Parks & Recreation
Kids Day
March 26-27
Youth Violence Prevention Week
March 28- April 2
Click here to download a PDF of the schedule
"Lost Dreams "a play written by Leasharn M. Hopkins
Author & Radio Talk Show Host Michael Baisden Mentor Tour
Grand Open Earlewood Park Nature Trail
Earlewood Reunion, May 8
Summer Swim Season: May 29 - September 6
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Sizzling Summer Concert Series
June 13 - August 7 at Finlay Park
Friday Night Movies in the Park
June - August at
Finlay
Park
Owens Field Skatepark is open 7-days a week!
City Owned
Skate
Park Provides Smooth Ride for Skateboarders
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 schoalrship 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
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