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A BIG GROUP JOINED GRAND PRAIRIE MAYOR RON JENSEN, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN LOPEZ AND SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR A POP-UP COMMUNITY FAIR.
AND THE SEPTEMBER EDITION OF CYCLING WITH THE MAYOR, FISH CREEK LINEAR PARK PROVIDED THE LATEST BACKDROP FOR THE CYCLING SERIES THAT JENSEN STARTED NEARLY A DECADE AGO TO HELP PROMOTE THE CITY'S GET FIT GP INITIATIVE.
NOW HEADING INTO THE HOME STRETCH OF THE 2024 SEASON, THE LEISURELY RIDES CONTINUE TO BRING OUT RETURNING REGULARS AS WELL AS FIRST TIMERS.
AND SINCE 2022 PARTIES IN THE PARK LIKE THIS ONE, HAVE MADE THE EVENTS EVEN MORE APPEALING FOR PARENTS WHO CAN BRING THEIR KIDS FOR SOME FAMILY FUN WHILE THEY CAN ALSO MEET NEW NEIGHBORS, FIND OUT ABOUT THE MANY SERVICES THE CITY HAS TO OFFER AND SPEND AN EVENING TOGETHER OUTDOORS EVEN IF THEY DON'T GO FOR THE RIDE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, SO MANY, EVERYBODY'S SO BUSY.
IT'S NICE TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND JUST, UH, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER IN THE COMMUNITY.
JUST SEEING THE COMMUNITY BEING A PART OF IT, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT.
AND ENCOURAGES, YOU KNOW, BEING PHYSICAL AND ACTIVE AND MAKING FRIENDS AND JUST GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE AROUND IS REALLY SPECIAL.
ADDING THAT PIECE TO IT, IT BRINGS THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT OWN A BANK BIKE, RIGHT? BUT THEY STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
THEY STILL WANT TO BE ENGAGING WITH US, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD WAY THAT THE BAND HAS A GREAT IDEA ADDING THAT PORTION TO IT.
NEXT UP IS THE ANNUAL OCTOBER PINK OUT STROLL WITH THE MAYOR.
WALK AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT GPTX.ORG/GET FIT.
GP GRAND PRAIRIE IS CELEBRATING ITS HISPANIC HERITAGE WITH THE ANNUAL GRAND FIESTA PETRIA.
THE EVENT COMMEMORATES MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN.
IT INCLUDES A SPIRITED PARADE DOWNTOWN, FOLLOWED BY A SHOWCASE OF HISPANIC CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCE, AND FOOD.
NOW, VIRGIL, YOU'VE MADE US PROUD AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY GRAND PRAIRIE, NATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL BOXER VIRGIL ORTIZ JR.
GROWING UP IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARADES AND THE CELEBRATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, ALL THE MINORITIES HERE FOR, FOR EVERYONE HERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT THAT, UH, THEY, THEY RECOGNIZE ME AS PART OF IT.
IT MEANS GREAT, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CELEBRATE TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, BRING OUT THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE BRING AS FAR AS CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND PASSION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS, WHAT WE BRING AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR GRAND CITY.
THE CELEBRATION ALSO MARKS THE START OF NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH RUNS FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH.