Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is located in central part of Maryland.
Columbia is the second largest city in Maryland with a population of 99,615 residents (2010).
About Columbia
Columbia is a very young city. It is known as a working suburb of both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. The city was in 2010 ranked as the number 2 on Money magazine's list of Best Places to Live in America. Columbia is situated in the Baltimore/Washington corridor and has received international recognition for its innovative planning.
To See And To Do In Columbia
Visit the Mall. Visit venues like the Lakefront Summer Concert Series, the antique shows, Symphony Woods or the Town Center Lakefront, or the wine festival, the Columbia Festival of the Arts, and other events.
History Of Columbia
Columbia was developed by the company Howard Research and Development, led by its founder James Rouse. In 1963 James Rouse announced that his company had acquired 14,000 acres and planned to build a city were Columbia today is. Detailed planning for the new city proceeded from 1963 to 1964. The company began to build the city in 1966. Lake Kittamaqundi and Wilde Lake were carved out of fields. Ground was broken for the first commercial buildings in Town Center and the residential neighborhood of Bryant Woods. In July 1967, Columbia's first residents moved in. They moved into the first village to be developed in Columbia, Wilde Lake, a reservoir and also the name of the surrounding neighborhood. In 1971, the first high school opened, the Wilde Lake High School, as a model school for the nation.
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