the years ahead.

[5:33] And we're not just telling this neighborhood story, we're helping them build even greater

[5:38] success.

[5:40] Our office of immigrant affairs is working with the Kentucky Small Business Development Center

[5:44] and the Louisville Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on programs like Reach, which help immigrant entrepreneurs build new skills,

[5:51] connect with resources, and create a plan for growth.

[5:55] All that no cost with multi-lingual support available to anyone who needs it.

[6:00] Through our partnership with METCO and the South End Fund,

[6:04] there's funding available to support economic development right here in this area.

[6:09] This includes resources for small business loans, support for restaurants and businesses along

[6:15] the corridor, and our partners at one Louisville are administering these funds so we encourage

[6:20] businesses, entrepreneurs to reach out to one Louisville about the opportunities to apply

[6:25] for these much-needed funds that can help create businesses right here in these neighborhoods.

[6:32] And in my proposed budget that Metro Council is currently considering, we proposed a new initiative

[6:38] called big streets, small business, which is going to help

[6:42] existing small businesses and property owners

[6:44] fill up vacant existing properties, along corridors,

[6:49] like Preston Highway here, so that more people can start businesses

[6:52] can live on the second and third floors as well

[6:55] to increase the vibrancy of these neighborhoods.

[6:58] We've also proposed more steps

[7:00] so that we can make basic needs more accessible

[7:02] to families who need it most, like healthcare

[7:05] and pop-up clinics and schools and other resources that can reach neighborhoods that are in need

[7:11] and meals for those at risk of going hungry through our support for senior nutrition programs

[7:16] and for dare to care. All of that and more are some of the things that we're doing right here

[7:21] in La Ville, and again we are just getting started. So now I'd like for you to hear from

[7:27] two great entrepreneurs.

[7:30] Two great members of our community who have contributed so much to the discussions that brought us here today and who are part of a wonderful entrepreneurial community that exists in our city. Please join me in welcoming Margarita Coro, who's the owner of suite of Vanna and one of the many business owners that help join these conversations.

[7:52] and her daughter, Nisheli, who's the owner of Sweet Colata, who also joined and is contributed

[7:58] so much to these conversations and is doing so much to support entrepreneurship all across

[8:05] Louisville.

[8:06] Margarita Nisheli, thank you guys so much for joining us and all of your contributions.

[8:17] Okay.

[8:20] Good morning.

[8:22] Good morning, everybody.

[8:25] I promise next, I told you English for everybody,

[8:33] okay, my name is Magarita Coro, I'm a

[8:37] daughter of Sui Crabana Pei Carey. Okay, my name is Magarita Coro, and I'm the owner of the Crabana

[8:42] Pei Carey.

[8:42] First of all, I would like to thank you for all the support and support of this initiative.

[8:52] First of all, I just want to thank the mayor, the city of Louisville and everybody that contributed to this initiative.

[9:09] For us, it means a lot that our voices are heard and that we're being listened to about our voices as immigrants in the city.

[9:28] At the beginning of last year, we all got together and were able to discuss his business owners in this area.

[9:35] In this conversation, we have a lot of conversations, we spoke a lot about the challenges that we have as Hispanic immigrant business owners.

[9:57] What are the challenges was how do we get more people to notice us to come down to present to this corridor and take part of our routes in our culture?

[10:10] We need our negocios, we need our business to grow together.

[10:18] Although it's not directly in this period of pre-top, for now.

[10:26] Although it's not directly on the present quarter or for now, we're very sick, but we're part of this community.

[10:34] We're very close and we're also part of this community.

[11:21] We want families to grow together, especially in this corridor, we want all of us to just come together and all have growth.

[11:28] Abri, a negocio, no, it's easy.

[11:30] Opening a business doesn't need any.

[11:32] And I can't talk about that.

[11:36] but when the community comes,

[11:40] the city helps.

[11:41] And all of us,

[11:43] I think we can do it

[11:44] and help the fans

[11:46] abri the negocio.

[11:47] But when the community supports you

[11:49] and you have the back in the city,

[11:51] there's a lot of great things

[11:52] that we can conquer that way.

[11:54] That's why I think that this initiative, the lives of the people, is so important for us.

[12:03] That's why I think initiatives like these are so important for us.

[12:06] And not only brings people to our businesses, but allow people from all over the city to get to know our heritage

[12:24] the culture, especially Latino culture.

[12:27] I hope that this is only the beginning of many opportunities

[12:32] to open this city.

[12:34] I hope this is just the beginning of many opportunities

[12:36] to come for the city.

