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[krazeeboi]

digital_sandlapper, on Apr 10 2009, 04:23 PM, said:

Believe it or not, Wake County is just about to surpass Mecklenburg County as the most populous in N.C.--hard to believe!  (Read:  too many people--more than twice Richland County's, but within about the same square miles.)

It is. Wake County is geographically larger than Mecklenburg County though, so it was always inevitable, given Raleigh's rapid growth.

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Spartan, you hit the nail on the head when you pointed out our river and its amenities.  Those wide, scenic, rocky shoals and roaring rapids-filled waters of our 3 Rivers converging right at our feet!  Most cities would KILL for that!  As it becomes more and more our focal point, it will blow 'em away.

Absolutely.

digital_sandlapper, on Apr 10 2009, 04:36 PM, said:

I stayed in downtown Raleigh recently, and whoever commented that it shuts down at 5pm like ours was right!  Fayetteville Street and around the statehouse was dead.  At least Columbia does have the Vista so close.  Raleigh's equivalent, the name of which escapes me now (it was along a street with tons of restaurants, etc.), was nice but did not quite have the vibe of the Vista, IMO.  It was also quite a hike further away than the Vista is from the center of town.

I think you're referring to Glenwood South.

[krazeeboi]

digital_sandlapper, on Apr 10 2009, 04:49 PM, said:

Hey, I just noticed something about Columbia's Wikipedia entry:  someone has deleted the section on Notable Columbia Natives/Residents!  Does anyone here have a copy of what was previously there, or else we'll have to start all over--geesh, Louise!

Krazee, Spartan, don't y'all add things to Columbia's Wikipedia entry?  Wonder what happened to that important part?  Where's Hootie?     

I can help, btw, if you two don't have anything in your records.

I'll fix it.

[Spartan]

digital_sandlapper, on Apr 10 2009, 04:23 PM, said:

Believe it or not, Wake County is just about to surpass Mecklenburg County as the most populous in N.C.--hard to believe!  (Read:  too many people--more than twice Richland County's, but within about the same square miles.)

Spartan, you hit the nail on the head when you pointed out our river and its amenities.  Those wide, scenic, rocky shoals and roaring rapids-filled waters of our 3 Rivers converging right at our feet!  Most cities would KILL for that!  As it becomes more and more our focal point, it will blow 'em away.

Well, 70,000 is a lot of people, but in the next 20 years Wake will overtake Meck. Its one of those unfortunate things because Wake County has much worse sprawl than Mecklenburg at this point.

Charlotte would kill for a river. I'm quite confident that if they could relocate the Catawba River they would do it.

digital_sandlapper, on Apr 10 2009, 04:49 PM, said:

Hey, I just noticed something about Columbia's Wikipedia entry:  someone has deleted the section on Notable Columbia Natives/Residents!  Does anyone here have a copy of what was previously there, or else we'll have to start all over--geesh, Louise!

Krazee, Spartan, don't y'all add things to Columbia's Wikipedia entry?  Wonder what happened to that important part?  Where's Hootie?     

I can help, btw, if you two don't have anything in your records.

Wikipedia saves ALL versions of its pages, so its just a matter of reverting it. I personally have not edited anything there in quite some time... but it sounds like Krazeeboi is on top of it.

Its annoying to edit anything on Wikipedia. There are Wikipedia Nazis who spend all of their waking hours editing. They come through and wipe out things that they don't like, even if the change is for the better. I spent a fair amount of time editing the Spartanburg page, making improvements for the better and taking a few of my own images to 'pretty up' the pages. They came through and wiped out the whole thing. I was quite annoyed. Someone else has since come in and done some other edits so the pages look presentable.

[digital_sandlapper]

Spartan, on Apr 11 2009, 10:47 AM, said:

Well, 70,000 is a lot of people, but in the next 20 years Wake will overtake Meck. Its one of those unfortunate things because Wake County has much worse sprawl than Mecklenburg at this point.

Charlotte would kill for a river. I'm quite confident that if they could relocate the Catawba River they would do it.

Wikipedia saves ALL versions of its pages, so its just a matter of reverting it. I personally have not edited anything there in quite some time... but it sounds like Krazeeboi is on top of it.

Its annoying to edit anything on Wikipedia. There are Wikipedia Nazis who spend all of their waking hours editing. They come through and wipe out things that they don't like, even if the change is for the better. I spent a fair amount of time editing the Spartanburg page, making improvements for the better and taking a few of my own images to 'pretty up' the pages. They came through and wiped out the whole thing. I was quite annoyed. Someone else has since come in and done some other edits so the pages look presentable.

Wake County's growth rate in the last 10 years (%) is greater than Mecklenburg's, and if it continues even at the same rate, it will surpass Mecklenburg in population within 10 years.  So, 70K would be no problem if things continue as is.

You are so right that Charlotte would kill for a river--and so would Raleigh.  We are so lucky that our "Big Three" of Cola., Chas., and Grvl. ALL have river(s) running through them!     They add tremendously to our quality of life, that's for sure.

I agree totally about Wikipedia and its Nazis!  I hate to bother anymore for the same reasons you gave.  But at least Krazeeboi will take care of famous Columbians.  We can't have folks thinking that we have contributed NO ONE to the American experience, right?

Edited by digital_sandlapper, 17 April 2009 - 03:37 PM.

