 Hello Columbia and welcome to This Week in the City. Highlights brought to you from the public relations, media and marketing department with the City of Columbia. I am your host, Alicia Utsi. Hello Columbia and welcome to This Week in the City. On Monday, June 13th, Mayor Daniel Rickerman, Columbia City Council members and City Manager Theresa Wilson cordially invite you to join them for a business friendly initiatives press conference. This press conference will focus on announcing recent changes that have been made to some of the City's business processes and procedures in order to streamline operations, clear faster and shorter waiting times for business owners and to enhance the business process for those conducting business within the City of Columbia. The business friendly initiatives press conference will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 13th at the Warmouth located at 1209 Franklin Street, which is located along the North Main Corridor. For information regarding this press conference, please contact Public Relations Media and Marketing at 803-545-3020 or email us at pioecolumniac.gov. On Tuesday, June 14th, there is a free COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinic. The COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinic will be held on Tuesday, June 14th from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Hampton Park. Hampton Park is located at 1117 Brandon Avenue. Also on Tuesday, June 14th, the Affordable Housing Task Force Committee meeting will begin at 11 a.m. at City Hall and Council Chambers. For agenda items, please visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov. In order to view the meeting, you may also view it from our website or our YouTube channel for the City of Columbia. If you need any further details or information, again please visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov. An additional meeting on June 14th is a City Council meeting that will begin at 3 p.m. at City Hall. This meeting can be viewed via live stream from our website at ColumbiaSC.gov and the City's YouTube channel or you may attend in person at City Hall. For an agenda, please visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov. On June 15th, the Columbia Empowerment Zone Board Meeting will be held at 12 p.m. at 3200 Grand Street. For additional information or information regarding the agenda, visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov. On Thursday, June 16th, join us for a grand opening that shows that Columbia continues to be open. Mayor Daniel Rickerman, Columbia City Council members and the owner of Silk will be hosting a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Silk Restaurant and Lounge, located at 902 Gervais Street in Suite C in the Vista. This grand opening will occur again on Thursday, June 16th at 1 p.m. A free COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinic will be available on Thursday, June 16th. The free COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinic will be open at Hampton Park located 1117 Brandon Avenue. The clinic will be open and will be free to all from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 16th. The Design and Development Review Commission will hold a meeting at 4 p.m. and Council Chambers on Thursday, June 16th, beginning at 4 p.m. Again, Design and Development Review Commission at 4 p.m. on June 16th and Council Chambers at City Hall. This meeting is a hybrid, which means that you can attend in person or you may view the meeting via live stream from the City's YouTube channel and from our website at Columbia SC dot gov, which is where you can also find agenda items. On Friday, June 17th, it's time for Food Truck Fridays. Food Truck Friday will be held on Friday, June 17th, beginning at 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The various locations will include 1400 Assembly Street in the parking lot adjacent to the City of Columbia offices near the corner of Assembly and Washington. The Food Truck Vendor will be Paella South. Our second location is at number one Justice Square at Columbia Police Department Headquarters, La Contranita and ZZ Barbecue of the Food Truck Vendors. Our third location is at 2300 Bull Street in the REI Co-op Parking Lot at the corner of Bull and Colonial. Food Truck Vendors for that location include Elevation Catering and Low House of Pizza. Please come on and join us between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at these locations for Food Truck Fridays. Well, that wraps up this edition of This Week in the City. We thank you for joining us for the highlights for this week from the Public Relations, Media and Marketing Department with the City of Columbia. I'm your host and on behalf of the City of Columbia and our Public Relations Media and Marketing Department, we invite you to stay connected by following the City on our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and of course our YouTube channel for on-demand video programming. Visit our website 24 hours a day for information at ColumbiaSC.gov and always remember that we are Columbia.