peskin, our dear friend cory and miss eskander from the speaker emeritus office. cory powell. mccoy. good afternoon. i would like to wish each and every one of you a happy filipino american history month. it's still october. and we are delighted that we're able to be with you during this month. we are at the bayanihan equity center, are happy and grateful for your presence this afternoon. the journey towards acquiring 616 mina started 280 days ago. 280 days. i guess when the stars are aligned right, it can happen. it was the new year. we had a board and staff meeting. we were looking at the prospects of the new year. we were thinking of how we can remain relevant. we are thinking of how we can expand our services to the community. but alas, our space is somewhat limiting. our ability to serve the community. so the board uttered, perhaps we can we can grow, we can expand our services in a new space. and that was the beginning of this journey, the first before the end of the first quarter of this year. we were so happy that we heard that mohcd had the third round for the api equ