 Hello, Columbia and welcome to your April City updates coming to you from the Public Relations Media and Marketing Department. I'm your host, Alicia Yeatsy. For the week of April 11th through the 17th, it's National Telecommunicators Week. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Every year during the second week of April, the telecommunications personnel in the public safety community are honored. This week-long event is a time to celebrate and thank those who dedicate their lives to serving the public. It is a week that should be set aside so everyone can be made aware of their hard work and dedication. And for that, the City of Columbia, thanks all of our telecommunicators and our Columbia Richland 911 Center. On Monday, April 12th, Mayor Steve Benjamin along with Columbia City Council members, city staff and neighborhood leaders joined together to plant seeds for a wildflower field located at the corner of Maine and Elmwood. This year not only will this field be dedicated to wildflowers but also additional locations throughout the city. This will hopefully once again bring hope and joy to those in our community as we continue to move through the pandemic and work together as a resilient Columbia. On Tuesday, April 13th, the Affordable Housing Task Force Advisory Committee meeting will be held. This meeting will be held again on Tuesday, April 13th starting at 11 a.m. For agenda items, visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov And of course, if you'd like to view the meeting, you can watch the live stream on our website at ColumbiaSC.gov or the City's YouTube channel. On Tuesday, April 13th, the Parks and Recreation Department will celebrate the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for two additional parks. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies will be held at two parks on Tuesday, April 13th. First, at E.B. Sessions at 11 a.m. E.B. Sessions Park is located at 3200 Beaumont Avenue and at 3 p.m. at Lorwick Park located at 1600 Lorwick Avenue. These two ribbon-cutting ceremonies will both celebrate and highlight improvements that have been made to amenities at both park locations. For more details, visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov or you can call Parks and Recreation at 803-545-3100. On April 15th, the Administrative Policy Committee meeting will be held virtually. A virtual meeting for the Administrative Policy Committee will be held virtually on April 15th. This meeting will begin at 10 a.m. The live stream can be viewed at ColumbiaSC.gov and you can also find agenda items at that website. This meeting will be live streamed once again for the public to view and if you have any questions, please call 803-545-3020. Well, that wraps up our highlights for this week. Thank you for watching us here on CityTV and for more information about the City of Columbia, please visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov and you can follow us on our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And of course, don't forget that April is Financial Literacy Month. You can find information regarding financial literacy on all of our platforms and especially our social media platforms where we have featured videos streaming throughout the month of April.