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HoCo by Design; an update on the New Cultural Center, the legal battle over Lakefront North; new Lakefront street names and much more. Here's a June 2023 roundup of news and thoughts on new development in Downtown Columbia.
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Howard County Council members are asking some tough questions about the ambitious lakefront library project. But there are answers.
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Columbia Association Board of Director unable to agree on a single board chair for the new fiscal year. A recap of the May 11 meeting.
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Settle in for an epic breakdown on the proposed Lakefront library. What, why, how - What's in it for the County and what's in it for Howard Hughes. Addressing costs, schools, parking- Here's my take on the Lakefront Library.
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"New City Upon a Hill: A History of Columbia" highlights Columbia's founding vision of a racially and socioeconomically inclusionary city. A book review by guest contributor @StoicYimby.
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Major breaking news. The Collective Offshore / The Collective Encore is set to open at Columbia's Lakefront on Wednesday, May 3. Here's the whole scope including the initial dinner menu!
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Election Day in Columbia! Go out and vote. Here are prediction.
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Powerful history of pro-growth v. Slow-growth movements in MoCo and the power of advocacy and importance of organization. ggwash.org/view/89344/if-yim…
Against a backdrop of an usually high number of ethics complaints against board members and staff, the CA Board has debated for over a year but thus far failed to adopt a revised ethics policy. This article attempts to summarize these issues.
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With Columbia village elections just days away, this article shares observations about how these elections have become interestingly politicalized and involved substantial campaigning and garnered interest from local politicians and activists.
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3rd annual CA Board Q&A with responses from candidates running in contested elections.
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A Run Down of the major Lakefront Library and Affordable Housing News announced today and making sense of how it fits into the Downtown Columbia plan
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Details of 50 new bike and pedestrian projects planned for Howard County over the next 3 years
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Recently, two proposed Maryland State bills that would have mandated alterations to elections in Columbia's ten villages failed to advance. This article provides a brief summary of the two bills and their fate.
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