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Community design and healthy lifestyles. Find out more on page 7.
Columbia Association wants to hear more from you — and from more of you. hat’s why the CA Board of Directors will be hosting “Columbia Speaks. CA Listens,” a community input meeting that will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center (located off Trumpeter Road across from Wilde Lake High School). The meeting will go from 9:30 a.m. to noon. A social hour from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. will precede the event. “We’re seeking to engage people more than we have in the past and make them feel like they are more a part of the process and a part of this community,” said Nancy McCord, chairwoman of the CA Board’s External Relations Committee and the board member representing Wilde Lake. “We also want people to talk to us about how they feel, what they think and what they see, both the positive and the negative,” McCord said. “We hope to reach people who don’t normally
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attend CA’s meetings. Everybody is welcome, though, whether they’ve attended meetings or not. We want to spread the love and bring more people in so that they understand more about Columbia Association.” CA is seeking to hear from a diverse cross-section of the Columbia community regarding some specific issues that are important to the community. Your ideas on topics are appreciated. Please let us know by commenting on InspireColumbia.com. Facilitators will help moderate the meeting and guide discussions. Pre-registration at Columbia Speaks.EventBrite.com is
encouraged but not required. Child care will be provided. CA is also looking into ways for those who cannot attend in-person to still be able to participate electronically and to submit comments afterward. In addition, there are other ways that community members can have their voices heard on a regular basis. The CA Board offers “Resident Speakout” at its meetings. Board members and CA staff can be reached via the email addresses and phone numbers listed at ColumbiaAssociation.org. And CA has a community engagement website at Inspire Columbia.com. C A M O N T H LY 1
CA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014-2015
Reginald Avery, Oakland Mills 443-545-6714 RTAvery@verizon.net
Michael Cornell, River Hill 410-531-9340 MichaelCornell@comcast.net
Tom O’Connor, Dorsey’s Search Nancy McCord, Wilde Lake 410-336-9269 410-730-2309 Nancy.McCord@LongAndFoster.com TomFOC3@Verizon.net
elebrate the cultures of the Caribbean at an afternoon of dance – including bachata, reggae, calypso, steel drum, salsa, merengue and compas/konpa – as well as displays, demonstrations, live music, and delicious dishes sold from food trucks. The Caribbean Culture Fest is a free, family-friendly event that is being held on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Miller Branch Library located at 9421 Frederick Road in Ellicott City. It is being hosted by Columbia Association (CA), the Howard County Library System and The Build Haiti Foundation.
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Brian Dunn, Kings Contrivance 301-473-0077 BrianJDunn@gmail.com
Jeanne Ketley, Town Center 301-596-1097 TownCenterCARep@gmail.com
Alan Klein, Harper’s Choice 410-992-3025 AlanKleinCA@gmail.com
Gregg Schwind, Hickory Ridge 443-831-8847 Gregg.Schwind@Yahoo.com
Andrew Stack, Owen Brown 410-381-8897 Andrew.Stack@CA-Board.org
Russell Swatek, Long Reach 410-799-1497 Swatek1@yahoo.com
Celebrate Caribbean
Cultures It will highlight the countries and territories of Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Virgin Islands.
Photos will be taken at the event of exhibitors, performers and the audience. At the event, families will be able to pick up a “Culture Fest Passport” and complete it for door prizes by visiting exhibitors’ tables. This is the seventh Culture Fest. The others were for Latin America, West Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Ghana, and North Africa and the Middle East. For more information, contact Laura Smit, program manager for CA’s International Exchange and Multicultural Programs, by calling 410-715-3162 or sending an email to International@ ColumbiaAssociation.org.
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on appetit! Columbia Association’s (CA) French Cuisine and Culture Exchange returns this fall, with travelers departing on Thursday, Oct. 9, and returning on Sunday, Oct. 19. Up to 16 participants will travel to Columbia’s sister city of Cergy-Pontoise, France, a planned community outside of Paris. They will live with a family there, take cooking and pastry lessons from a renowned French chef, tour the farm and Château de Villarceaux, visit a traditional French market, dine at local restaurants and savor French cuisine and wine. The itinerary also includes the “Lunch with Monet” at Giverny, visits to sites of interest in Paris and the surrounding area, a trip to the Montmartre Wine Festival, and “Lunch with Van Gogh” at Auvers sur Oise. French participants will come to Columbia in 2015 and will be hosted by families here. Being able to host a French visitor is a plus, but not a requirement. The cost, not including flights, is $600 for CA residents and $700 for non-residents. Roundtrip airfare to and from Paris is approximately $1,100-$1,300. The registration deadline is Sept. 19. For information and an application packet, please contact Laura Smit, program manager for CA’s International Exchange and Multicultural Programs, by calling 410-715-3162 or sending an email to International@ColumbiaAssociation.org.
