Where are CoMo’s unique neighborhoods?

Neighborhoods. Streetscapes. Where we live. Cities, even CoMo, are made up of neighborhoods, often with a streetscape, a way the area looks that’s uniform — or not. These neighborhoods with their own streetscapes are the places where we live, it’s where you and I might actually know the people (and, for me, the dogs) who…

History – use it or lose it?

In 2021, Columbia will be celebrating its 200th anniversary, but will this be a celebration of all of our history or only the history of a few? The next meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force on Bicentennial Celebration Planning Meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2018, in the Community Room Walton Building…

Slave labor part of Stephens Lake’s heritage

If you’ve ever enjoyed Stephens Lake Park, you’ve enjoyed the fruit of the labor of slaves. According to this history of Grindstone Nature Area, the area that is now Stephens Lake Park was cleared by slave labor in 1823. The history of Grindstone Nature Area includes that nature was also owned by the Gordon family as well…