 Good morning everybody. I am Jamie DeMine currently serve as treasurer of the North Columbia Business Association Next we have with us counsel woman out of the bustles who in her first term has done a lot for this greater, Columbia area She's a city council woman at large recently appointed to the National League of Cities board who is doing some great things here in Columbia So we look forward to her continued leadership We appreciate what she's done for us thus far and look forward to everything she's going to do at this time We introduce counsel woman out of the bustles Thank you so much. Good morning everyone, and thank you for being here on this beautiful day in Columbia Congratulations to the abney family for this grand opening. I've already picked out the fish. I'm taking home Although I can't pronounce it. I do know I'm gonna cook it and cook it well and probably fry it As I was talking about This this opening I love to read the story behind a business opening and what I learned about the story of the abney family Is this is more than just a fish market? It's passing down stories traditions It's passing generational wealth to the sun to start anew and create something in his own home And that's exactly the type of stories that I want to bring about and bring to light in this amazing city And so to have you come back and choose Columbia means a lot to us And I'm very very excited to continue to promote this business and most importantly remind people that it's not Just about a small business. It's about families. It's about communities It's about building a future for the next generation. He already has his nine-year-old son involved as well as his daughter And we couldn't ask for anything better. That's talent retention Those are all the things that we talk about on a city council level about what makes Columbia more thriving and equitable city and I think that the abney seafood market is a prime example of that So congratulations on a wonderful opening and I will pass it over to our owner I didn't prepare anything to say But I'm very proud of my son and his accomplishments along with the guidance of his mother It's been one of the spearheads. She's a more spearhead than I am she can get me straight And Like I said, we wanted to come back home I thought about it and I thought about it and I said to Timmy, you know what? Let's come back home. You know, I mean I knew mr. Cook was in this building here a long time ago The same identical building we had a business over here And it was called music wholesalers and ice cream parlor and came available. I said Timmy you want to go home? It's a yeah, let's go home dad. You know man So that's how we got started and I'm just proud of him what is it what he's accomplished, you know, I mean throughout the years and Hopefully we'll be here for the next 30 or 40 years Because we had to come back home North Main Street is our home Is our community my children was raised over here And all I can say is thank god and god bless adnesee food and everybody who's here today. Thank you Well, he pretty much said everything I'd like to thank all you for coming out and supporting us today. Um Back in the 90s, my father did open the adnesee food. It was just a few bucks down the street And all the shopping closers We had the first business He moved to bluff road and he moved to orange bird He retired like he said, um, we had been going back and forth about opening another fish market and opportunity became available so We collaborated we decided to go forward And now here we are today 63 17 north main street in the north side shopping plaza and um We're gonna be opening the grand opening today for adnesee food. There are lots of fresh fish cook fish shellfish. Um Pretty much anything from the sea Once again, I just like to thank you all. This is my home. I grew up in this neighborhood right behind us North 21 terrace This is my community right here the gateway of columbia And i'm just happy to be here and I thank you all for coming