 I am Jamie Devine. I serve as the Treasurer for the North Columbia Business Association. We're the Business Association, the central governing body for businesses here that are north of Maine down this corridor pretty much to I-20 and over a couple of streets. And so we're glad to be here again to welcome another business along the corridor. We've been diligently, along with city officials, recruiting businesses to the area. And so we are appreciative of those who are here. We thank the business owners who saw fit to invest in this community, who saw fit to invest in this area. And without further ado, we will have a program today and we will have several of our city officials to come before us. And we will first have, then we hear from the owners and those associated with the business today. And then we'll have the ribbon cutting at the end. We won't hold you long. So at this time, I would like to introduce Sabrina Odom, who is Sabrina Odom Edwards, who's our executive director of the North Columbia Business Association. We do have one board member with us, Kenneth Robinson from Optus Bank. He's also board member of the North Columbia Business Association. Kenneth, if you raise your hand so folks can see you. He's also a member. I don't think any of the members of the North Columbia Business Association is here. And we wanna thank them and their absence. So at this point, if Sabrina, if you would come forward and I'll come back with some additional remarks. Thank you. What a humbling moment it is to stand here in front of this wonderful crowd of community people and guests to mark this very special occasion. Thank you for being here. It's my sincere pleasure to welcome you all to the ribbon cutting ceremony for good vibes, paint and sip. As you can clearly see, it's an exhilarating time in the Noma Trestle District. Today's ceremony highlights a tangible reminder of our mission for the North Columbia. This is made possible in part by our unwaverly commitment to never give up. Never give up. Reaching a major milestone like this can only be achieved through incredible teamwork. I am honored to work along some of the best in the business and want to publicly acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our mayor, city and staff. And in particular to our incredible OBO office for their extraordinary efforts this past week to get this ribbon cutting ready for today. As a board, we are tasked with envisioning not what tomorrow holds or even what next year holds for our corridor. We are entrusted with directing the future of the Noma Trestle District. 10 or even 15 years from now and we can't do this without you. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Thank you, Sabrina. Sabrina's been our executive director since the opening, a start of NCBA and so it's been about 10, 15 years now, Sabrina, that you've been at the helm and we're 15 years. So we appreciate Sabrina's support and her vision to and make NCBA come to fruition. So without further ado, I'd like to introduce our honorable mayor, Mayor Daniel J. Rickerman of the City of Columbia and after Mayor Rickerman, we have Councilwoman Audity Bussells who will come before us as well. Councilwoman Tina Herbert was scheduled to be here but she has a funeral, could not be with us today. So if Mayor Rickerman would come and then Councilman Audity Bussells will come after him. Thank you. Well, it's another great day in Columbia. Here we are in the North Main Corridor opening in another business. It's very exciting. I wanna thank you for your investment, your thoughts. As we were talking earlier, you know, one of the things, the great things, I think the North Main Corridor is our new corridor where investment's coming. There are not many places that people can open up a small business, walk out on the street and point at the state house. There is nowhere in America that you have the ability to do that other than on this stretch and I think that's an incredible thing as we continue to grow and bring in variety of different businesses. It's not just restaurants and retails, it's service industry and having a place that we can come paint and sip and for those of you who like to sip more than paint, that can be arranged as well but I think it's an incredible investment and it's a great asset to this community. We're so excited that y'all made this decision. We're excited that you're here and as we continue to open up Columbia and work collectively together as a community to grow, I think this is so exciting and we'll continue to work together to keep bringing more neighbors, more awareness, looking forward to being able to push this out on social media, another great meeting spot for people to come here in our NOMA area. Thank you Sabrina, thank you Commissioner Devine for what y'all do on the North Maine Business Alliance because it is important that we continue to work together and having advocates continuing to show people all the great spots that we have opportunities for investment. With that, I will yield the microphone to my colleague, Dr. Audity Bussells. Good afternoon everyone. I am a little bit biased because this is my favorite neighborhood. I can walk here and I cannot wait to walk to do a little more sipping than painting, he's right. But I think it really speaks to how many people want to see Columbia be a vibrant place, a place that's walkable and connected and has a lot to offer beyond some of the typical things you may think of a city has. And so I'm very excited to see a minority owned, woman owned business come to North Maine. And I look forward to, and I look forward to working with Councilman Herbert, the mayor and all of my colleagues to continue to build out this corridor to be a place that people come to visit whether they were born and raised in Columbia or they're just passing through. I think that this area has limitless potential and you're already starting to see things change. So congratulations on such a special day and I can't wait to maybe paint my dog or something cool while I'm here. Thank you, Mayor Rickerman. Thank you, Councilwoman Bussells, Dr. Bussells. We appreciate your service to this community. Appreciate what you guys do to ensure that we have the best of the best in the city of Columbia. Also, I want to introduce to our business owner and her guests. We first have Ashley White, the project manager. Then we have Mr. Jetta Bostic, the executive assistant and then Ebony Livingston, who's the actual owner of Good Vibes, Paint and Sip, Event Venue. So ladies, in the order that you'd like to come. I guess it's me first. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being a part of this day with us to celebrate a great woman who has a great vision for this wonderful business. My name is Ashley White. I am the project manager for Good Vibes. When Ebony came to me and we talked about this, we just knew that it would be great for everyone. This is a place for everyone to come, paint, sip, create your own vibe. It's also an event space. I want to elaborate on that as well. So we do paint and sip. That's what our house specialty is. However, you can partake in having this as a private event. You can actually do your meetings here, conferences here, baby showers here, birthday parties here, or you can just come and hang out with your friends. We want to make sure that this is for everybody, all communities, all neighborhoods, all people. So I want to thank all of you guys for being here. And at this time, I'm going to introduce you to our executive administrative assistant, Mrs. Ojeda Bostic. Good afternoon. My name is Ojeda Bostic, and I am the mother of this young lady Ebony. As we cut the ribbon here today, let's tie the knot as businesses and as community to encourage and support each other. We look forward to building a camaraderie relationship with each one of you. Thank you for your presence here today. Our vision is to change some lives with good vibes. Thank you. And at this time, we would like to introduce to everyone the owner, the visionary, the newest member of the Main Street Block, Noma's newest member as well, Mrs. Ebony Livingston. Good morning. I would like to just start out by saying thank you to all of you for coming out today. I would like to thank the city of Columbia and our mayor. Where you at? There you go. Thank you, Noma. I would also like to thank Sabrina, Edwards of Noma and Carolina Colonel. They weren't able to be here today for their continuous support. I also would like to thank my family, my friends, my team. I could not do this without you. I would also like to thank TPM Printing and Curt Construction. Y'all brought my vision to life. It is definitely an honor today to be the newest member of Main Street, and I am so excited about Good Vibes' future here. The doors are officially open, and we welcome each and every one of you to return back here to have Good Vibes. And again, thank you all for coming out today.