Columbia, South Carolina

South Carolina Richland County Columbia

General Information, Jobs

• Weather
  –  Current conditions
  –  10-day forecast
  –  National Weather Service - Columbia
  
• Columbia data - demographics, economics, education, housing, poverty
  
• History of Columbia
• Columbia jobs

Maps, Transportation

• Columbia maps
• Columbia Metropolitan Airport - CAE - commercial
  –  More about Columbia Metropolitan Airport
  
• Columbia Owens Downtown Airport - CUB
  –  More about Columbia Owens Downtown Airport
  
• Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority - buses

Recreation, Entertainment, Tourism

• Accommodations
  –  Hotels and motels in Columbia SC
  
  
• Festivals, events
  –  Annual Columbia festivals, events - alphabetical list
  –  Upcoming Columbia events - links to community calendars
  
  
• Arts, entertainment, dining
  –  Columbia bars
  –  Columbia restaurants
  –  Columbia art museums
  –  Columbia bands, musicians - popular music
  –  Columbia coliseums, auditoriums
  –  Columbia dance companies
  –  Columbia orchestras, concert bands, singing groups
  –  Columbia theaters, theater groups
  
  
• Attractions
  –  Columbia amusement, adventure, water parks
  –  Columbia gardens
  –  Columbia historic houses
  –  Columbia historic sites, buildings, monuments
  –  Columbia museums
  –  Columbia shopping
  –  Columbia zoos, observatory
  
  
• Sports, outdoor recreation
  –  Columbia golf
  –  Columbia recreation, sports organizations
  –  Columbia Blowfish - Coastal Plain League Summer Collegiate Baseball
  –  Gamecocks - USC
  
  
• Parks
  –  Earlewood Park
  –  Finlay Park
  –  Granby Park
  –  Maxcy Gregg Park
  –  Olympia Park
  –  Roy Lynch Park - Historic Elmwood Park
  –  Southeast Park
  –  Three Rivers Greenway
  
  
• Lakes, rivers
  –  Lake Murray
  –  Broad River
  –  Lower Saluda River
  –  Middle Saluda River
  
  
• Related travel, tourism resources
  –  Columbia travel agencies
  –  Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
  –  Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
  –  Historic Columbia Foundation
  –  Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports, and Tourism
  

Real Estate, Relocation

• Columbia Real Estate

Business Resources

• Columbia conference centers
• Better Business Bureau
• Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance
• Columbia Development Corporation
  
• City Center Partnership
  
• Columbia Office of Economic Development
• Columbia Opportunity Resource - young professionals
  
• Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
• Innovista - USC initiative that brings public and private sector researchers together in an urban innovation district
  

Businesses in Columbia, South Carolina

• Businesses in Columbia - your guide to businesses in and around Columbia SC
  
• Restaurants in Columbia
  

Media

• Columbia newspapers, magazines, journals
• Columbia radio stations
• Columbia television stations

Government, Military

• City of Columbia
  –  Columbia Tree and Appearance Commission
  
• Richland County
  –  County officials, offices - phone numbers, addresses
• Central Midlands Council of Governments
• Columbia Housing Authority
• State of South Carolina
• US Department of Agriculture
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• US Small Business Administration
• Fort Jackson - US Army

Schools, Colleges, Libraries, Museums

• K-12 schools
  –  Richland County | Lexington County
  
• Colleges, universities
  –  University of South Carolina - USC
  
• Libraries, archives, museums
  –  Richland County | Lexington County
  

Hospitals, Churches, Helping Organizations

• Columbia hospitals
  –  Columbia assisted living, retirement homes
  –  Columbia clinics, health centers
  
• Columbia churches
• Columbia community, service organizations
  –  Richland County | Lexington County
  –  Columbia animal rescue organizations
  –  Columbia environmental, conservation organizations
  –  Columbia homeless assistance
  –  Columbia senior citizen resources