 Hello Columbia and welcome to This Week in the City. Highlights brought to you from the public relations, media and marketing department with the City of Columbia. I am your host, Alicia Utsi. Hello Columbia. As we start this week in the city, we want to make sure that you know that Columbia Animal Services has now changed their hours of operation. Columbia Animal Services is changing their hours of operation. The new hours went into effect on July 5th, 2022. On Mondays and Tuesdays, they will be open from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. On Wednesday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. And on Saturday, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. And on Sundays, they will be closed. Again, Monday through Friday, hours will be 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. And on Saturdays, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. And they'll be closed on Sundays. If you have questions, please call Columbia Animal Services at 803-776-7387. They are located at 127 Humane Lane. Columbia Animal Services is also offering free pet adoptions. Columbia Animal Services is presenting PICME SC, a free pet adoptions program. The program started on Friday, July 8th and will run through Saturday, July 16th. Free pet adoptions on all animals at our animal shelter. The Animal Services shelter is located at 127 Humane Lane. You may call them at 803-776-7387 or visit our website at columbiasc.gov for more information. On July 12th, join the Columbia Police Department for a front porch roll call to be held in the Belmont community at 901 Colleton Street at the Leasing Office. Come on on July 12th and meet police officers who are working in your community. You can join them starting at 5 p.m. until 5.45 p.m. Also on July 12th, the Affordable Housing Task Force Committing Meeting will be held at 11 a.m. Please visit our website at columbiasc.gov for agenda items or to view the live stream of the meeting. Two COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinics will be held this week. The first clinic date and time will be July 12th. The location is Hampton Park, located at 1117 Brandon Avenue. The clinic will be open from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The second date this week is July 14th. Again, the location is Hampton Park, 1117 Brandon Avenue, and the time is the same from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. You may come out and receive a free COVID-19 vaccination or test at Hampton Park on July 12th or 14th from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Are you ready for our next block party, which is a summer series? The Be Safe Block Party will be held on July 14th in partnership with the Columbia Police Department, Server Connect, Parks and Recreation, along with other departments with the City of Columbia. Join Server Connect, the Columbia Police Department, and Parks and Recreation on July 14th from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Pinehurst Park, located at 2300 Pinehurst Road. This block party is open to the community, but it is also an opportunity to receive free gun locks from the Columbia Police Department. Lock it up, Columbia will be on-site at the block party to give out free gun locks to those in the community who would like to receive one. Also on July 14th, the Planning Commission will meet at 4 p.m. at City Hall and Council chambers. This meeting will be a hybrid, which means that you can actually attend in person, or you can watch the live stream from the city's website at Columbia SC.gov or from our YouTube channel. Also for agenda items, please visit the website at Columbia SC.gov. And on Friday, July 15th, it is time for Food Truck Fridays. Food Truck Fridays will be held on Friday, July 15th from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. There will be one location for all food trucks, 2300 Bull Street, which is the REI Co-op parking lot at the corner of Bull Street and Colonial. There will be four food truck vendors located at 2300 Bull Street, T&A Southern, the Arepa Chef, Bessie's Bites, and Carolina Cookin. Come out and taste the delicious food from one of the food truck vendors again on Friday, July 15th from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. located at the corner of Bull and Colonial at 2300 Bull Street. And as we close our program, we want to make sure that you receive your weekly reminder about youth activities and services for youth this summer. Columbia Parks and Recreation is sponsoring summer camps at three locations, Martin Luther King Park, Greenview Park, and Woodland Park. Also on Friday evenings, there are primetime events which are parties for teenagers 13 through 18 located at various parks throughout the city on Friday evenings from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. You can find details on our website at columnsc.gov and also on social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Make sure you stay in tune with what's happening this summer for youth in our community. If you're looking for additional activities, don't forget to either pick up a copy of our Youth Services Guide or you may visit our website at columnsc.gov for a link to the full guide and directory of youth activities this summer for children in the city of Columbia. Thank you for watching this week in the city and remember we are Columbia.