There’s considerable squawking and chatter going on at some facebook sites, at council meetings and around town about how the Market House ought to be and what kind of stand holders and vendors ought to be in the Market House.

Here are previous articles form Columbia news, views & reviews archives.

• 2005 Market House study revisited

• 2005 Market House study revisited – part 2

• 2005 Market House study revisited – part 3 – “municipalities should not operate markets”

• 2005 market House study revisited – part 4

• 2005 Market House study revisited – part 5

There’s a particularly interesting line in the part 4 article; curiously, it was brought up at the Monday evening council-of-the-whole meeting, too. The consultant recommends: “keeping all the pot belly stoves.” The mayor said the missing stove is in the borough’s historical storage facility.