Urbanizing cities of the U.S. Southeast, such as Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina, are facing the trade-offs of continued growth. Speaking at the 2018 ULI Carolinas Meeting, the mayors of those three cities discussed how and where their cities invest to attract job growth, while attempting to avoid displacement of longtime residents. “We are engaged in…
The City of Columbia and the United Way of the Midlands are set to introduce a new scheduling system for agencies who provide meals for homeless citizens in Finlay Park. According to United Way senior director for financial stability Jennifer Moore, the new system will establish set “blocks” of time for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the park, and will…
In the 1970s, a female rap group named The Sequence emerged in Columbia and broke into the big leagues. Now, they’re being recognized as “the first ladies of hip-hop” by Love, Peace and Hip-Hop, a local festival that celebrates the genre. The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. on April 13 at Tapp’s Art Center, 1644 Main Street, where…
Columbia, S.C., has banned the use of bump stocks in the city, but not their sale. NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Columbia’s mayor, Steve Benjamin, about the motivation behind the ordinance. All right. Let’s shift our attention to Columbia, S.C., which has now become one of the first U.S. cities to ban the use of so-called bump stocks. That’s the…
Columbia, South Carolina, has become the first city to pass legislation prohibiting use of bump stocks-gun accessories like those used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock to increase firing rates to quasi-automatic speed. After this fall’s mass shootings, regulation of the deadly add-ons has fallen to local governments in the wake of congressional stagnation on the issue. “It’s time for…
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