Columbia Arts Council June & July Meetings - Updates

Please note, the Columbia Arts Council has cancelled its monthly meeting for June 19th. The July 17th Columbia Arts Council meeting has been moved from the Columbia State Community College library to City Hall Meeting Room A (basement level) at 5:00pm.

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City of Columbia Adopts Official Columbia Flag

The City of Columbia is proud to announce the adoption of an official Columbia flag. The winning flag was designed by local resident and business owner Bryson Leach, and was the top vote-getter selected by the community in an online flag design competitio...

Planning Commission Meetings

The Planning Commission will no longer conduct study session meetings prior to regular meetings effective immediately. The Planning Commission will meet the second Wednesday of every month at 4:00 PM.There will be no Planning Commission study session on W...

City Announces Jill Carlson as the March Employee of the Month

Feasibility Study Confirms Need for Downtown Columbia Hotel

The City of Columbia contracted with Core Distinction Group to conduct a Hotel Market Feasibility Study for Columbia. The recently completed study indicated the greatest need in the area is in downtown for this community of 43,000 people located just 45 m...

City Announces Scott Tilghman as February Employee of the Month

The City is happy to announce Scott Tilghman as the February Employee of the Month! 

Scott has been with the City for 5 years and is a dedicated employee day in and day out. Scott always goes above and beyond to make sure City Hall is kept clean a...

City Announces Jason Shockley as January Employee of the Month

EPA Site Assessment Grant

City of Columbia Receives $630,000 CDBG Sidewalk Improvement Grant

The City of Columbia has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) by the Tennessee Economic & Community Development Department in the amount of $630,000. Columbia is one of 47 municipalities that will share in $27.3 million in CDBG, use...

Parks & Recreation Awarded Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism

The City of Columbia Parks and Recreation is honored to have been awarded the title of 2022 Champion of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism for the Premier Girls Fastpitch Super Select Championship hosted at Ridley Sports Complex during May and Jun...

Public Art Project Phase Two in Downtown Columbia Complete

The City of Columbia, in partnership with the Columbia Arts Council, completed phase two of a public art project that has transformed plain City utility boxes into beautiful art using images provided by local photographers. Vinyl wraps of those images wer...

City Announced Iron Bridge Road Bridge Grant

Current and former city leaders were joined by Michael Skipper of the Greater Nashville Regional Council (GRNC) and Kevin McAlister of Barge Design on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Fairview Park to reveal plans to redesign the one lane b...

Columbia Fire & Rescue Receives FEMA SAFER Grant

Columbia Fire & Rescue has been awarded a SAFER grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). SAFER is an acronym that stands for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response. This grant was created to provide funding directly to ...