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Owner Susan Weis-Bohlen says all the food will have at least one of five features: gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, raw or Ayurvedic.

The loss of any such open space such as Symphony Woods with huge, mature trees (and the air purification afforded by same), and a local venue for the arts, seems an incalculable one. More shopping, offices, parking garages ... at what point do we reach overkill, saturation.

The new Symphony Woods plan of dubious provenance is justified by some who claim it will fulfill James Rouse's vision for Columbia. In fact, among the leading skeptics of this plan are a number of planners from the early years of Columbia who know better than most what would fulfill that vision. If Jim Rouse were here today, he would be appalled by the way the CA Board fast tracked this and disrespected those asking for more information, including the only two Board members who voted "no."

The Columbia Association board approved the adoption of the Inner Arbor plan as the new development plan for Symphony Woods Park with an 8-2 vote at its meeting on Thursday.

Columbia man launches campaign to reforest Haiti, his home country that has been denuded by decades of natural disasters

The Mariners kept their Susquehanna Division record perfect with a 74-62 overtime victory against the Cobra

Decades ago developer James 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 Columbia and sees the possibility of an "Inner Arbor."

A long-time pastor at Union Baptist Church, he founded Maryland Food Bank and BUILD

The team of professionals responsible for the Symphony Woods Park plan envisioned creating a "special people place," a place where the community could come together to celebrate the dream James Rouse had for this important community space. The master plan identified a central meeting place to generate life and vitality throughout the park. The inter-active water feature and the cafe with outdoor seating near the fountain will draw people to this important activity space in the center of this

Symphony Woods, as it stands today, has nothing of value to preserve 1) No buildings valuable to the community through meaningful public use; 2) No buildings whose historical significance makes them worthy of protection/restoration; 3) No thriving natural habitat which merits careful conservation.

The James W. Rouse Scholars Program at Howard Community College is in the midst of its 20th year, and students and staff reflect on the success of the honors program and what it has meant to them.

A symposium on a proposed streetcar draws movers and shakers from around the city Dec. 5 although a city representative was conspicuously missing. The streetcar line would link the Inner Harbor and north Baltimore institutions, such as Hopkins Homewood and the BMA

"Creating Columbia: The Idea and the Gamble," the first of a series of exhibits, will open Tuesday with an open house at the Columbia Archives on Wincopin Circle.

The Sun and the Greater Baltimore Committee are reviving the paper's annual Marylander of the Year award.

The longtime home of James and Patricia Rouse on the banks of Wilde Lake in Columbia is up for sale for the first time in 38 years, when the newlyweds purchased it for $95,000.

Three decades into its mission, Enterprise has become an agenda-setter for the affordable housing community and it is responding to a challenging period by reassessing its goals and charting new paths to reach them.

Harborplace has been sold to a New York real estate investment firm that owns office and retail centers across the country, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Harborplace has been sold to a New York real estate investment firm that owns office and retail centers across the country, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Despite objections in letter, low-income housing is right for Columbia

Seven months after starting a petition to rename their Columbia street, the former residents of the controversially named Coon Hunt Court--now the residents of April Wind Court--finally have their new street name.

Developer of town center wants him to return

Developer of town center wants him to return

Lifelong Columbia resident Mary Weeks can sum up in one simple phrase what her hometown means to her; Columbia Matters

In an interview with Salon Magazine, Columbia native and author Michael Chabon discusses how his new, racially charged novel was, in part, shaped by his upbringing in Columbia.

When my kids were toddlers and they walked around in what we called their "bare nudies," we used to say they were "exposed to the elements."

You know your are entering a different world when you see the heavy cordless iron that requires a fire to heat it sitting atop a wood ironing board covered with a bed sheet used as an ironing pad at the Howard County Center of African American Culture. For those who can remember manual eggbeaters and other handheld tools hanging from the wall, this is a step back in time

Enterprise Community Partners, a Columbia-based organization that helps people around the country find affordable housing, is itself getting a new home but staying in Columbia.

Kevin Doyle has been named the new chair of the Howard Community College Board of Trustees. Edmund "Skip" Coale named vice-chair.

Baltimore's towering figures come from all walks of life

Whole Foods is coming to downtown Columbia, and that's good news indeed

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman says the building of a Whole Foods at the old Rouse Co. headquarters is just the first sign of a well thought-out rebirth for Columbia.

Plan for Columbia's future requires additional support

John DeWolf, who delivered a downtown development update to the Columbia Association on Thursday, said in his presentation that Howard Hughes is currently in "significant" negotiations with a number of potential tenants and specifically referenced Whole Foods.

Columbia Association plan would remove 64 trees from Symphony Woods. Alternative plan would tear down only 12 trees — preserving spirit of Columbia vision.

Buried utilities has paid off for Howard County planned community

On Columbia's 45th birthday, remembering the early days of Merriweather Post Pavilion

Tensions have eased over the downtown Columbia partnership. The Howard County Council will consider an amended bill this week that addresses concerns from various parties.

Two writers in The Sun have expressed undue pessimism about the city's prospects.

South Baltimore company Big City Farms aims to expand fresh food production across city

A nonprofit organization that helps procure financing for small business in Howard County lost its county government funding last year — a cut its board members said "stymied" its operations. The James Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund is not slated to get county funding again this year, prompting board members to plead with the County Council at a public hearing Thursday.

The narrow footbridge that crosses U.S. 29 in Columbia opened three decades ago with the promise of connecting the town's commercial center with the residential communities to the east

Columbia had between 99,000 and 100,000 residents as of December 2011, and that number has essentially held steady for the past several years due to a lack of housing construction.

Most of Brooke Kuhl-McClelland's day is spent in a dance studio at Hammond High School. When this veteran dance teacher's students give a public performance, she prefers to be off to the side watching as they bask in the applause

A Columbia-based affordable housing organization will announce today that it is merging a mortgage division with a Cleveland firm and will own a majority of the new company.

Family members continue with farm, update book

The Village of Cross Keys has been sold by General Growth Properties to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a retail and office property investor, according to a notice to tenants.

Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse, who with her late husband James W. Rouse co-founded what is now the Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and had an un abiding belief that all Americans were entitled to decent and affordable housing, died Monday. She was 85.

Columbia lost two important people with deaths of Patty Rouse and Emily Lincoln