 Hello Columbia, and welcome to This Week in the City, where we bring you highlights from the public relations, media, and marketing department with the City of Columbia. I'm your host, Alicia Utsi. Happy New Year, Columbia! In our top story this week, we would like to congratulate our new Mayor, Daniel J. Rickerman, along with our newly elected City Council members, Councilman Joe E. Taylor, Councilwoman Aditi Bustles, and Councilwoman Tina Herbert, all of whom were sworn in on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022. We welcome our new leaders on City Council, and we look forward to a fantastic new year. And speaking of the new year, our Public Relations, Media, and Marketing Department has a special gift just for you. It's our 2022 City of Columbia Official Calendar. This free calendar can be picked up at various locations around the city. You may pick up your City of Columbia 2022 calendar at Hyatt Park, the Busby Street Community Center, Greenview Park, our City of Columbia Payment Center, located at 3000 Hardin Street, Drew Wellness Center, Melrose Park, Emily Douglas Park, Heathwood Park, Woodland Park, and last but not least, our new Public Relations, Media, and Marketing Center located at City Hall at 1737 Main Street. Our 2022 City of Columbia calendar features various parks, landscapes, and iconic sites around the City of Columbia. We also are very proud and excited to feature our 2021 Hashtag Love Columbia Photo Contest winners whose photos are included in this year's calendar. Congratulations to our winners, and we are happy and proud to offer this free gift to our citizens for the new year. Please be advised that the next free vaccine clinic will be held on January 11th at Woodland Park from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. You and your family members and friends can visit Woodland Park for a free vaccine and or your booster shot. For additional details visit our website at resilient.columbiasc.gov. And later this week on January 13th, the Planning Commission will meet at City Hall at 1737 Main Street. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. The meeting will be live streamed at our website at columbiasc.gov as well as our City YouTube channel. For agenda items please visit our website at columbiasc.gov. And speaking of the Planning Commission, please be reminded that our land use boards and commissions have changed their monthly meeting dates for 2022. The City of Columbia's Planning and Development Services Department has moved their regularly scheduled monthly meeting dates for their land use boards and commissions. The Planning Commission will now meet on the second Thursday of the month at 4 p.m. The Design Development Review Commission will now meet on the third Thursday of the month at 4 p.m. These changes went into effect at the beginning of January 2022. The Board of Zoning Appeals meeting date remains unchanged which is on the first Thursday of the month at 4 p.m. These changes were necessary to minimize rescheduling conflicts of the meetings due to City observed holidays which makes the meeting calendar more uniform for all users. If you have any questions about the changes in meeting dates please contact the Planning Division at 803-545-3222 or email cocboardmeetings at columbiasc.gov. As we approach our annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday we would like to remind our citizens that our City offices will be closed on January 17, 2022. Also please be reminded that those who would like to continue to support the virtual food drive for our MLK Day observance you may do so. Please visit our website at columbiasc.gov for more details or you can contact parts and recreation by calling 803-545-3100 and find out how you can be of service to your community. And speaking being of service we also want to make sure that citizens are aware that out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of public health the City of Columbia's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance and celebration will be virtual this year. The virtual ceremony will be held on January 17 at 4 p.m. You'll be able to view the ceremony live via our website at columbiasc.gov and live streaming will also be available through our City YouTube channel and our social media platforms. Again out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of public health our King Day celebration for the City of Columbia will be held virtually this year. For additional details please continue to visit our website at columbiasc.gov and also you may call parts and recreation at 803-545-3100. Well Columbia that's it for this week in the City where we bring you highlights from the public relations media and marketing department with the City of Columbia. Please continue to follow us on our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Also our website is your 24-hour source of information at columbiasc.gov and check out our TV platforms City TV on Spectrum Channel 1301 as well as Roku and Amazon Fire TV. And as always you can always reach out to us personally by calling 803-545-3020 or sending us an email at pio at columbiasc.gov for city information. And as we stated please make sure you stop by whenever you need information from the City of Columbia or materials for your community or organizations and visit our public relations media and marketing PR center at City Hall.