Published: 04/29/2019
Remember this vacant lot? Neither do we because this is what it looks like now! Over 100 volunteers gathered on the Business Loop this past Saturday to help build a park on a vacant lot owned by Boone Electric Cooperative. Volunteers built tables, painted shipping containers, laid astroturf, strung lights, and brought some color […]
Continue ReadingPublished: 04/05/2019
We're building a bike station on the west side of the Business Loop! Thanks to grant funding from the Columbia Board of Realtors, volunteer help from ForColumbia, and support from the folks at Parkade Plaza, we're building a second public space at Parkade Plaza near the MKT-Parkade Bike Boulevard. This space will have a bike repair station, an […]
Continue ReadingPublished: 04/05/2019
On Saturday, April 27 get ready for an old-fashioned barn raising as we build a park in a day! Boone Electric Cooperative is letting us transform a vacant lot into a pop-up park with the help of ForColumbia, a group of volunteers from 66 local churches, and donations from all over town. We'll be laying artificial turf, […]
Continue ReadingPublished: 04/02/2019
Join the City of Columbia TreeKeeper volunteers and Parks & Recreation Forestry staff for their annual Arbor Day Tree Give Away! Trees will be given away starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 at the Columbia Farmer's Market, Parkade Plaza location. The trees are bare root seedlings. The trees will be given away until […]
Continue ReadingPublished: 04/01/2019
Our new park at 807 Business Loop 70 East is now open to the public! The lot will be open daily from 9 am to 7 pm so people can come for lunch or to meet friends after work. The park also has a full complete of amenities for events including moveable furniture, cornhole, giant […]
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