 All right, good afternoon. My name is Henry Simons. I am the Assistant City Manager of Operations for the City of Columbia. And we would like to welcome you. And thank you, of course, for your presence today as we celebrate the new amenities here at E.B. Sessions Park. Thank you to our mayor, Steve Benjamin, city council members, our entire council, as well as Councilman McDowell, who's present with us today. Thank you so much, sir, for being here today. I also want, of course, to acknowledge our city manager, Mr. Teresa Wilson for all of our continued leadership and guidance on our initiatives with Parks and Recreation. We are grateful for another ribbon-cutting ceremony. This, again, confirms our commitment to the citizens of this community as well as our great city. This portion of the project would not, of course, be possible without funding provided through HUD's Community Development Block Grant Program, in which we were awarded close to $110,000 to complete this project. E.B. Sessions Park renovations include a new playground, as you see behind me, and site amenities, which include a new shade, shelter, or sails, climbing activities, slides, bridges, swings, and a mini-go-round. The surfacing of the playground is engineered wood fiber and the large shade sails incorporated into the playground help to keep the play environment cool. We are very proud of what we've accomplished here at E.B. Sessions Park. And we'll continue to work hard to improve the quality of life through Parks and Recreation for this community and across our great city. So thank you so much for being here on today. Now, at this time, we would have J. Kevin Speaks, who is the vice president of the Booker Washington Heights Labor Association, for some remarks. And that'll be followed by our councilman, Agment Dow. And I'll come back after that with some acknowledgments. Kevin. Thank you. I'm J. Kevin Speaks, vice president of the Booker Washington Heights Neighborhood Organization. I've had the pleasure of being a part of the first dedication ceremony of the E.B. Sessions Park held 1996, 1997 year. Emma B. Sessions was a resident of this community. She was an educator and a member of St. John Baptist Church located just behind us. Ms. Katherine Bellfield at that time was our neighborhood association president who took it upon herself in conjunction with the residents of the community to dedicate this land which once stood a two-story house that burned during those early years of 1990s. However, to be a part of this ribbon-cutting ceremony today, I'm sure that our neighborhood leaders before us are rejoicing that we are carrying on the tradition of developing our Booker Washington Heights community with a nice playground for our children and for our seniors to come have a nice brisk walk and relax under the shaded trees areas. Again, thank you, City of Columbia, for this opportunity and for those of you who are a part of this ribbon-cutting ceremony. We here in Booker Washington Heights community thank you. Just a word of thanks to each of you for being here today. As we cut the ribbon, as we continue to grow in the Booker Washington Heights, it is extremely acknowledging to know that with the help of our Assistant City Manager, HUD, CDBG, we were able to acquire $109,000 for this park. This community continues to grow, continues to expand itself. With the ribbon-cutting ceremony today for E.B. Sessions Park, it provides an opportunity for residents in this area, children in this area, to have fun and to be in an environment where this equipment and all that there is therein, to provide for their health, security, and we are appreciative. Please remember Booker White, Booker Washington Heights, this is not the only thing that has taken place in this area. In addition to all of the things that has taken place this last year, in excess of $600,000 has been expended in this particular area, and we are not through yet. So we're here today to celebrate, celebrate the completion, celebrate the ribbon-cutting, and also to celebrate what this city and what this community continues to do. So thanks for being here today, undergird yourselves with all that we've said, and in addition, know that we aren't through yet. Thank you very much. Thank you again, Councilman McDowell, for your remarks. Just some acknowledgments. A lot of work goes into these projects, so we want to, number one, of course, acknowledge our Vice President of the Booker White, Booker Washington Heights Neighborhood Association, Mr. J. Kevin speaks for being here and his remarks as well. We also want to thank our local HUD Office Director, Christine Foy, for her commitment as well. Our very own Gloria Said, the Director of Community Development and her entire team. Also want to acknowledge Dolly Bristow, our Community Development Administrator that's present with us today. Thank you so much for your support and commitment to this project. We also want to thank our Parks and Recreation Leadership Team, led by Mr. Randy Davis, our Director of Parks and Recreation. Of course, our Deputy Director, Kenyan Bryant. We also have Todd Martin, our Project Manager here with us. This is our entire team for our continued effort to do what we can to improve these amenities in our communities. We are grateful to have this opportunity to help our young people in this community. So at this particular time, we're gonna move into the actual ribbon cutting itself. I'm gonna ask a few of our members to come to take part in that process. And then after that, we'll have time for some additional interviews. Again, thank you all so much for being here today.