 Good morning, I am Matt kennel from the main street district and we just want to welcome you to this very exciting opening today. It's always a sunny day on main street, so just don't pay attention to what's going on out there. But we are just so happy to see taco sushi back in Colombia again this has been a institution in this community for many years under a previous owner and I know personally my two dot 20 something daughters it's their favorite place in my youngest daughter I think has already been here three times she loves taco sushi so we're just so happy that you're here and on main street and wanted to congratulate the owners today for coming back and the new owners of taco sushi you guys are just doing a fabulous job so we're just really happy to have you here today. We also want you to know that just as the city is open for business with our new mayor who I'm going to have the privilege of introducing in a minute main street too is open for business we're just so happy and so thankful for all the businesses that have come here that have stayed here and have helped make our community bigger and better hospitality businesses in particular like this restaurant and hotels really are booming we've had about half a dozen openings this year with with more coming in the future and we believe that when the hospitality when the ground on the street level of main street takes off then the upper levels will rise to and we'll get more corporate business and more residents to the area and more students and all that's just very very exciting for the main street district and the city well on that I'd like to introduce the honorable mayor Daniel Rickinman Daniel is going to make some comments and introduce the owners to you who are going to make some remarks as well so on that please welcome Daniel he's doing a fantastic job well it's exciting again today I think this is number 42 in our new businesses that have opened up in the city of Columbia and exciting I was telling Chris and James I said it's like a wedding day when it rains rain brings good luck the weddings so we're sticking with that thing to bring good luck to this business and excited to have it back back and being here on main street is a real attitude we're so excited about the businesses in the community but the continued investment to have folks coming together who have created so many different concepts and have such a great feel for this industry here behind this concept and I know they're going to come up with some more more creative options for us in the future and other parts of the city we're really excited about the best investment here's another business that we got to constantly can continue to support our small businesses in our community not only those who just opened up but those who have been here all through the pandemic Columbia is one of the most generous communities I've ever been in and I tell everybody I have the greatest job in the world I get to be the mayor of Columbia South Carolina the capital city and the people are what make it so great and so with that I'd like Chris and James to come up and say a few words I'll say something for the both of us Chris and I are so excited to have taco sushi here back in Columbia and also just to be calling taco sushi a Columbia based company I grew up here I'm from South Carolina I'm from Columbia I love this place it's my home and watching Main Street change over the years has really been incredible and now to actually be a part of it is something that's really special to me Additionally I just want to thank everyone who came out today to show support I think it's very telling of where the city's headed and all the effort that's being put in and all the people that are rallying around trying to make Columbia a better place to live and work and play and all the things so thank you so much for being here I appreciate all the support please come out and eat taco sushi