 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'm your host, Alicia Yutzi. This week in the City, on Monday, November 11th, it's Veterans Day in the City and get ready for the City of Columbia's annual Veterans Day Parade. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the corner of Sumter and Laurel Streets and travel down Sumter Street to Gervais. Please come out and join us for the 41st annual Veterans Day Parade. This is a free event and it's open to the public. On Tuesday, the Bozo meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at City Hall. Again, that's the Board of Zoning Appeals. At 10 a.m. at City Hall and Council Chambers. For agenda items, visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov. Also on Tuesday, the Office of Business Opportunities will host a training series for consultants. Consultants can come out to learn about ways to build their business and how to market themselves. This training session will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12th. And on Wednesday, please make an appointment to come out to At Large Open House to meet one-on-one with At Large Council members Tamika Isaac Devine and Howard DeVall. You can call to make an appointment by dialing 545-3061. You must make an appointment in order to schedule a meeting with our two At Large City Council members. Again, they have appointments available on Wednesday, November 13th between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Also on Wednesday, join Council members Sam Davis and Ed McDowell as they host a North Columbia Business Resource Forum. Business owners in the North Columbia Corridor are invited to come out to Busbee Street Community Center between the hours of 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. to discuss ways to further develop and grow your business in North Columbia. Again, this forum is open for business owners or those who want to start businesses in North Columbia. For details, call the Office of Business Opportunities at 545-3950 or you can visit our website at columbiasc.gov. And on Thursday, the Design and Development Review Commission will meet at 4 p.m. at City Hall and Council Chambers. For agenda items, visit our website at columbiasc.gov. Also on Thursday, come off of Part 2 of the Training for Consultants that is being offered by the Office of Business Opportunities. Again, you can join a host of experts that can tell you how to grow your business as a consultant. This session will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday evening. And as we roll into the weekend, don't forget about Destination Hometown, which is a weekly e-blast distributed by Public Relations, Media & Marketing to let you know about weekend events in our city. If you are not on our email list, then you can visit our website at columbiasc.gov and check out the website calendar for further details about local events in our city. Well, it's definitely going to be a busy city this week, and we hope you have a great one. If you need more information, contact Public Relations, Media & Marketing at 803-545-3020. Visit our website at columbiasc.gov and make sure that you follow us on our social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.