 On Monday, November 7th, Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Designee Cathy Lumenfeld, Department of Tourism Secretary Designee and Sayers, Mayor Ryan Swaranson and leaders from the Sheboygan business community visited local businesses highlighting the impact of Governor Tony Evers' pandemic recovery investments for economic and tourism development. During the visit, officials discussed ongoing recovery efforts. Ann and I have been traveling the state and going to community and community after community and seeing the impact of some of the pandemic relief dollars. And we know that the Children's Museum was a recipient of a Main Street Bounce Back grant. And we just love to hear kind of the story of the pandemic, like how you guys survived, made it through, how you use the money. And you know, we're here to listen and learn, but really also to celebrate you. Actually, it was an interesting time because we were mid executive director change during when the pandemic started. So when Jackie, who unfortunately couldn't be with us today, started, the place was empty. We were closed. We originally tried to stay open and then realized that with schools shutting down, the people that would be bringing kids to our museum would be grandparents and that would just make us kind of a hotspot potentially for COVID. So we were closed for nine months, I believe, before we started to reopen on a reservation only basis. People could go online and book times so we would allow, I think, four families at a time in the museum. And we did that for several months. But if it weren't for the generosity of the grants and some of our donors and things like that, we never would have made it through the pandemic. We don't have the kind of pockets that we can be closed for nine months, pay staff and stay open. It was crucial for us and Jackie did a great job being able to connect with Ryan and SCEDC and all of the other possible organizations that had connections to what was available to us because it's not always the easiest either is to just know what options are out there. So the city of Sheboygan has been a huge help for us too. As hard as the pandemic was on everyone, it's so great to see the creativity and innovation that really came out of it and that continues on even beyond where we are today. So grateful. There's no way I would have been able to do this without that grant that you provided for me. When we invest in this way, it really does create equitable opportunities but it also creates diversity in our offerings. And if we are offering things that are diverse, it's really hard to attract and retain workforce. It's really hard to attract tourism and certainly we all want to live in a place where we can look and feel included and we want to be there and we're excited to be there. And so we've got to continue to have programming like this. We were, this was an unintended positive thing that came out of COVID but it really was a wonderful experience because even from the Chamber of Commerce perspective, we wrote letters in support of a number of small businesses either opening or expanding that absolutely would not have had the opportunity to do so otherwise. So as we move forward, what did we learn from this, that providing these opportunities is imperative? This is why we're here today, is to listen and learn. So that's really helpful for us to hear and know and that's what we want to create is an economy that works for everyone that is just and you're doing just that. And so that's really helpful to kind of hear what things are at.