The Columbia planning commission gave initial approval to a 200-home subdivision along the riverfront near Interstate 20.

The canal’s reconstruction is expected to be done by December 2027. If you’ve spent anytime at the Columbia Canal and Riverfront Park, you may have seen early signs of the project underway.

Land along the Congaree River untouched for over a century is now being considered for a “world-class” park, but the site is prone to floods and some worry the plans will damage the riverfront.

The proposed park promises access to Columbia’s untamed riverfront. Designers vying for the project have shaped hundred-million-dollar developments in major U.S. cities.

The proposed park promises access to Columbia’s untamed riverfront. Designers vying for the project have shaped hundred-million-dollar developments in major U.S. cities.

COLUMBIA — Ever since he started doing pop-ups at the pumphouse inside the Riverfront Park, Scott Burgess knew the future of Columbia was on its riverbanks. Seven years later, Burgess ...

Portions of Riverfront Park are set to close in June as crews begin construction on a new water intake on the Broad River.

After the removal of the playground near the Peoria RiverPlex, the Peoria Park District is looking at how to address the need for a new play area there. The district dismantled the playground last ...

Columbia’s drinking water system has been in limbo for a decade. In 2015, a “1,000-year-flood” ripped a 60-foot hole in the canal wall and damaged the headgates, which control the water flow ...

Columbia is currently in talks to design a waterfront park along the Congaree River between the Blossom and Gervais street bridges, part of long-running plans to develop Columbia’s riverfront.

A new riverfront development near Blossom and Gervais could bring restaurants, apartments, and a public park to this part of Columbia.