The Merriweather Post

Local news blog covering downtown Columbia MD and surrounding neighborhoods

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@iankennedy7 I read lots of comments about difficulty parking at the mall but that's only true for that main surface lot. I find mall parking easy to find if I avoid that main surface lot and park in one of the garages or lesser used surface lots (e.g. by Nordstrom or JC Penney).

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HoCo by Design; an update on the New Cultural Center, the legal battle over Lakefront North; new Lakefront street names and much more. Here's a June 2023 roundup of news and thoughts on new development in Downtown Columbia.
https://t.co/7mGzoi9mWS

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@HoCoProgressRpt Also here. Also feeling old. Also hoping Weezer makes me feel like we are still in the 90s.

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10 seconds is all it takes to sign this petition to show your support for more affordable housing in HoCo!

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Please sign the petition to support more affordable housing in Howard County. The more signers, the more likely we will have success in our advocacy at the @HoCoCouncil meeting 6/14 https://t.co/5GR1NpsqBV

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@PeoplesVoiceHC @GeoffreySBaker @dbnitkin That's exactly what I suggested in the blog I wrote. The Lakefront library will financially benefit Howard Hughes tremendously. If they aren't willing to bear some of the costs of the garage, then the Council should walk.

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Howard County Council members are asking some tough questions about the ambitious lakefront library project. But there are answers.
https://t.co/4wwQCH21TT

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Columbia Association Board of Director unable to agree on a single board chair for the new fiscal year. A recap of the May 11 meeting.
https://t.co/1NvvpE4Dv6

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Settle in for an epic breakdown on the proposed Lakefront library. What, why, how - What's in it for the County and what's in it for Howard Hughes. Addressing costs, schools, parking- Here's my take on the Lakefront Library.
https://t.co/BZPSNCQHpr

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Invitation to publish guest contributions is open to all: https://t.co/yfAFTlVbta

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Happy to post your articles and look forward to more contributions!

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"New City Upon a Hill: A History of Columbia" highlights Columbia's founding vision of a racially and socioeconomically inclusionary city. A book review by guest contributor @StoicYimby.
https://t.co/3ixjf36koh

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Major breaking news. The Collective Offshore​ / The Collective Encore​ is set to open at Columbia's Lakefront on Wednesday, May 3. Here's the whole scope including the initial dinner menu!
https://t.co/Z22nDoX7bR

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Election Day in Columbia! Go out and vote. Here are prediction.
https://t.co/beMqCFyOpv

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Powerful history of pro-growth v. Slow-growth movements in MoCo and the power of advocacy and importance of organization. https://t.co/4Qdn1Fc0wj

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Against a backdrop of an usually high number of ethics complaints against board members and staff, the CA Board has debated for over a year but thus far failed to adopt a revised ethics policy. This article attempts to summarize these issues.
https://t.co/tDaPTrk9w2

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With Columbia village elections just days away, this article shares observations about how these elections have become interestingly politicalized and involved substantial campaigning and garnered interest from local politicians and activists.
https://t.co/EbmEjiJTJ2

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3rd annual CA Board Q&A with responses from candidates running in contested elections.

Hickory Ridge: https://t.co/HhbYgHdux7
Long Reach: https://t.co/fjFjhi70BX
Oakland Mills: https://t.co/lomtyyW78u
River Hill: https://t.co/FdfbPCi15s
Wilde Lake: https://t.co/QtJ7IhA0YJ

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A Run Down of the major Lakefront Library and Affordable Housing News announced today and making sense of how it fits into the Downtown Columbia plan
https://t.co/ADIpOpyIwj

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Details of 50 new bike and pedestrian projects planned for Howard County over the next 3 years
https://t.co/tiM0nAcpsC

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Recently, two proposed Maryland State bills that would have mandated alterations to elections in Columbia's ten villages failed to advance. This article provides a brief summary of the two bills and their fate.
https://t.co/UYujCJLwFG