Fifth Street Community Fun Day offers festivities, food - and fun

Jasmine Kelliehan, CEO of A Perfect Gift, was an event organizer. 

The Fifth Street Community Fun Day on Saturday drew several dozen visitors, despite the sweltering weather. The event featured a variety of attractions, including a yard sale, games, health screenings, free food, a clothes giveaway, a bounce house, live music, a garden tour, and even a tattoo artist. To accommodate the festivities, two blocks of Fifth Street were temporarily closed.

Pastor Wayne Scott of Ashley Tabernacle COG, and Aniyah

Henna artist Keisha Finnie

Portfolio of Keisha's work

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Dane McQueeney provided haircuts.

Councilwomen Joanne Price and Barb Fisher looked after the rock table.

Here are a few of the rocks painted by children.

Ladybug painted by Barb Fisher

Rock painter tries her hand.

Devin offered samples from the garden.

The bounce house

Jasmine Kelliehan gave a tour of the community garden, shown here and below.

A few of the items offered at the yard sale

Music for the event . . .

Columbia Borough Fire Department at the Locust Street Park Gazebo - Monday, July 31

 

Thursday morning - Lane restrictions being set up on Route 462 Veterans Memorial Bridge

 

Veterans Memorial Bridge remains unlit because of mayfly hatch

Mayflies have been hatching along the Susquehanna River, and the lights on the Route 462 bridge have been shut off for more than a month now to help keep their carcasses off the structure.

Several hatches have been seen this year, said Mark Stivers, Columbia borough manager. A recent one left the mayfly carcasses an inch and half deep at Columbia Crossing.

The insects are attracted to the lights on the bridge, and piles of bug carcasses littered the structure.

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Video: Columbia Borough Council Meeting - July 25, 2023

 

Jesse Rothacker and Forgotten Friends Reptiles - Wednesday, July 26, at 6 PM - Locust Street Park Gazebo

 

Mystery solved: Why Riverview Terrace was sold

 

Riverview Terrace, 33-unit apartment building at 132 Locust Street, was recently sold for $5,900,000 to Roman Empire Holdings LLC, according to public documents. It was previously owned by 789 Main Street LLC.

The building was listed for $8,200,000 in November 2022, shortly after construction was completed. In January 2023, the price was reduced to $7,900,000.

One prominent local development firm claims rising interest rates and restrictions on building and demolition in Lancaster city’s historic district - not internal financial issues - have led it to indefinitely shelve its plans in the city and Columbia.

Lancaster County-based Eberly Myers, which once proposed high-end apartments for young residents, has sold most of its real estate portfolio in the county after losing two properties to foreclosure by lenders.

According to one of the partners in the firm, the decision to sell the properties was motivated more by recent economic trends than the foreclosures. Benjamin Myers said recent increases in interest rates are “sucking the life” out of real estate development in general, which has led the group to indefinitely shelve its plans to develop apartments in Lancaster County.

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