Will the Borough move its offices? Joint Feasibility Meeting Wednesday, June 14 at 5 p.m.
Columbia's decision to ban former employee from its property may be 'unconstitutional' [Lancaster Watchdog]
Chris Vera [Columbia Spy file photo] The following information is excerpted from a December 6, 2025 LNP Watchdog article by LNP | LancasterOnline reporter Jade Campos. Still reeling from an abrupt firing from his role as head of the Columbia Market House in March, Chris Vera was surprised to get a letter in the mail from a Columbia Borough attorney two weeks later telling him he was banned indefinitely from borough property. The letter gave no reason for the ban. Nine months later, Vera, who has served as president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society for more than a decade and has helped with the borough’s comprehensive plan, is still banned from borough property. He believes the ban includes borough parks, which is part of the reason he moved his annual Albatwitch Day festival, which celebrates the myth of a local cryptid, to Wrightsville. Vera said he’s not sure why the borough went to such lengths to keep him away from public spaces given his termination from the borough s...
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How much will this cost?
How much will this save the citizen in the next five years?
What protection will the citizens have from the Columbia Police Department moving out of business district?
What other model of merging between governments are currently in Pennsylvania?
What is the purpose of selling this building that has been our town hall since the 1870's?
Why does Council think the Borough Hall is Columbia's core of business success?
Due to the success of this past 2017 Primary local election write-in votes, and low ballot votes. A good, strong write-in campaign could throw a curveball to Council and School Board.
Who would you write-in?
Rock the vote!
Why should one person's idea cost everyone in town for years to come.
I could see this being done IF there had been great success with Hotel Locust and the Market House.
Allowing cheap furniture stores to line Locust Street sure isn't helping. One of which had an open sign and flag out at 9:15 pm. Who shops for furniture at that hour?
Rental properties and cheap transient businesses will be all that's left here after while. Columbia better hope that Hinkles never leaves, that's the glue holding the town together.
Also why are there so many houses for sale in Columbia? Easy answer people can't afford to live here.
We need new people to serve the citizens not people out for themselves.
I was at the council meeting and hardly any citizens were there. You need to pack these meetings and let them know we are tired of them spending our money.