Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, Thank you for coming out and voting in our Village Election last month. Regardless of whom you voted for, it is resident participation that has made Columbia a special place to live. Columbia was created by people who came to make a special place to live. Too often, residents simply want […]
CA Rep’s Corner: July 2015
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, As is often the case in the summer, activity has slowed down at CA over the past month or so. Major objectives, such as returning Symphony Woods to CA control are still ongoing, but require slow and steady work, and will not be completed quickly. Who is CA and Who are […]
CA Rep’s Corner: May 2015
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, A new Columbia Council, as well as a new set of members of the Columbia Association, as well as a new Board of Directors of the Columbia Association were installed this past week. Of course, they are all the same ten people! (Yes, only ten people in all of Columbia are […]
CA Rep’s Corner: March 2015
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, Welcome to spring…at least I hope it will really be spring by the time you read this! I hope the long, snowy winter was not too much of a burden on you and yours. Question: What about Splashdown and Indoor Pool Lanes? The CA Board is deeply involved in hard decisions […]
CA Rep’s Corner: January 2015
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, Welcome to 2015! I hope this year is a wonderful one for you and for our community. This month I have two questions and some news for you: Question: What about Splashdown? Last night, the CA Board held a work session about our indoor aquatics. A major question on the table […]
CA Rep’s Corner: November 2014
*Revised 11/21/14 Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, The Columbia Speaks, CA Listens event on October 18th was, by all accounts, a success. Hopefully, the next time we do this (and we intend to make this type of forum a regular event), there will be more time so that we can have more in-depth discussions. The Haven […]
CA Rep’s Corner: September 2014
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, It’s been a quiet summer in Lake Wobegon…I mean The Columbia Association. On September 18, we had an informative presentation on New Town Zoning conducted by CA staff, led by our Harper’s Choice neighbor Jane Dembner, with the support of Marsha McLaughlin and Bill Mackey from the County’s Department of Planning […]
CA Rep’s Corner: July 2014
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, Since my last report to you, we have had a few major events at The Columbia Association: The Board voted to approve the extra 1.2 Million dollars in capital funding for the Haven on the Lake spa project. I was the lone dissenting vote; a position I arrived at after much […]
CA Rep’s Corner: May Wrap-Up
Dear Harper’s Choice Residents, This is the inaugural issue of your “CA Representative’s Corner.” Our purpose is to keep you up-to-date on what is happening at CA. These will be fairly detailed so you have as much information as I can provide to you as the real “members” of CA. This issue covers our first […]