today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today… “The trees are bored, With being green. Some people leave The local scene And go to seaside Bungalows And take off nearly
All their clothes.” – From a John Updike poem, “August.”

• Coalition for Smart Growth is looking for input about the County’s growth – community conversations planned.
  

• Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world, so that a chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. – Wikipedia

• Six degrees of smart growth – Among the partner entities of the Coalition for Smart Growth is the Lancaster County Planning Commission – The current chairperson of the Lancaster County Planning Commission is Columbia’s mayor, Leo S. Lutz.

Photo courtesy of Columbia Spy – used with permission

• Wonder if the debris from the illegal burn is only part of the crap released into the River?

• Cole Umber’s report about the Columbia Market House Trust’s consultant’s Request for Qualifications is most interesting: “Request for Developer Qualification” (RFQ) – and the comments in the RFQ are most curious.

• Legends never die – Wes Craven’s obituary – The Los Angeles Times