[12:39] Not only, not only, we need you,

[12:42] that our Latinos come, but that the people who come

[12:46] to the Derby, who come from other cities,

[12:49] and other countries, with the culture of the struggle

[12:54] not just about getting more people from our culture to come and visit present, but really people

[13:00] from all over when they visit local to know that Latino culture is a staple, is part of

[13:07] local culture.

[13:24] We know that as business owners when we come together we go a lot further and it's not just going to be person highway

[13:30] They get to grow just for Latinos. We think it's going to go beyond that

[13:37] Do you see it? I'm a lot more in here all morning. I love I love this video. I'm going to talk about it

[13:47] She loves to speak and she loves to talk about it specifically. Thank you

[13:52] get on with this as well.

[14:11] So they said that we're going to be bigger because of everybody that's here, but also because

[14:16] everybody's continuing to come together, which is very grateful for this initiative, grateful

[14:21] to be heard, to have a voice, and to start planning a little seed that hopefully will grow into many

[14:27] many gardens. Thank you.

[14:29] Good afternoon.

[14:31] Thank you

[14:37] so much. Thank you so much, Margarita and Shelley. I've got to give a quick unsolicited

[14:43] pledge. Last week was a big week in the Greenberg Household. A plug, I should say. Last week was a

[14:47] big week in the Greenberg Household. Benjamin Greenberg turned 21 years old. And so of course

[14:52] celebrate we needed to get an amazing cake to celebrate with Ben and his friends and so Rachel

[15:00] I came to Sweet Havana to buy the birthday cake for Benjamin and I got to tell you, amazing.

[15:07] We are still eating it. We highly recommend the chocolate cake from Sweet Havana, which is a phenomenal way to celebrate a birthday in your family, along with lots of other great stuff that they have.

[15:18] But we want as many people, as many families, to enjoy the experience that we had in our

[15:25] home household, whether it's at Sweet Havana or other great restaurants and other businesses.

[15:31] And so today, we're launching the La Ville Lou Passport Challenge.

[15:35] And this is a digital passport that will encourage people from all across Louisville or beyond

[15:40] to visit local businesses in this community and explore new restaurants and shops.

[15:46] It's incredibly easy to join.

[15:49] You can visit a participating business, scan the QR code and check it through the digital

[15:53] passport to earn points and get some great La Via Lu swag as you see here and as you

[15:59] see from our friends that are joining us this morning.

[16:02] So we encourage people to sign up and to go see these businesses, enjoy the food, buy

[16:09] some items in their shop.

[16:11] This program will continue to expand.

[16:13] And right now we already have nine local businesses that have signed up, some of which are offering

[16:18] discounts of up to 10% off for passport, challenged participants.

[16:23] And so we encourage people from all across the community to discover more local businesses,

[16:28] discover a new favorite spot in this community.

[16:32] La Vielou has so much to offer, and this is a great way to explore everything that it does

[16:37] have to offer.

[16:39] I also want to thank everyone who helped make today possible.

[16:41] I want to give a shout-out to another elected official that is here with us today.

[16:45] State Senator Katura Heron, thank you so much for your leadership representing us in

[16:51] Franklin.

[16:51] Thanks to Doe Anderson for their partnership and helping create this really fun and amazing

[16:57] logo for La Ville Lou, La Ville Lou.

[17:00] Linvue Mayor David Perrell, Council members, Rui and Simon again, and the property owners

[17:05] that allowed us to use the side of their building for this great first mural that we have

[17:10] low and far, thank you so much to all of you.

[17:13] The muralist is a local Louisvilleian, Haley Bass.

[17:17] Haley couldn't be with us here today,

[17:19] but want to thank her and her team

[17:20] for bringing this great vision to life.

[17:23] Our global Louisville leadership academy

[17:25] helped us reach businesses on the corridor

[17:27] to attract people to join.

[17:30] JD created, which is a business right here

[17:32] on Preston Highway, helped us create this wonderful swag

[17:35] that we're offering to participants

[17:37] in the Passport Challenge.

[17:39] And again, as I mentioned, our teens at the Office of Immigrant Affairs and Office for Strategic

[17:44] Initiatives, the members from my office, thank you all so much from everyone at Louisville

[17:50] Metro government who helped make this happen.

[17:52] And finally, thanks again to members of our community to really your input was critical to guide

[17:59] this process, to lead this process together, we're building something really special that

[18:05] belongs to our community, will tell an important part of Louisville's history, will show an important

[18:11] part of Louisville's future, and will fill the bellies of many Louisvilleians and visitors from

[18:17] far and near. So we are so excited to launch La Villeux today and we encourage people from all across

[18:23] the city to come here, enjoy it, see what this neighborhood has to offer because we are just

[18:30] getting started. So thank you all so very much. And before we get to questions from members

[18:35] of the media, I have one other important update that I would like to share on another topic.

