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The Trail Conservancy and Austin Parks and Recreation just launched
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phase two of the Seaholm Waterfront Project. This is going
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to turn the historic Seaholm intake facility right there on
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Cesar Chavez, right past Lamar into a community hub along
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the hike and bike trail. It's going to have a
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little snack and coffee bar in it, a little amenities porch,
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a courtyard. You can have access to the water right there. Oh,
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this is the intake building, not the main building. The
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intake building, yeah. Yeah, okay. Yeah, they're turning it into
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a fun little place to stop along the trail. The
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trail's becoming a destination.
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That's cool.
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Location.
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I've always thought it was kind of a shame. We've
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got this beautiful Lady Bird Lake and there's only like, What,
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one restaurant overlooking the water?
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Mm-hmm. On the other side.
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It's Cidercade. It's Cidercade now, but it used to be
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a seafood place. Like, there should be more restaurants overlooking
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this beautiful view.
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Yeah, and it's such a cool building. The architecture of
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the building, that mid-century kind of feel to it. I
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don't know. It's very cool. It definitely, if they are
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able to turn it into the community hub, I think
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that's going to be so fun.
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Interesting and cool. When you say community hub, is that
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like where water fountains are and stuff?
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No, like they're going to have a snack bar, a
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coffee bar, a porch right there. So as you're walking
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or running along the porch, along the trail, you can
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walk in and sit down, meet your friends there, order
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a coffee.
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Will they have matcha?
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I'm sure they will. People like to taste the taste
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of bone grass.
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What's that one you drink, JB, that Looks like it's
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got a loogie in it.
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Kombucha?
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Kombucha.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't do that.
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Looks like someone hacked a loogie into it. It doesn't
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look appetizing.
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That is true. But it's so good for your body.
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Yeah.
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Oh, that's cool.
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And again, we just told you yesterday about the announcement
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to make a three-mile track from the airport for the
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light rail.
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Three miles.
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Is this.
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anytime soon that this is going to happen?
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They've just launched the phase two part of this project.
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So I'm sure it still has to go through all
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of the approval process and all of that. Phase one,
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they did back in 2018. So that should let you
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know that this is on the slow track, apparently.
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That means we'll have one in Cedar Park before Austin does.
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Probably so.
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That is the story we love.
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That's some excellent reporting, Trish. I appreciate you.
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You're welcome.