ANDRE ARE STANDING BY
WITH MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH.
>> WE WERE TALKING A FEW MOMENTS
AGO.
THE FIRST TIME I MET CATHERINE
PUGH WAS MY FIRST WEEK IN TOWN
FOR THE BALTIMORE MARATHON.
YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT
AND BEING THAT HERE.
NOW, THIS IS MY FIRST PREAKNESS,
AND WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT
PREAKNESS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF PREAKNESS.
HIS PREAKNESS HERE TO STAY IN
BALTIMORE?
>> IN BALTIMORE TUESDAY.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD LIKE
IT TO STAY IN BALTIMOE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WILL BE
INVESTING IN THIS PART OF THE
CITY.
WHAT I SAY IS WE HAVE GOTTEN
SOME IMPACT MONEY.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THIS
PARTICULAR AREA SO WE CAN GET
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS.
I AM GOI TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SHOPPING CENTER CONVENTION IN
LAS VEGAS THIS WEEK TO TRY AND
LOWE BUSINESSES -- TO TRY TO
LURE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO FOCUS ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A TRADITION.
NOT EVERY CITY IN AMERICA GETS
TO HAVE THEIR OWN SUPER BOWL.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS AN ECONOMIC GENERATOR AND
A JOB GENERATOR.
>> THE QUESTION IS HOW TO THINK
OUTSIDE THE BOX WITH PIMLICO.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT IS ONLY
OPEN 12 DAYS A YEAR.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
IS WHAT KIND OF VENUES SHOULD WE
INCORPORATE WITH THIS VENUE THAT
CAN ATTRACT ATTENTION ALL YEAR
ROUND?
I THINK ABOUT HOW BIG THIS SPACE
IS.
THERE IS NO PLACE IN BALTIMORE
WHERE 1000 PEOPLE CAN COME IN
PARK FOR FREE.
THERE IS A LOT OF THINKING GOING
ON CURRENTLY ABOUT THE VENUES
THAT COULD ENHANCE THIS
PARTICULAR VENUE.
AND IN THE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD
GENERATE AS A RESULT OF THAT.
>> ARE YOU MAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW
TELLING US THAT YOU ARE ACTIVELY
PURSUING BUSINESSES TO MOVE
AROUND THE AMOCO?
ACTIVELY PURSUING BUSINESSES
TO BE IN THI CORRIDOR AND
LOOKING AT INVESTMENT.
FROM THIS MOMENT -- FROM THE
VERY MOMENT I WAS A NON-CURATED,
I TALKED ABOUT THE PARK HEIGHTS
COMMUNITY AND THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY -- AN THE
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THE SECO JEWEL OF THE TRIPLE
CROWN IS ALL THE MORE REASON WHY
WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
>> CAN WE MOVE ON N TO THE
SUPERFICIAL.
YOU REALLY LOOK GORGEOUS.
YOU ARE A BIG FASHIONISTA
ALWAYS.
TO ME ABOUT YOUR OUTFIT.
THE DRESS IS AT LEAST ONE
YEAR OLD, BUT THE HAT BY CHRISTY
MOORE, AND S DREW AND SENT IN
A CONCEPT FOR ME, AND WE DID A
LITTLE TWEAKING.
AND THIS WAS UNVEILED TO ME THIS
MORNING AND I THINK IT FITS
PERFECTLY WITH THE DRESS.
>> DID YOU SAY UNVEILED THIS
MORNING?
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Y LOOK GORGEOUS FROM HEAD
TO TOE.
YOU AR WORKING IT.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
>> BUT YOU ARE KIND OF WORKING
AT 365.
>> SHE IS ALWAYS A 10.
>> HAVE A WONDERFUL PREAKNESS.
AND VERY QUICKLY, I WANT TO SAY
-- BACK TO THE POLITICS OF THIS
ALL -- YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT
TO BE THE MAYOR OF THIS TOWN WHO
LET THE PREAKNESS GO.
>> EVERYBODY KNOWS I WERE CAUGHT
ON BEHALF OF BALTIMORE, AND I
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD, AND
I AM HAVIN CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE GOVERNOR AND THOSE
INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC
GENERATION IN THIS AREA, AND WE
WILL FIGHT VERY HARD TO MAKE
SURE WE KEEP IT HERE.
>> ON THAT NOTE, CAN WE TALK
ABOUT THIS BI BATTLE BETWEEN
BALTIMORE VERSUS LAUREL PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT THE PREAKNESS, THEY THINK
ABOUT BALTIMORE CITY.
THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO BE
LEAVING ABOUT THE HOTELS,
ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES -- I
THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER
HERE.
EVEN MY SURROUNDING
JURISDICTION, PEOPLE WILL SAY
THAT THE PREAKNESS BELONGS TO
BALTIMORE.
>> HAPPY PREAKNESS.
>> HAPPY PREAKNESS, EVERYBODY.