Columbia plans its future

Over 50 people, mainly Columbia residents, attended a meeting sponsored by the nonprofit Columbia Economic Development Corporation at Perfect Settings on Wednesday night. Lancaster County redevelopment consultants presented a Columbia Downtown Master Plan as a step forward towards revitalizing the borough.
A copy of the plan can be viewed/downloaded HERE.
More details will follow.

This website is requesting videos or photos from the Feb. 3 Columbia Plaza shooting scene

This website is requesting videos and photos from the February 3 shooting at Musser’s parking lot in the Columbia Plaza, especially anything from the beginning of the incident. Submissions and inquiries can be anonymous and will remain confidential. No materials will be published without permission.
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CEDC presentation 6 p.m. this Wednesday at 200 Locust

The nonprofit Columbia Economic Development Corporation hired a team of mostly Lancaster County redevelopment experts to explore Columbia, interview its business, government and other leaders, and plot a way forward for the underused downtown, said executive director Janice Nikoloff.
The consultants will make a public presentation of their findings 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 at 200 Locust St., Columbia.

What I saw recently

 Antique light fixture in Avenue I

 Sidewalk worship service on Walnut Street

 Let’s hope we get some good ones soon.

 Replacing a utility pole near Manor School

 Classic car on Manor

 Brucekie’s dress code.
This should become a borough ordinance.

 The former Vigilant Fire Company, now the Amvets

 Apparently, the ghosts of history still reside there.

 Alley(way) cat

Stirrin’ up dust at the Columbia Water Company 

 Whatever this is at Tollbooth Antiques

 Back to that utility pole project

Two more original bridge light fixtures spotted, this time in York County on Lucky Lane . . .

Speaking of the bridge, here’s a view from Mount Pisgah.