[CorgiMatt]

Yahoo.com has a slide show on the 15 most dangerous cities in the US.  They use crime statistics for the cities' MSA's, but they label each slide with the name of the principal city of the MSA.  Thankfully Columbia isn't on it.

http://finance.yahoo...angerous-Cities

Edited by CorgiMatt, 25 April 2009 - 12:27 PM.

[krazeeboi]

I don't think Columbia has historically ever ranked that high.

[krazeeboi]

I think I've found Capitol Center's "twin":





This is the Kroger HQ building in downtown Cincinnati.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the Capitol Center, here it is:

[CorgiMatt]

I stood at the top of the capitol steps yesterday and the new building is really setting the Capitol Center off.  It brings it out a lot from that angle.

[waccamatt]

krazeeboi, on Jun 30 2009, 02:49 PM, said:

I think I've found Capitol Center's "twin":





This is the Kroger HQ building in downtown Cincinnati.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the Capitol Center, here it is:

That is correct. I have a close friend that works at Kroger's headquarters in Cincinnati and we always joke about that.

[CorgiMatt]

I don't know where else to put this.  I emailed the mayor and all of my city council reps the following attachment about a movement called CEOs for Cities.  Daniel Rickenmann emailed me a thank you and said it looks interesting and that he may try to attend the urban planning session at the end of September in DC.  Click on "meetings" on the website to see what he's talking about.

http://www.ceosforcities.org/

Edited by CorgiMatt, 23 August 2009 - 07:56 PM.

[CorgiMatt]

Here's City Center Partnership's monthly e-newsletter telling about some happenings and giving some general information.  The logo pic of downtown is eye-catching.

http://cartertodd.co...newsltrWEB.html

[BrasilnSC]

Have you guys seen the show "King of the Crown" on TLC?  It's about pageants and is filmed right here in Columbia.  The show itself may not be a positive towards the city's image (we are talking about pageant queens here.....who can forget Miss SC who happens to be on the show).  But, there are some great aerial shots of downtown and lots of other shots of the entire city between scenes, from the Vista, to 5 pts, West Columbia, to Shandon, etc.  It really makes Cola look like a cool city.  Check out TLC's website for when new episodes and re-runs air.

Edited by BrasilnSC, 08 October 2009 - 02:51 PM.

[waccamatt]

BrasilnSC, on Oct 8 2009, 04:47 PM, said:

Have you guys seen the show "King of the Crown" on TLC?  It's about pageants and is filmed right here in Columbia.  The show itself may not be a positive towards the city's image (we are talking about pageant queens here.....who can forget Miss SC who happens to be on the show).  But, there are some great aerial shots of downtown and lots of other shots of the entire city between scenes, from the Vista, to 5 pts, West Columbia, to Shandon, etc.  It really makes Cola look like a cool city.  Check out TLC's website for when new episodes and re-runs air.

Of course it does...Columbia IS a cool city.  

[BrasilnSC]

Totally didn't mean for it to come off that way.....Columbia is definitely a cool city, no doubt.  I watched another episode of that show and the aerial shots of the river and downtown were awesome  .

[CorgiMatt]

We don't get our due, but maybe that's changing exponentially.

[CorgiMatt]

I watched both Columbia episodes filmed so far of "King of the Crown" and no national TV show has ever made this city look so good.  It is nothing but impressive.  I didn't even see where the show made anything or anyone look especially bad.  So Pelion is a "tiny, tiny, tiny town."  It's obvious in the footage of Columbia that it is not a tiny city.  It looks like a megapolis.  The only frustrating thing is that the shots are so quick; they flash by so fast.  But they look fantastic.  It's also obvious the camera man has an impeccable eye for composition.  He shows the city off beautifully.  I'm certain that lots of people watching the show across America opened their eyes wide to discover there's a city here, and they've got to think there must be a lot going on here judging by the shots.

[waccamatt]

I might have to check out the show to see the sites of Columbia though I have no interest in the subject matter otherwise.

[emerging.me]

Hey gang... I hope you don't mind, I'm going to put in a shameless plug for a new coworking venue that I'm helping to catalyze here in Columbia: www.columbiacoworking.com.

The concept is essentially a cafe-like environment geared towards mobile workers.

We're still looking for a cool (affordable) space, but The Vista and Main Street are both in play. If anyone knows of any good options... holla.

Edited by emerging.me, 17 October 2009 - 01:56 PM.

[CorgiMatt]

I vote for Main Street or a site adjacent to Main on this one.  City Center Partnership needs to know about this if they don't already.  They are ready to bend over backwards to do anything they can to help anyone who wants to locate in the Main Street corridor.

[emerging.me]

CorgiMatt, on Oct 17 2009, 08:07 AM, said:

I vote for Main Street or a site adjacent to Main on this one.  City Center Partnership needs to know about this if they don't already.  They are ready to bend over backwards to do anything they can to help anyone who wants to locate in the Main Street corridor.

Great! I sent Matt Kennel a message last night about it, actually, and plan to phone them on Monday. Some municipalities are even helping to fund spaces like this because they increase creative clout and can serve as start-up incubators... once people get together and begin collaborating. I hope that's what will happen in downtown Columbia with our space.

My hope is that we can co-opt some space from the city (or another benefactor) for 6-8 months. By then the community should be large enough where we can afford a decent rent -- members will pay tiered monthly membership fees based on usage.

Edited by emerging.me, 17 October 2009 - 07:51 PM.