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18th Street Design, LLC
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Congaree Vista Guild selects 18th Street Design for web site re-design and interactive business directory for www.vistacolumbia.com.

February 1, 2005

18th Street Design (www.18street.com) announced today that the Congaree Vista Guild, an organization that represents property owners, businesses, merchants, and residents of the Vista district in downtown Columbia has selected 18th Street Design to re-design the overall look and feel of the Congaree Vista Guild web presence and develop an interactive business directory.

"The Congaree Vista has grown exponentially over the last decade and that growth has attracted a diverse business and service selection. As a business located in the historic Vista we see the value in an informative and interactive web presence to tout the growing businesses and the promotion of tourism in our area. We're very excited that the Congaree Vista Guild has selected our firm to design a new, more progressive look and interactive directory for the Vista Guild web presence", stated Jay Wingard, President of 18th Street Design.

"We chose 18th Street Design because of the elegant, sophisticated designs they use for web site development, their strong reputation for customer service as well as their experience with clientele on small and large projects alike", stated Beth Wiedower, Director of the Congaree Vista Guild.

18th Street Design will create a new web site for the Congaree Vista Guild that includes enhanced navigation and an environment reflective of the atmosphere of the Vista. In addition, an interactive business and service directory will be developed that will easily allow business owners and Vista Guild to maintain the directory as well as keep it current. The site will also feature strong emphasis on tourism and public awareness.

About 18th Street Design, LLC
18th Street Design (www.18street.com) is a privately held, award winning new media development company located in the historic Vista in Columbia, SC. Owned by Jay C. Wingard, 18th Street offers creative web development, new media services and music composition. Founded in 1995, 18th Street provides intelligent new media solutions for small, medium and enterprise businesses.

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