COLUMBIA SPY

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A riparian buffer runs along a stretch of Shawnee Run and will help stabilize the bank, prevent erosion, and improve drainage. The Shawnee Run Restoration Project is nearing completion. The construction phase of the project, which began about a month ago, is almost finished on the south bank of the creek, where riparian buffers and a greenway have been installed to bring the area into compliance with MS4 standards that govern municipal stormwater management. The buffer runs along a stretch of the creek between South 4th Street and Mill Street and will help stabilize the bank, prevent erosion, and improve drainage. A small footbridge leading from the Trinity House property to the Columbia Railway side is currently being constructed.  The total cost of the project is $193,458.18, with Trinity House Apartments (Columbia Catholic Housing for the Elderly) being responsible for $114,329.09. That price includes the cost of CCHE’s request for additional abutments to accommodate a bridge t...

 

 

This week's photos of Columbia (Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)  Cutting the road at 6th & Locust The collection box at Columbia Presbyterian is now green to match the doors. Workers are making progress at the Shawnee Run Restoration Project Riparian buffers are in place, and a greenway is being installed. Out for a walk at Columbia River Park It's fall and time to collect leaves in your umbrella. Commercial space for rent . . . here? (300 block of Walnut) When you can't take Fido to the spa, bring the spa to FIdo. Injured sign on 462 Rainbow flag It's always a good time for a shoulder rub. Looks like Christmas is right around the corner. Flags a-waving Flags on the bridge Golden arches These flags are waving - and hanging. Meanwhile, over at Universal Techs Looks like the news is that way. The wheels keep on turning, except when they don't. Albatwitch mask Headin' out

Council voted 5-2 to hire York-based marketing agency Gavin to handle messaging around the borough's potential purchase of the vacant McGinness Airport property. Council members Sharon Lintner and Howard Stevens were opposed to hiring the marketing firm. "I don't understand why we can't communicate with our public. ... Why do we have to pay someone to communicate with them?" Lintner asked. In a phone conversation after the meeting, Borough Manager Mark Stivers said the borough is considering the purchase in order to create a small industrial park development or something similar, with various businesses on the property. When asked for environmental assessment records after the meeting, Stivers said they were not yet available to the public. Borough solicitor Evan Gabel is working toward a purchase contract. Stivers said the property would be paid with a bond taken out in 2016 for a different project that did not occur. He said developing the property would greatly...