 Good morning, everyone. Welcome here to the wonderful Divine Street District in Columbia, South Carolina. We're here today to celebrate another new business opening in Columbia, South Carolina. It's an old business, but it's a new business, again, because owner Alec Acele has been involved here in Columbia before, but we're really excited about this new location. My name is Ryan Coleman. I'm the Economic Development Director for the City of Columbia, and it's my pleasure to welcome you here and announce our list of speakers for today's wonderful event. First off, we've got Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickman. He'll be followed by Mr. Matt Mundy, developer with the state's companies. Let Matt go first. Okay, Matt can go first. I love this. We're changing on the fly. He'll be followed by Mr. Jen Suber with the Divine Street Business Association, and finally, our highly esteemed guest of honor today, Ms. Alec Acele, owner of Ale and Eloise Bakeshop, who cleaned my wallet out two weeks ago when my wife and daughters came in here. So with that, I'd like to turn it over to Mr. Mundy. Yes, sir. First off, many thanks to Alec and the City. This wouldn't be here but for them, so I've known Alec a long time, a great person, great woman, great business, best bakery in town, and proud to have her here, so you're going to do amazing. And then hats off to Mayor Rickman Ryan, Greg, and the vital support the City provided, even driving water meters out here, Greg, to get to a CO. So as we were all trying to get to the finish line to get this place open, so we're gratefully appreciated for that, and all the work everybody's done and what an impact this has had on the community and the overall that you see of the residents is now living here in the office, the bakery. As Ryan said, I could go broke here with my four kids running around buying desserts, so but we're just ecstatic for what's going on here, the vibrancy. We got an artist, Brian, told a lot of Nashville, Tennessee, who's over here doing artwork as well that should finish in the coming weeks and be a great asset for the community as well. But here today to celebrate Alec, the City, and what all this means for the community, and we're excited for what's on the horizon. So thank you guys. Good morning. I'm Jen Suber with the Divine Street Association, and on behalf of the Association, we wanted to welcome you. We are comprised of about 95% small businesses here on Divine Street. And one of the reasons this place is so special is that it was built from scratch, right? Like, we're already an established business district and people say, oh, there's no room, but there is. And somebody had a vision, Matt and his team. And then Alec said, we're buying in and now we have a beautiful location that only not only has a business, but also has living space above it. So our goal on Divine Street is shop, live, dine, divine. And with great partners like the City of Columbia and Estates, we're able to continue to grow this thriving business district. And we're just excited to have you. So welcome. All right. It's always exciting to have a business that continues to grow in our community. And to be quite honest, it's also very exciting to have another women owned business here in our community that's continuing to expand and grow. And I think it's, it's not only great for us as a community because of the product and the quality and the commitment that you put towards your business, but you're also a founder and a founder is somebody who is an inspiration to others. And I think what we're seeing is this growth in our community of small businesses, which are coming from all directions. And we're so excited to have it. And having this business on Divine Street just enhances Divine Street. I started my business, my first business on Divine Street in 1994. And so, yes, it is a place where my heart is deep. And I just really love to see the growth because when we moved here in 94 to open a business, there was only one other restaurant on Divine Street. And now there's a flethora of restaurants, there's people living here, there's shops growing, and we're continuing to see that growth. So it's exciting. But we're proud of you. We're excited for you. And now you get to come say those words of wisdom that you've been practicing all morning to share with us about your business, but also the opportunity to be here. So with that, thank you. Thank you. I've been practicing all morning in the mirror for this because anyway, I'm Alec Castillo. I own Allie and Elvys Bakery and I am thrilled to be here with you guys. We opened our Forest Drive location in 2012. But before then, I went to culinary school. I did a business plan for Bakery and that bakery was on Divine Street in Columbia, South Carolina. So that's what I wanted way before I even started. So we're really excited we get this opportunity. Matt has been awesome. He's been great leading me through all this because I had no idea what I was doing, but it turned out great. So we're just excited to be a part of Divine Street and we hope everybody loves the new space. So thank you guys so much.