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Howard County's first Whole Foods Market opened in downtown Columbia Wednesday to droves of eager shoppers, an event that local officials say is a watershed moment in the revitalization of Columbia's Town Center.

Whole Foods Market is set to open Wednesday, Aug. 20 inside the former Rouse Company building in downtown Columbia.

Philip Gottwals, of Columbia, and Tim Hosking, of Baltimore, aren't stockbrokers, but through their locally sourced grocery business Friends & Farms, the duo have carved out their own small place as the honest broker in what they describe as a rapidly devolving food distribution chain.

Forty years after it opened as the headquarters of the Rouse Company, the iconic white stucco building on Columbia's Lakefront will officially welcome a new tenant: Whole Foods Market. On Aug. 20, the successful grocery chain, which prides itself on its healthful offerings, will open its 44th store in the mid-Atlantic region — and its first in Howard County. The opening follows an extensive renovation of the landmark building, during which the lower level was gutted and the bottom two

At the Arts and Ideas Sudbury School, children take their education into their own hands — literally.

Reported robberies in Baltimore for the week ending July 26 rose 11 percent compared with the previous week, according to statistics posted by the city.

On Tuesday he, along with business partner and local real-estate tycoon Kingdon Gould, broke ground on the newest commercial property: a nine-story, $75 million mixed-use building located across from the Mall in Columbia called Little Patuxent Square.

Officials plan to mark the start of the first new office building in downtown Columbia in more than a decade Tuesday, with a formal groundbreaking on a nine-story, $75 million complex of apartments, offices and shops near Lake Kittamaqundi.

Blake Wollman created The Wild Pea, a Randallstown-based hummus maker, to answer the question why not make a hummus flavored like a Bloody Mary or with chocolate or blueberries. Now his hummus is sold in 60 stores in four states and the District of Columbia.

A 40-year-old man was arrested for robbing the Whole Foods in Harbor East on Sunday, getting $346 and closing the store for several hours, Baltimore Police said Friday.

The Columbia Association broke ground Wednesday morning on a $4 million lakefront, wellness retreat to be built on the ground floor of the Rouse Co. building in downtown Columbia.

The Whole Foods in Harbor East closed for several hours Sunday afternoon after the store was robbed, a spokeswoman for the supermarket said..

Mainstream supermarkets are starting to look a lot more like organic grocers. Brands such as Whole Foods Market have built a following with their all-natural offerings. But in the race to win over consumers concerned about health and the environment, traditional grocers such as Safeway are increasingly touting sustainable seafood and expanded natural product lines.

Milton Matthews took over as president and CEO of the Columbia Association a month ago, so he asks that you forgive that he's not 100 percent up-to-speed on the complex inner workings of CA.

Gap Inc. brands ¿ Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta and Intermix ¿ are among a growing group of major U.S. retailers now paying more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour for entry-level employees.

The Whole Foods Market located on the downtown Columbia lakefront is set to open on Aug. 20, the grocer announced Tuesday.

Laurel Health Foods store owner Monika Price is preparing to close the store on Main Street and leave the historic district when her lease expires this month. The good news is that Laurel Health Foods, which Price's mom, Maria Lowe opened 44 years ago, won't disappear completely, but will be downscaled in a much smaller location. Price's sons, Philip and Curtis Price, own a 6,000-square-foot CrossFit gym at 14210 Cherry Lane Court, and are designing a space for the store in the gym's current

Construction plans for the Columbia Association's lakefront wellness retreat were put back on track Thursday night after the Board of Directors voted to allocate an additional $1.2 million in capital funds to the project.

The idea for Greg Vetter's business came to him shortly after a friend crept into his house and swiped a two-liter bottle of his mom's homemade lemon-garlic salad dressing from his refrigerator.

Bids for the project, called Haven on the Lake, came in at $5.9 million, which is more than CA's budgeted cost of $4.3 million. The discrepancy has caused CA to propose a series of design changes and funding shifts that will likely delay the opening of the retreat by several months – a move that staff estimates could cost the organization more than $500,000 in expected revenue.

Jeff Cherry wants to transform the way that capitalism is practiced in Maryland.

Residents swap accounts of rash of robberies in North Baltimore

Howard County will purchase the iconic Columbia Flier building as a new headquarters for its Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship, County Executive Ken Ulman announced Thursday. According to the county, the purchase price for the Flier building was $2.8 million.

Laurel mother knows what's best for her daughter as each opens business on the same street

As the more than 24-hour deluge of rain came to an end in much of central Maryland on Thursday morning, residents, local officials and business leaders all took stock of the torrential downpours' toll.

Employees of Charles Village's special taxing district were first on the scene of a cave-in on 26th Street. Also, there was flooding in Mount Washington and Clipper Mill and businesses were closed and some employees evacuated.

A nearly 120-year-old retaining wall that has troubled Charles Village residents for decades collapsed amid a month's worth of rain that fell Tuesday and Wednesday, dumping half a dozen cars, street lights and sidewalks onto the CSX rail tracks below.

Baltimore's spending panel agreed on Wednesday to give H&S Bakery $200,000 to relocate its distribution center from Harbor East, as part of controversial agreement officials say will help keep the business in the city.

Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms are forecast through much of Wednesday, bringing risks for flash flooding and raising high tides by a couple of feet.

The Rawlings-Blake administration is set to give $200,000 to help H&S Bakery move its Harbor East distribution center to an industrial area of East Baltimore — sparking discussion of whether subsidies should be needed to help a successful business expand.

That, perhaps, is why a consultant team hired to research at the state of key economic areas in Columbia -- most notably eight of the nine village centers -- spent nearly two hours Wednesday evening presenting detailed findings from the four-month long study.

The Kayam Farm event was one of the kick-off activities for Baltimore Green Week, a weeklong affair launched in 2004 as part of a Struever Bros. Earth Day celebration. The week, now organized by the Baltimore Green Works non-profit, includes hikes, cooking demonstrations, and film screenings. The programs coincide with Earth Day April 22 and culminate April 26 in the Druid Hill Park EcoFest.