Sunday, March 6, 2022

About Town - March 6, 2022

Recent photos of Columbia 

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)



Bootleg at night - Friday night, in fact



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A couple of nighttime bridge shots


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A couple of daytime flag shots


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Canada geese in flight

A bluebird, possibly of happiness

In stalking mode

A sign of spring on the 400 block of Locust

MICHAEL

You can line dance . . .

. . . or square dance.

In memory in the park

Silhouette

The downtown at night

Church windows at Columbia Presbyterian



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Avoid the alleys at night

Back at the DAC


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At "Fragments of the Past" on the 300 block of Walnut Street

Sheriffs in town
They didn't seem to know where they were going.

2 dogs and a cat

Harcon was testing their equipment on Friday.
According to their website:
"From a handful of employees providing access on a few dozen structures annually in the early 1990s, Harcon has grown to a dozen employees capable of providing equipment and bridge inspection support services on up to nine structures simultaneously. We’re servicing over 500 structures a year with spans numbering in the thousands."









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The debris field is still there at the water company.

Seagulls seem to like it, though.

The Columbia that was

The Columbia that is

Sticker shock

The works

Branches of the military

Free moving truck

Boys' basketball on the way to victory

Downtown Sunday morning

No parking

Thanks for bagging the dog poop - 
but this isn't how you dispose of it.

Nor is this.

New doors coming to Kettle Works

Here's a closer look.

Something happening downtown

It's UGI workers.

This historic sign might be getting painted over and changed to "Flats at 315."
Yes, really.
According to the March 9, 2022 HARB agenda:
The project team is proposing to repaint the “Hotel Columbia” sign at the top portion of the west wall of the original 309 Locust Street building to read “Flats At 315”.
Go figure.

Locust and Market

Free scarf

2 houses were demoed and trees removed on the 400 block of Union Street to make room for parking at Saint Peter Apartments.




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Majik progress

Soon to be a barber shop on the 400 block of Cherry

He looks pissed off but was actually quite friendly.

His services will be required on April 17.

New shop in town

Shiny shamrock

Hosing down the boat ramp

Digging it

Profile of John Houston Mifflin

On Friday, an accident on the Wrights Ferry Bridge (Route 30) caused a traffic backup in town for several hours.

Sunset


Saturday, March 5, 2022

Cost for developing McGinness tech site will be more than $10M, Columbia council told

The borough must spend a little more than $10.5 million to develop the McGinness Innovation Park, said Richard Jackson, vice president with consultant ELA Group. Council members for the first time heard specific dollar amounts on a grant/loan application the borough will file to turn the former airport into a technology site.

Details: Columbia hopes to receive about $9 million from the state program. The borough will apply for a grant of about $3.6 million and a loan for some $5.4 million from the state's Business in Our Sites program, which helps municipalities redevelop industrial sites.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/cost-for-developing-mcginness-tech-site-will-be-more-than-10m-columbia-council-told/article_c37809cc-9cc2-11ec-a793-37ba866256e3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

Friday, March 4, 2022

1 injured in Route 30 accident; westbound lanes reopen following a 3-vehicle crash Friday

At least one person was transported to a hospital after a three-vehicle crash on Route 30 on Friday evening, a dispatch supervisor said.

The westbound lanes between the exits for Columbia and Wrightsville reopened shortly after 6 p.m., two hours after the crash, a supervisor with Lancaster County-Wide Communications said.

The injured person's condition was not immediately clear.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/1-injured-in-route-30-accident-westbound-lanes-reopen-following-a-3-vehicle-crash-friday/article_dc01157e-9c0e-11ec-be2b-4bc84d68dc6a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share