Good afternoon and welcome to the grand opening of Cafe Haven at Stella. I'm Katherine White, Executive Director of the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and we're happy to be hosting this event today in partnership of course with the City of New Rochelle. And before we begin, there number of officials who've come out today to support this grand opening I'd like to just mention their names to begin of course we have Mayor Yadira Robbos Herbert we have City Manager Wil Melendez deputy City Manager Todd Castaldo we have Fire Chief Andy Sandor and then Commissioner Commissioner of buildings Polvaca of Parks and Rec then, then Parisi. We have deputy commissioner of development, Jorge Ventura. We have Mariana Hussified from the Department of Development and Small Business Relations, MWBEs. We also have from Westchester County Legislature, Judah Holstein. Also with us is the newer Shell brand new downtown bike unit. We're happy to have them here stopping by and they'll be patrolling in our downtown. From the Chamber of Commerce, of course, we have Andrew Felvin. We have Hugo Velasquez. We have Glennia Rosa. We'd also like to give a shout out to the Stella staff, which are here with us today. We have Sandra Arias, Wendy Ruiz, Ricky Peralta, and Jack Manorino. And of course, building developers because we wouldn't have a building without them, representing them we have Joe Malone and Jose Herrera. And then of course we'd like to thank the reason we're all here today, the business owners. So thank you then we have Jeremy Sands, Haseeb Shah, and Omar Arrobi. So those are all the officials. Thank you all for coming out. If I didn't mention you, I'm sorry if I missed anyone. Applause. Of course. And then we'd like to call up to begin with the Mayor of New Rochelle, Mayor Yadur Rahmos Herbert. The logo, the logo, the branding, right buddy? Always exciting, my voice is a little strange today so I apologize, but really excited. Thank you for continuing to believe in New Rochelle in downtown New Rochelle and thinking of new ways to expand and offer services and opportunities to build community for our residents. Just so grateful that you choose us. And again, just another example of the downtown revitalization, places that Places that now we can come have lunch have coffee build community get to know folks and support small business entrepreneurs Just humbled to be the mayor of a city during this time. Thank you Thank you mayor and of course with a few words of welcome from Westchester County We have Westchester County lighter cider Judah Holstein. Thank you Catherine welcome, welcome. We're so glad to have you here in the Vanguard district. In the building, this building will hopefully bring you lots of business. Great coffee. I don't have my cup because it was so good. I drank it so quick. I had one of the bright orange juices, great stuff. We're just so glad to have you here. Thank you for doing business here. and we're excited for you, good luck, and we're sure you're doing great. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much. And as Duda had just mentioned, we are definitely in the downtown. In the- business here and we're excited for you. Good luck and we're sure you're doing great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. And as Duda had just mentioned, we are definitely in the downtown in the Vanguard district and exciting new area that's seeing tons of expansion and this is just another example of the growth we have within our city and especially in the Vanguard district. So now we'd like to hear from one of the owners so we We have Omar Al-Rohbi coming up to say a few words. I haven't really spoken on a mic before, but it's my first time. And I really do want to appreciate the city of New Rochelle and the Stella Management for giving us this great opportunity, where I'm very excited to be here. The community has been more than supportful. And I hope to see more faces. And I hope we can do a lot more for the community. As much as we can, we're here. Thank you Omar and congratulations again. Speaking of congratulations, I'd like to bring up New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce Board member Andrew Faganbaum with a little presentation. Gentlemen, one, two, three owners, step forward. Andrew? On behalf of the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce, we want to welcome you guys to the neighborhood. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. And now the moment we're all waiting for, let's cut a ribbon. One, two, three. Thank you. Cheers!