Columbia pauses planning for $18 million Finlay Park revival as pandemic bites into funding
By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com A map of a proposed revamp of Columbiaâs Finlay Park Chris Trainor COLUMBIAÂ â Roughly halfway into a financial year marred by the worst public health crisis in a century, taxes collected on restaurant sales in South Carolina's capital are down 37 percent compared to this time last year. And with an end to COVID-19 still far from reality, the cash-strapped city has slashed expenses and paused long-awaited projects. That includes plans for the much-neglected downtown park once called Columbia's "Crown Jewel." The renovation relied, in...
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