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Sep 01-05, 2010
URGENT Need for Blood Donors

Sep 03-29, 2010
Fall Main Street Marketplace

Sep 06 2010
City Offices to Close in Observance of Labor Day

Parks & Recreation

                              

Rained-out Concert Rescheduled For Septebmer 25  

The Latin Project and J'Ouvert Steel Band will perform 

 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at Finlay Park 

 

Register TODAY! 

23rd Annual Senior Games

 

                        

      New nature trail now open! NOMA (North Main) Nature Trail at Earlewood Park Fact Sheet 

 

On Saturday, May 8, the Earlewood Community celebrated the opening of the new NOMA (North Main) Nature Trail at Earlewood Park.

 

The celebration included a ceremonial ribbon cutting, and doggie parade.  Mayor Bob Coble, Mayor-elect Steve Benjamin, and Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine officially opened the nature trail.

 

      

Now open! Owens Field Skatepark is open 7-days a week

                                 Owens Field Skatepark Fact Sheet

 

Hundreds of skateboarders came out for the opening of the first custom-designed concrete skate park owned and operated by the City of Columbia Parks and Recreation. The 15,000 square-foot park features a street plaza, stairs, metal plated rails, and “pool” bowls ranging in depth from 4-to-12 feet.  

 

The new skate park, free to the public, is located in Owens Field Park, 1351 Jim Hamilton Boulevard. The facility is open to skateboards, in-line skates and bicycles.

 

The skate park is another way Parks and Recreation hopes to help keep youth engaged in recreational activity. For more information about the skate park, call Columbia Parks and Recreation at 803.545.3100.

 

 

Special Annual Event 
 

Congratulations to the 2010 E.W. Cromartie

Dream Keeper Scholarship Winners! 

First Place $1,000 scholarship sponsored by the LPA Group

Thad Moore, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School

 

Second Place $500 scholarship sponsored by Grant Business Strategies

Briana Kinloch, Blythewood High School

 

Third Place $250 scholarship sponsored by the Cromartie Law Firm, LLC

Elizabeth Adkins, Dreher High School

 

Middle and Elementary $100 scholarship each sponsored by Troubleshooter A/C and Refrigeration, Inc. Richard Black, Dent Middle School

 

The elementary school scholarship was awarded to the Richland County Cadet Squadron Civil air Patrol; no elementary entries were received. Winners were announced at the city of Columbia's annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Monday, January 18, 2010 at Martin Luther King Park and Community Center, 2300 Green Street.

            

Recognized by the American Heart Association

Start! Fit Friendly Platinum Level City

2008 and 2009