[0:00] Hi, I'm Twilight Deng and I'm a 20-year [0:02] resident of Bloomington, Minnesota. And [0:04] I'm opening a bookstore. It's called [0:05] Bookmother. It's a community third space [0:08] and a retail space that is meant to [0:10] bring people together. Why do I want a [0:13] bookstore? Because I love reading and I [0:15] love this town. 20 years ago, I decided [0:18] to make a living here and I decided to [0:20] move here with my family. and we have [0:22] been involved in reading at every level [0:24] whether it's running the readathon at [0:26] Oakrove Elementary, sitting on the book [0:29] um committee at Kennedy High School [0:31] today or the years that we helped [0:33] volunteer with Bookham. We love reading [0:35] and I wanted to find a way to marry the [0:38] love of the city, the love of reading [0:40] and honestly my love of building [0:42] businesses in a space where we could all [0:44] benefit. Now our store is going to be a [0:47] multi-purpose bookstore. So, there's all [0:49] types of genres and even more, we want [0:52] all types of readers in our space. This [0:54] is for your avid readers, the slow [0:56] readers, the people who don't read [0:58] traditional books, people who love audio [1:00] books, cuz that's reading, too. Everyone [1:03] is welcome in our space. Why do we need [1:05] this? Because Bloomington hasn't had an [1:07] independent bookstore in almost 30 [1:10] years. And we deserve it. We deserve a [1:12] space that fosters community. And I want [1:15] to help build that. But remember, it's [1:16] also a retail space. So I have an [1:18] advisory team and we are working really [1:20] hard to make sure that we build a viable [1:22] revenue generating bookstore that helps [1:26] bring not just money to the city but [1:29] creates a cultural destination for [1:30] people. We want people to come to [1:32] Bloomington and spend time here and even [1:34] more I want people to come here and [1:35] spend money in my bookstore. [1:38] The best thing I can tell you is I love [1:40] reading. I love Bloomington and I want [1:42] to combine those two things together. [1:44] So, please come out on August 6th uh [1:47] when we have the next round at Hatch [1:48] Bloomington. You can see me and all of [1:50] my other colleagues and competitors. Um [1:52] and I would love to have you come out [1:54] and support. Thank you so much and thank [1:56] you for supporting Bookmother.