 Welcome to City Talk. I am Cordesia Nelson, the Administrative Specialist with the City of Columbia's Office of Business Opportunities. I am Angela McBride, the Small Business Program Administrative Office of Opportunities. And today welcome to City Talk and I guess we can share with our viewers about what's coming up on April the 4th. Yes, our Minority Business Opportunity Conference is coming up Wednesday April 4th from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the venue on Main located on Main Street and it's behind Michael's Cafe to give you a better idea of the actual spot that will be hosting the event. You want to tell them about what's going to be going on, Angela? Yeah, the inbox is an opportunity for us to work with our businesses here in the Columbia area. We call the inbox but it's more like a make-me-a-match where we bring the businesses in to meet our city departments. Back in 2015, we established a 10% goal across the city as for us to work and try to reach that goal. Well, this conference will help us reach that goal. So that's like two or three things that they can walk away learning more about what they can get from being there with the other city departments. Right, in 2015 City of Columbia implemented the 10% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goal and that's to help build capacity with small businesses as well as build relationships between private and public sectors in the City of Columbia. At this event, the Minority Business Opportunity Conference, three things that people can take away from attending will be to learn how to become a certified disadvantaged business enterprise. So we'll have the governor's office and the South Carolina Department of Transportation there to talk to you about that. You'll also have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with city departments to basically pitch their business and let them know what products and services they offer as well as learn about our city procurement process which basically is an explanation of how to do business with the city if you're interested. So it's going to be a great deal of information and knowledge that you'll gain from attending. Do you want to let them know how to register, Angela? Well, it can register at www.beginbright.com. That's one of our primary locations. If you have some difficulty in doing that too, you can call the office at 803-545-3950 if you need some additional guidance on how to get registered. But you know this is what that second or third one we have done already. This is our third one. Last year the event was dedicated to women-owned businesses and the year before that we also did the Minority Business Opportunity Conference. And just for clarity, minority doesn't necessarily mean one specific race of people. We welcome everyone to attend and we have many different industries that are there to participate. So maybe you can tell them about some of the businesses, not any specific names, but the industries they're in that we would expect to see. Yeah, you can have someone that can be in the construction industry, janitoring, cleaning, supplies industry, office supplies, consultants. Generally those businesses that will have a product or service that the government can use. So we're looking for those to come as well. But it's a very unique thing what they can also do, even though we are wanting to do business with us, we also find out that they are doing business with each other. So we also want to share some success stories at the event about those who have done business with the city and show you show the community how it's working and how we want to see it continue to thrive in future years. Even if you are new in business or interested in starting a business, I think it would be a great way to find out exactly what you need to do and what to expect if at some point in your business or entrepreneurial career that you want to do business with the city. So you'll know ahead of time what steps to take. This is maybe one platform here at City of Columbia. It uses platform to go to Michigan County, Lexington County, to DOT, to other government on the local state and federal level. This is how you start to grow your business by making contacts on different levels. Thank you for joining us on City Talk today. For more information, you can visit our website www.columbiasc.net slash obo. You can email us obo at columbiasc.net or call the office 803-545-3950. Thank you. Look forward to seeing you.