Tag: downtown
Go Red for Women: Fighting heart disease together
City of Columbia employees, Heart Association gathered to bring awareness to women’s heart disease.
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Celebrate puppy love at Pups and Pints
The dog adoption event offers a relaxed atmosphere where visitors can meet pups while enjoying a cold beer or cocktail.
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Gingerbread competition takes over Columbia
NoMA Warehouse and Davis Architecture hosts a gingerbread competition to raise awareness of homelessness in Columbia.
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Will new regulations mean fewer Airbnbs in Columbia?
Many hosts have been notified they’re out of compliance with new city rules.
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Main Street has become a business mecca
New businesses and restaurants are flocking to Main Street, including a new Prohibition restaurant, capitalizing on the popularity of the downtown entertainment district.
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Local beer garden memorializes now-closed Columbia icon The Whig
Owners of West Columbia’s WECO beer garden wanted to leave fans with one last pint (glass) after its sister bar, The Whig, closed.
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Rents on the rise, students scraping by
With rent increasing exponentially throughout the Columbia area, many University of South Carolina students are working overtime to pay the rent, and work life is cutting into their studies.
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A conversation with some of Finlay Park’s homeless
Sunday afternoon is a busy time for Finlay Park. Homeless people gather to catch up with their friends and get food from local outreach groups.
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Downtown Columbia hotels fuller, more expensive for USC’s busy weekend
Gamecock football and Family Weekend are colliding to fill Columbia hotels. But don’t expect it to be cheap.
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Parade set to honor women’s basketball national champions
The city of Columbia will celebrate Dawn Staley and the NCAA national champion Gamecocks basketball team.
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Oliver Gospel Roastery transforming coffee, transforming lives
Oliver Gospel’s new business venture creates coffee and transforms lives all in the same building.
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Locals see Cayce as hidden “gem”
State Street in downtown Cayce has previously been a neglected area of town, but the city’s recent efforts to revive the area foreshadow a future renaissance.
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