 Hi, I'm Rachel Walling, Preservation Planner with the City of Columbia. May is National Historic Preservation Month, which is a nationwide event that celebrates historic preservation in all cities across the United States. This year we have a number of events that we'd love to celebrate with everyone in Columbia. One event we're excited about is Open Streets, Columbia, which will be held May 1st. Open Streets gets people out on the streets, closes down the streets to cars, has people walking around and enjoying their neighborhoods in a slightly different way than normal. And we're excited this year because the neighborhoods hosting it are Earlwood and Elmwood, which are two of Columbia's historic neighborhoods. We'd also love for y'all to come out to City Council on May 3rd, as the City of Columbia proclaims that May is National Historic Preservation Month. We'll also be giving out our Mabel Payne Award to a local citizen who has made great efforts in preservation in the City of Columbia. We also have a number of events online that you can do whenever you want this May. We have two virtual bike rides available online, which are 1960s Columbia and Hidden Columbia. We also have a number of crafts available online. We have some coloring sheets. We have different crafts for making little buildings for your out of cardboard. They're really fun things you can do with the family, celebrate history in Columbia and a little bit about architecture as well. Also excited about the Research Roundtable that Historic Columbia is hosting in May. That'll be on May 17th. City of Columbia staff as well as Historic Columbia staff will be talking about Historic Preservation Incentives. So if you own a historic property and are thinking about renovating and interested in knowing about some of the tax incentives, it's a great time to learn and have some experts there ready to answer questions for you. The Research Roundtable will be held at the Robert Mills Parish House. It does involve some pre-registration, so check out the Historic Columbia website to make sure you register for that event. The last event we're really excited about this year is the Modern Architecture Tour in downtown Columbia. This will be on May 29th, which is Memorial Day weekend, and is hosted by Mid-Mod SC. Mid-Mod SC is committed to documenting mid-century buildings throughout the state of South Carolina. So we're really excited this year to have a tour right in downtown Columbia, highlighting all the mid-century buildings that you may walk by every day and not even realize are there. You can register for this free event and learn more about all of our events by visiting our website, ColumbiaCompus.org, slash, celebrate May.