 Hello and welcome to City Updates. I'm your host, Alicia Utsi, Director of Public Relations, Media and Marketing for the City of Columbia. Our February updates include, on Monday, February 1st, the Planning Commission will meet at 5.15 p.m. This will be a virtual meeting and it will be live streamed on our city's website at columbiasc.gov and also the City of Columbia's YouTube channel. For more details, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. On February 2nd, at 10 a.m., the City Council Committee for Environment and Infrastructure will meet at 10 a.m. This will be a virtual meeting that will be live streamed on our website at columbiasc.gov and our city's YouTube channel. Again, you may watch the live stream of this meeting because it will be virtual due to the pandemic. Also on February 2nd, the Office of Business Opportunities will host a leadership resiliency during a crisis webinar. Business recovery from the inside out. This webinar will begin at 10 a.m. and will end at 11.30 a.m. Are you ready to become more effective as a business leader during a crisis? Join us as we help business owners increase their ability to lead their business as they recover from the impact of COVID-19. This will be a virtual webinar and you can register by visiting our website at columbiasc.gov and look for the webinar flyer on all of our social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Also on February 2nd, Columbia City Council will hold their regular City Council meeting starting at 2 p.m. that afternoon. This will be a virtual meeting due to COVID-19 and you can watch it on our website at columbiasc.gov and the city's YouTube channel. For agenda details, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. On February 3rd, the Community Development Department will host the Bank on Columbia virtual training session starting at 3 p.m. and ending at 4.30 p.m. This virtual training session is free. You can check our website at columbiasc.gov about how you can register. Also on February 3rd, the Board of Zoning Appeals will hold their monthly meeting at 4 p.m. This will be a virtual meeting due to COVID-19 restrictions and you can watch it live on our website at columbiasc.gov and also on the city's YouTube channel. For agenda details, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. Also on February 3rd, will be the fourth and final session for the community conversations regarding the color of law. The city of Columbia and local partners will present the fourth community conversation on the color of law. The city and local partners have worked together to host three virtual sessions and this will be the fourth and final virtual session. The color of law and forgotten history of how our government segregated America. The fourth and final session will be held on February 4th, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. The topic will be, where do we go from here? Innovative solutions from today's mayors. In order to register, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. This virtual session is free and open to the public. On February 5th, we want everyone to join us for national Wear Red Day. National Wear Red Day is supported by the American Heart Association and the city of Columbia and celebrated in conjunction with National Heart Health Month. It focuses specifically on raising awareness of women's heart disease and stroke risks. Cardiovascular disease causes one in three deaths in women every year, making it the number one health-related killer of women. The good news is 87% of all heart issues are believed to be preventable, making awareness, education, research and resources vital to the cause this day supports. So make sure that on Friday, February 5th, you wear red for the city of Columbia. Go Red Columbia and make sure you take photos and post them on social media and tag the city of Columbia on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag Go Red Columbia and Wear Red Day. Calling all business owners and entrepreneurs, get ready for February 9th when the Office of Business Opportunities will offer a free webinar just for you. The Office of Business Opportunities will host leadership resiliency during a crisis, a business webinar that focuses on recovery from the inside out. The webinar will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 11.38 a.m. and it is free and open to the public, but you must register. Visit our website at columbiasc.gov for registration information and you can also visit our social media platforms for registration details. Are you ready to become more effective as a leader during a crisis? Join us as we help businesses increase their ability to lead their business as they recover from the impact of COVID-19. On February 10th, the Community Development Department will host their quarterly Columbia All Access Training Session. This training session will be virtual due to COVID-19 restrictions and in the interest of public health. The training will be presented online starting at 3 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. For registration details, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. You can also visit our social media platforms for registration information for the All Access Columbia Quarterly Training Session presented by our Community Development Department. On February 11th, the Design Development Review Commission will hold a virtual meeting starting at 4 p.m. The meeting will be live streamed on the city's website at columbiasc.gov and you can also watch it on the city's YouTube channel. For agenda details, visit our website at columbiasc.gov. On February 16th, Columbia City Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting starting at 2 p.m. This will be a virtual meeting due to COVID-19 restrictions and in the interest of public health. The virtual council meeting will be live streamed on our city's website starting at 2 p.m. on February 16th. Visit us at columbiasc.gov and you can also watch the live stream on the city's YouTube channel. For agenda details, visit our website at columbiasc.gov. Entrepreneurs, here's an ideal opportunity just for you. The Office of Visit Opportunities will host the next level for micro entrepreneurs. Classes are scheduled February 11th through April 15th of 2021. The classes will focus on teaching self-sufficiency through self-employment. Participants will learn how to choose a business idea, develop a marketing plan, explore financing options, develop a customer service philosophy, as well as other relevant entrepreneurial skills. For registration details, please visit our website at columbiasc.gov and you can also visit our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as social media platforms for Columbia's Office of Business Opportunities. Well, thank you for watching City Updates for the month of February 2021. For more information regarding city events, meetings and information, you can always visit our website at columbiasc.gov. Also follow us on social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And of course, continue to watch us on our various TV platforms on Spectrum, channel 1301, also on our YouTube channel for the City of Columbia, as well as Amazon Fire TV and Roku. As always, thank you for watching and remember, we are Columbia.