Posted 3/19/24

Downtown Columbia is about to receive even more upgrades thanks to a $50,000 grant to enhance and improve three of the square's four pedestrian crosswalks.

The city council began its latest regular meeting by voting to accept the grant, which is funded by General Motors to assist in downtown beautification and traffic-calming measures.

The improvements will include installing curb extensions at the crosswalks, while also upgrading landscaping and adding an information kiosk.

This project comes in the wake of many other recent downtown improvements, which have included two phases of upgrading many of the historic building facades, as well as the current renovations to the North Main Street parking garage that has been well underway since late January.