Why Millennials Are Finally Choosing Columbia

Free Times

For Sam Johnson, childhood friends leaving Columbia has pretty much been the story of his life.

“I’m a Columbia boy,” says Johnson, 30, who went to Spring Valley High School, attended the University of South Carolina, and worked first for S.C. Rep. Anton Gunn’s office, then Mayor Steve Benjamin’s first campaign and later Benjamin’s office at City Hall. He now works at Nexsen Pruet’s public relations arm. Read more>>>