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Columbia has room to become 'artistic enabled community' [Letter]
I harbor high hopes that Columbia can blossom to the next level in creating a "go to" environment that supports and nurtures art and artists. Recently the Columbia Association has stepped up offering public forums on this and Jane Dembner of the...Tags: Washington, DC, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Breathe Books in Hampden opening health-food cafe
Breathe Books in Hampden says it will add a health-food cafe to its store next month. Owner Susan Weis-Bohlen says all the offerings will have at least one of five features: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, raw or Ayurvedic -- Ayurveda is a holistic type...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Business, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Personal Service
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Leaving Symphony Woods 'as is' is not preservation; it is neglect [Letter]
The first rule of preservation is that you must have something valuable to preserve. In the case of buildings, they should have value to the community through their use, and/or their historical nature. In the case of land, preservation means protecting an...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Letter: Loss of open space in Symphony Woods is 'incalculable'
I am a former long-time resident of Columbia who still travels to the area frequently on business, and recently came across a copy of what used to be my "favorite" paper, the Flier. I read your article about the pending plans for Symphony Woods, and for...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture
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Letter: Jim Rouse would be 'appalled' at CA fast-tracking plans for Symphony Woods
On Feb. 14, you published eight letters raising thoughtful questions about a newly hatched plan for Symphony Woods. At the CA Board meeting a few hours later, many residents spoke out, almost all in opposition. Questions were raised about elements of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture
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New proposal for Columbia
Decades ago, developer James W. Rouse looked at a rundown industrial waterfront in downtown Baltimore and saw the makings of an attraction called Harborplace at the Inner Harbor. Now a former Rouse employee looks at an expanse of woods in downtown...Tags: Arts, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, Inner Harbor, Culture
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Vernon Dobson, civil rights leader
The Rev. Vernon Dobson, a Baptist minister and civil rights leader, died Saturday of complications of a stroke. He was 89. As a leading figure in Baltimore's civil rights movement, Mr. Dobson lived a life molded by the struggle for equality — a...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Christianity, Baptist, Justice and Rights, World War II (1939-1945)
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Symphony Woods Park should create a community meeting place [Commentary]
In 2010, the Columbia Association retained an outstanding firm of landscape architects to prepare a master plan for Symphony Woods Park. The plan that evolved over a two-year period reflects the creative talent of a team of landscape architects and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Howard Hughes, Arts and Culture
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Archives exhibit shows how Columbia came to be
Run by three county commissioners instead of a county executive, Howard County was a different place in the early 1960s. As required of all counties by the Maryland General Assembly in 1953, Howard had finally approved its General Plan in 1960, a much-...
Tags: Arable Farming, Howard County, Property, Ellicott City, Maryland General Assembly
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Marylander of the Year
In 1987, The Sun's editorial board decided to bestow upon the Johns Hopkins University's then-president, Steven Muller, a newly created award: Marylander of the Year. The distinction was meant to honor the person who "contributed the most to Baltimore and...
Tags: NAACP, Kweisi Mfume, Lou Gehrig, Super Bowl, MLB Most Valuable Player Award
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Longtime Rouse home is up for sale
The longtime home of James and Patricia Rouse on the banks of Wilde Lake in Columbia, where the world-known affordable housing advocates danced together to tunes from a stereo next to their living room fireplace, is up for sale. It is the home's first...
Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Harborplace, Homes, Politics, Interior Policy
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After 30 years, Rouse's Enterprise is adapting to financial challenges
At the recent Governor's Housing Conference in Baltimore, the blue logo of a house with rays of light emanating from behind the roof was ubiquitous. It's the emblem of one of the conference's main sponsors, Enterprise, and to the roughly 800 people in...
Tags: Government, Housing and Urban Planning, Rentals, Lobbying, Credit Ratings
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