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Reports of Staff May 20, 2016 Page 5 of 8 The term arepa is pre-Columbian and most probably comes from the word arepa which means corn in the language of the Cumanagotos, indigenous people of Venezuela, whose descendants inhabit today the eastern regions of the country. Venezuelans prepare arepas depending on personal taste o r preference and the region in which they are made. The stuffed arepas butter and cream cheese, assorted meats, chicken and avocado salad, eggs and beans are part of the typical breakfast of Venezuela. Vannessa said, the bread of the arepa is made of white corn bread and it is handmade each day, grilled, then placed in the oven to get the perfect texture. The bread is cut and filled with traditional or custom ingredients. There are eleven versions of the traditional arepa and customers may also request cust om arepas. Their most popular arepa is the shredded beef and cheddar and the black beans with white cheddar cheese. They also serve sugar cane juice poplin with lemon. They have a machine that will release a whole orange, cut it, and squeeze it to form fre sh orange juice. The restaurant was originally supposed to be a sit down atmosphere similar to a Chipotles. However, there building options were limited in Mounds View and they decided to morph the business into semi-fast food model. This is why it may take slightly longer than a traditional fast-food restaurant but it is faster than a sit-down restaurant. You order your food and either take it with you or sit at one of the many tables provided. Miscellaneous: Business Coordinator Beeman has received numerous calls for land to build manufacturing/industrial buildings. Mounds View doesn’t have any more industrial land available. Some have asked about the Tires N More building however, the owner received two very good offers and turned them both down then took the building off of the listing. The owner is now using the building as a warehouse. The only other