Main Street is almost all right
Story and photos by John Temple Ligon
      Principals from the Washington- based office of Economic Research Associates instructed and briefed their audience of retailers, residents, shopkeepers, developers, building owners, elected officials, city agency heads, and stakeholders in general in the auditorium of the Columbia Museum of Art Tuesday afternoon, March 18.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      A big loss, but not that big Investors in business with Al Parish, a former Charleston Southern University economist, lost between $60 million and $80 million. Earlier estimates of their losses came to $90 million. Economic impact As reported by the City Center Partnership, a resident living downtown has twice the economic impact as a person working downtown.
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Sally Roach of the Township Auditorium
Star Profile
Story and photo by John Temple Ligon
      In its 78th year, Columbia's Township Auditorium looks pretty much as it did when it opened in 1930. Designed by George and Robert Lafaye, its front fa
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Folks about town
      Crum elected S.C. Women Lawyers Assoc. president Contributed by McNair Law Firm McNair Law firm, P.A. shareholder, M. Elizabeth "Liz" Crum has been elected president of the S. C. Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). Crum is a native of Denmark, S.C., and joined McNair in 1981.
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