freddie carter and mike. where is freddie? freddie, come up here. please, a big hand for freddie. [ applause ] >> every time i would stop by early in the morning, 6:30 sometimes in the evening, 8:00 freddie was in that office making sure the work would get done. he held hands to many of the workers from our community and made this project possible. it is a very good example that people like freddie, when they go the extra mile teach our own residents and people who live here how to do things. we can do it. [ applause ] we can do it. and i hope this sets the pace for future projects in san francisco. all the neighborhoods from the various residents we can go and we can build more libraries, more stations, more fire houses, more community facilities. thank you very much. >> now we also wanted an energy efficient library. you have a green living roof and also have solar panels and i think all due to the partnership we've had with the department environment of san francisco. this is actually going to be the highest rated lead which stands for leadership

freddie carter and mike. where is freddie? freddie, come up here. please, a big hand for freddie. [ applause ] >> every time i would stop by early in the morning, 6:30 sometimes in the evening, 8:00 freddie was in that office making sure the work would get done. he held hands to many of the workers from our community and made this project possible. it is a very good example that people like freddie, when they

it is a community center, it is an example of how you get a contractor like freddie carter, [ applause ] to become romantic after 50 years of struggle. how he and working with public works and the architects and the library and the commission were able to get some 68 percent local businesses involved, 25 percent from bay view alone." is this what we mean by invest in our neighborhoods? absolutely. so, when you look at thili