Mayor Steve Benjamin delivered his 2012 State of the City address on January 11th at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center's Coble Ballroom.
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Infrastructure & Transit Safety
Public Safety
Economy
Watch the entire address here!
Click here to view information on grants for which the City has applied, some of which have been funded by federal stimulus dollars.
View An Interactive Map of the New City of Columbia Council Districts by clicking this link.
This Notice of Funding Available (NOFA) announces the availability of funding for the Program Year (PY) July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The CDBG Program is funded and regulated at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and administered locally by the City of Columbia, under the auspices of the Community Development Department. The CDBG Program is authorized under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The regulations implementing the CDBG Program are located in the 24 CFR, Part 570.
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The official reading period for the 2012 One Book, One Columbia program has begun! Reading advocates and citizens around the Midlands will be reading “Saints at the River” by Ron Marsh
from Tuesday, January 17 to Wednesday, February 29, 2012. This past year's inaugural program,
which drew several thousand participating readers, was co-sponsored with the Richland County
Public Library and the Columbia Council of Neighborhoods and involved numerous community
groups and book clubs across the Midlands. This year the City of Columbia is proud to announce
that Richland County has joined this effort as a community partner.
 Columbia Lifesavers Blood Drive
Help save lives at the Columbia Lifesavers Blood Drive on Thursday, February 2, 2011!
The blood drive will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center (1101 Lincoln Street) from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
To schedule your donation visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: columbialifesavers.
|  SCE&G To Continue Tree Trimming Activities
SCE&G will continue to perform tree trimming activities along overhead utility lines in the Shandon, Sherwood Forest, South Kilbourne, Shiloh Community, Oakwood Court, Forest Hills, Forest Hills North, Melrose Heights, Lyon Street, Pinehurst, neighborhoods for the next two weeks. The trimming will be completed by SCE&G contractors and work will be closely monitored on a daily basis by the City’s 4 Certified Arborists from the Forestry and Beautification Division.
SCE&G Tree Trimming Neighborhood Maps |
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Mayor Steve Benjamin
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