#MUSTDO

Dish 

• Little House of Pizza | Tues., July 13 | 5-8 p.m. | WECO Bottle and Biergarten | Price of purchase | Grab a slice or 2 for dinner with your brews, don’t forget overflow parking is available. 

TryThis

• 90’s TV Trivia | Tues., July 13 | 7-9 p.m. | Main Course | Free | How well do you know the classics, like Full House + Fresh Prince of Bel Air? 📺

Learn

• Business Over Breakfast | Tues., July 13 | 7:30-8:30 a.m. | RADIUS Church, 300 W. Main St., Lexington | $10 | Learn about SC’s state of tourism from Duane Parish, director for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation + Tourism. ✈️
• Understand and Communicate the Value of your Business | Tues., July 13 | 6-8 p.m. | Virtual | Free, register here | Join Women Will for a workshop tailored towards female entrepreneurs. 🤝

PlanAhead 

• Charcuterie Night with Cola Cheese Chick | Wed., July 14 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | NoMa Warehouse | $75+ | Create and take home your own charcuterie board, complete with a wooden board + yummy ingredients. 🧀
• The Peach Truck Tour | Fri., July 16 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Steel Hands Brewing | Price of purchase | Pre-order your peaches or pecans and pick up the day of the tour stop. 🍑
• South Carolina Food Truck & Beer Festival | Sat., July 17 | 12-5 p.m. | SC State Fairgrounds | $5+ (food + drinks separate) | Enjoy some of Cola’s best food, beer + live entertainment. 🍻

#DIGS 

New live-work units now available in historic Gadsden Place in the Vista

Renovated exterior of Gadsden Place | Rendering by Garvin Design Group 

Originally constructed in 1920, Gadsden Place has transformed into one of downtown Columbia’s newest live-work communities. 

Located in the heart of the Vista, the twin Italianate buildings at 1209 and 1211 Gadsden St. (think: behind Jimmy John’s on Gervais St.) now host 8 apartments + 4 office/retail suites. These suites include 12 unique live-work units that are available to rent as of July 1.

NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 91º | Cloudy | 20% chance of rain

Number

• $200,000. The investment the locally owned hair bow company, Gabby’s Bows, received  during an appearance on the podcast “One Hundred Percent with Marcus Lemonis.” The company plans to use the funds to expand the inventory, which is currently in 74 Target stores and available in all 50 states.🎀 (The State) 

Development 

• A QuikTrip gas station and a stand-alone Starbucks drive-thru are expected to open this fall on Spears Creek Church Road. This is the most recent QuikTrip for the Midlands after 4 opened last year + the Starbucks was built across the street from the Shell gas station. (The State) 
• Putnam’s Landing in Chapin is now under new ownership and will soon receive a multi-million dollar rebuild of the 50 to 60-year-old structure. The developer has applied for changes that will include adding 70+ new boat slips and a new lakeside convenience store. 🚤 (The Post and Courier) 

Dish 

• This is not a drill. 2Fat2Fly, the stuffed chicken wing food truck, will return for 1 night to take over Steel Hands Brewing's kitchen this Thurs., July 15 from 4-9 p.m. 🍗

Civic 

• PARK(ing) Day will be celebrated locally on Sept. 17 and the City of Columbia is accepting applications to create temporary parklets. Apply to transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces by Aug. 20.

Community

• Benedict College is hosting a job fair for over 20 positions on Thurs., July 15 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the David H. Swinton Campus Center, located at 1616 Oak St. Available positions range from academics to maintenance. (Cola Daily) 

ForKids 

• South Carolina State Museum will offer free admission for kids for a week from July 17-25. Children 12 years and under can experience a week of out-of-this-world exhibition tours, planetarium experiences, and more. 🌎

Coronavirus 

• The Prisma Mobile Health units will host 5 COVID-19 vaccination events beginning today from 3-7 p.m. at the Good Samaritan Clinic, which is located at 7915 Old Percival Rd. Four additional events are planned from Thurs., July 15-Sat., July 24. View the locations and times here. (ABC Columbia)  

Travel

• Museums, great food, and access to the Gulf of Mexico? Yes, please. Enter: A direct flight to Tampa from Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE). 🛫 Ⓟ
• Hotel Trundle was featured in the June issue of American Way (read: American Airlines' inflight magazine) in the "This Month's Trending Places, Properties and Products" section. Read it here on page 84. ✈️ Ⓟ

Biz

• Have you heard about Capture Columbia? The new program is designed to retain Columbia’s talent pool, and its kickoff panel featured Kim Jamieson of Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) and Lou Nephron, President and CEO of Nephron Pharmaceuticals. 👏 Ⓟ
  If business brings you to the Upstate, we know a spot that will take good care of you. Book a meeting room to impress your team/client at Endeavor Greenville, or drop-in with a $25 day pass (perks include bottomless coffee, high-speed WiFi + visits from our favorite office Corgi). Ⓟ

#COLATODAY

THE WRAP

Do not pass malfunction junction, do not collect $200. Check out this Irmo-olopy board that reader Dawn discovered at a local Walmart. This super local game board includes Lake Murray, Okra Strut, Dutch Fork High School, and Loveland Coffee.

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