[18:41] Today, I'm requesting that Governor Andy Beshear, extend the emergency measures in Jefferson County

[18:48] that provide 10 cents per gallon relief from Kentucky's gas tax through July 31st of this year.

[18:58] Louisville families and businesses are already feeling the strain of rising costs, and the ongoing

[19:04] I-65 shutdown has only added to that financial burden by increasing transportation expenses

[19:11] and commute times.

[19:13] Our successful efforts to end reformulated gasoline requirements in Jefferson County are helping

[19:18] lower prices at the pump here locally.

[19:21] However, gasoline costs are expected to rise again in the months ahead.

[19:27] And so this extension that I'm requesting provides relief when people need it most.

[19:33] Many global families are making difficult choices every day.

[19:37] It's household budgets remain under pressure.

[19:40] Every dollar counts.

[19:42] So I will continue taking action to keep more money in the pockets of working families.

[19:47] I appreciate Governor Bashir's consideration of this request and I look forward to continue

[19:52] work with him and the Kentucky legislature to reduce costs for Louisville families in any way possible.

[20:00] Thank you all very much for joining us here today, we're so excited to launch LaVille

[20:05] Lou.

[20:05] We're so excited to support Hispanic businesses, families, community members, and we're just

[20:11] getting started.

[20:12] Thank you all very much and happy to take any questions for members of the media.

[20:19] I'm sorry, can you repeat the question?

[20:23] The question was about a former Louisville Metro Police Department officer Stotz, who just recently resigned, that helps expedite the process, as you all are well aware, chief Humphrey initiated termination proceedings against Mr. Stotz last week, and this expedites the process, that will not change, and the commonwealth attorney and others will continue the criminal investigation.

[20:50] into the matter.

[20:53] You share a little bit more about your request that we're sharing.

[20:56] Why is a county specific request that I'm supposed to link you to start with the candidates

[21:01] and how all that works?

[21:02] Sure.

[21:03] So the question was about my request to Governor Bashir to for the continued 10 percent gas

[21:09] tax relief.

[21:10] So Governor Bashir had an emergency order that provided statewide gas tax relief of 10 cents

[21:16] that is expiring in the coming days.

[21:18] And he recently provided guidance to the entire state that each county could request to opt in for an additional period of time if emergency measures were required in their local community.

[21:33] And here in Jefferson County with the I-65 shutdown, creating additional burdens on rural families and communities with extra commute times, which causes them to use more gas.

[21:43] I thought it was very prudent, that in this time of high gas prices, that we look for every possible way we can to keep the costs of gas down for Louisville families, and so that's why I've requested that he extend this gas tax release through July 31, which is when the I-65 work will be done, and I-65 will reopen.

[22:03] Any

[22:05] other questions?

[22:08] All right.

[22:08] Margaret, that's nice.

[22:10] I'm curious about, you know, our story and, you know, why he chose this neighbor

[22:15] mood to settle in for your business.

[22:18] The question was from Margaret read about why, about a little bit more about her story

[22:21] and why she told chose this neighborhood to settle in build a business.

[22:32] Ok, fuimos un grupo de personas que cogimos este correo de presto, porque creo que aquí está la mayoría de migrantes de la ciudad.

[22:49] Pero es un poco humano a tomando un poco de grilo que estamos en agresimiento y que te hacemos crecer

[23:00] junto en la ciudad.

[23:01] We wanted to distinguish ourselves as hispanics in this area that wanted to grow together.

[23:08] Pero sé que hay mucho repácio en Google que fatan nuestros japanos y que se han reconocido.

[23:17] But this is not the only area of Google where we're missing recognizing those hispanic businesses.

[23:25] Y yo sé que hay muchas promesas y hay muchas cosas que cumplir y una de ellas es eso, llevar a más lugar, esto que queremos hacer de la vía de luz.

[24:23] Buen día, y ahora vamos todo.

[24:26] Y vamos a morir a mi casa.

[24:28] Y ahora vamos a cogerar mi casa.

[24:33] Y estoy muy bien.

[24:34] Y espero a todos de mi casa.

[24:36] A veces, con un poco la noche,

[24:38] ¿por qué te voy a hacer más tarde?

[24:38] Podemos ir a la gente de su familia.

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[24:49] por favor,

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[26:07] pero de la margaría de la muerte, y de la última vez de la muerte de la comunidad.

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