More than 50 years of Columbia’s history have a new home on the shelves of the Columbia Association’s archives. The 32 books, titled “Columbia Institutional Development,” bound in green covers and showcasing documents from the earliest stages of Columbia, were recently donated to the archives by the Howard Hughes Corp. At an official handing-over Thursday,…
Columbia Flier…… The County Council is wading through 16 amendments proposed for legislation that would ease the county’s sign restrictions for downtown Columbia, as council members prepare for a scheduled vote Monday, March 7 on the ground-breaking legislation. At a four-hour council work session Feb. 28, Council Chairman Calvin Ball defined the sign code debate…
ExploreHoward.com…… Public will have easier access to ‘museum-quality’ records (More than 50 years of Columbia’s history have a new home on the shelves of the Columbia Association’s archives. The 32 books, titled “Columbia Institutional Development,” bound in green covers and showcasing documents from the earliest stages of Columbia, were recently donated to the archives by…
On October 20, 2011, The Howard Hughes Corporation delivered documents concerning the Warfield Neighborhood in downtown Columbia to the Design Advisory Panel for review. These documents included: Warfield Neighborhood Design Guidelines (pdf) Approved Downtown-wide Design Guidelines (pdf) Warfield Neighborhood Concept Plan (pdf) Warfield Implementation Plan (pdf) Warfield Neighborhood Context Plan and Location Map (pdf) Final…
The Howard Hughes Corporation held a Pre-Submission Community Meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2011, for the purpose of presenting concept plans and materials to the community regarding the proposed development and the Final Development Plan for Parcels C and D, and Lot 39 in downtown Columbia. This meeting, held in accordance with Section 125 of the…
Simple enough. Be civil. Be nice to each other. It is probably what we set out to do, but life is complex and choosing the civil way of doing things can escape the best of us. The bustle of busy, its pressures and stress and we can forget things like civility, like respect for others…
For four decades now soccer has been a big part of the Columbia way of life. The round football rolling this way and that, the swarm of grade school kids chasing along, the throng of parents beaming, encouraging, dreaming, coaches on the sidelines knowing that success is measured in smiles and fitness as much as…
We’re lucky in Columbia. We live in a community robust with a cultural scene that invigorates our living. Films, plays, readings, concerts, dances, gallery shows, festivals – you name it, we seem to have it and we seem to have had some of the world’s premier artistic talent grace our stages. And that’s just at…