Current Projects
October is National Community Planning Month!
Columbia Compass: Envision 2036
Amplify Columbia: A Cultural Plan for the Columbia Area
October is National Community Planning Month!
The City of Columbia is celebrating National Community Planning Month this October. The City of Columbia prioritizes planning, working to improve our public space and parks, planning for preservation and sustainability, and helping formalize a vision for the future of our city and our communities. National Community Planning Month is a time to highlight the important role of planning in our communities. Planning can be summed up as comprehensive, community-focused and enhancing choices. While many people may not realize it, planning has a significant impact on their day-to-day life. From where they live, to how they commute, to the type of home they live in, planning plays a vital role in a person’s life and well-being.
How to participate:
- Attend a Columbia Compass: Envision 2036 Open House
- Take the Columbia Compass Survey!
- Have lunch with a planner & discuss housing in Columbia (October 9, 2018, 12-1pm in front of the Meridian Building on Main Street)
Historic Resources Survey
About the Survey:
Picking up where the Bryan Survey left off in 1993, this architectural survey is intended to capture information related to historic resources in the north part of the city, documenting buildings that were constructed prior to 1975, mostly in areas that have never before been surveyed. This information will be used for planning, preservation, and promotion of the city’s historic resources, in an effort to retain those resources that are important to understanding the built environment of Columbia. The neighborhoods that have been surveyed are Windemere Springs, College Place, North College Place, and Colonial Park (west of the train tracks only).
Contact Rachel Walling, Senior Preservation Planner, with any questions regarding the survey.
Columbia Compass: Envision 2036
The City of Columbia is conducting research on the community's population, natural resources, land use, transportation, housing, community facilities, cultural resources and economy. Through this research and public involvement during the planning process, a vision for Columbia will be defined and strategies will be developed for implementation during the ten-year period.
The Columbia Compass is the comprehensive plan – or “blueprint” – for how Columbia, South Carolina will grow and develop over the next ten years.
What are we asking you to do?
- Come tell us what you think! The first round of public open houses are scheduled for:
- October 3rd, 5-8 pm, Richland Library Main
- October 4th, 5-8 pm, Eau Claire Print Building
- Stay tuned on Facebook and Twitter @ColaCompass
- Visit our website and sign up for our email list
- Tell your family, friends, & neighbors!
Amplify Columbia: A Cultural Plan for the Columbia Area