12 Miles of History and Fun:
Columbia BikeAbout on Sept.13 earn fun facts about Columbia’s founder. Look at some of Columbia Association’s newest improvement projects. Get a closer look at the future of Symphony Woods. And burn plenty of calories while doing all of that during the fun and informative annual Columbia BikeAbout. Columbia BikeAbout will be held on Saturday, September 13. This year’s free, family-friendly ride will begin at 9:30 a.m. at a new location — Wilde Lake Park. Riders will be able to start up until 10 a.m. and are expected to complete the ride by 1 p.m. They will embark on a 12-mile route that winds through the villages of Wilde Lake, Harper’s Choice and Hickory Ridge. The route takes them into the neighborhood that James Rouse, Columbia’s founder, called home, and
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then brings them along the stream that feeds Wilde Lake, and then into the Middle Patuxent Valley. Columbia BikeAbout, brought t o y o u b y C o l u m b i a Association’s (CA) Columbia Archives and Open Space Management, highlights the history of Columbia, as well as the extensive pathway system and open space that contribute to Columbia’s high quality of life. Pre-registration for the BikeAbout is encouraged. Registration can be done online at BikeAbout.Event Brite.com. The end of the ride will bring a special treat: an old-fashioned picnic hosted at Wilde Lake Park by the Wilde Lake Community Association and CA. Riders will be able to purchase refreshments from a variety of food trucks and enjoy free entertainment.
Columbia BikeAbout, a free, family-friendly ride, will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Wilde Lake Park on Saturday, September 13.
For more information, please call 410-715-6781 or email Columbia.Archives@Columbia Association.org C A M O N T H LY 3
Perfect Partnership By David Greisman Tori Paide was traveling the world for her job but was stressed and unhappy. Marla Peoples was working in executive recruiting and suffering from bad migraines. Both sought out acupuncture as a form of relief. Eventually each went from patients to practitioners, evolving their practice to become the successful proprietors of The Still Point wellness spas. Paide founded The Still Point in 2007, opening in Takoma Park. Peoples was a friend and classmate from Tai Sophia, now known as the Maryland University of Integrated Health. Their partnership came from finding acupuncture together and their combined passion to educate the community about alternative methods of relief and wellness. In 2011, The Still Point opened its Clarksville location. And when Columbia Association’s (CA) Haven on the Lake mind body
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The Still Point’s Tori Paide and Marla Peoples join with Columbia Association to offer wellness experiences at Haven on the Lake wellness retreat opens in late 2014, CA will be partnering with Paide and Peoples, bringing The Still Point Spa’s various services — which go beyond acupuncture, also including naturopathic and homeopathic medicine, herbal medicine, nutrition coaching, massage therapy, holistic skin care, natural waxing, body wraps and treatments, and natural nail care — to downtown Columbia. Haven on the Lake is scheduled to open in December on the lake level of the new Whole Foods Market building. Among Haven’s other offerings are: Eastern and Europeanrooted MindBody studios offering Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, Barre and more; a healing aquatic environment comprised of a hot tub,
movement and relaxation pool, cold plunge, steam bath, tropical rain shower, sauna and Crystal Salt Room. There will also be relaxing spaces for personal escape, including a mind body relaxation lounge, cafe and an outdoor veranda overlooking Lake Kittamaqundi. “Howard County is a very healthoriented place. People want retreats like Haven,” Peoples said. “This is going to be a place where people are going to come from all over for personal wellness and to be pampered.” Both are Maryland natives; Paide is from Silver Spring, while Peoples grew up in the Pikesville/ Randallstown area. In 2007, Paide was offering acupuncture on her own
when she looked ac saw a building un Four weeks later, relocated, with a massage therapist increasingly expan services. At the sa was working with a her own acupunct was looking at venture when sh discuss opening together in Howar The Still Point ha acupuncture. “I wanted to get practitioners toge someone wanted t massage, get acu Reiki, you could co Paide said. “We w complete integrativ
cross the street and nder construction. her business had nutritionist and t added to an nding umbrella of ame time, Peoples a chiropractor, had ture practice, and another business he met Paide to The Still Point rd County. as gone far beyond
a group of healing ether so that if to get an amazing upuncture or do ome to one place,” wanted to offer a ve wellness center.”
Haven on the Lake memberships offer four wellness options Tori Paide, left, and Marla Peoples, owners of The Still Point, are partnering with CA to bring the wellness spa’s services to Haven on the Lake’s mind body wellness retreat, which is set to open in late 2014.
Peoples added: “The majority of our clients aren’t coming for just one service. We see people, men and women, all ages, getting multiple services: facials and acupuncture, nutrition coaching, and massage.” They are excited about their new location, and Haven on the Lake as a whole. “There is nothing in the MidAtlantic like Haven on the Lake,” Paide said. “Our guests will be amazed by the spa and the treatments they receive. The whole retreat is going to be a very special and unique place.”
Haven on the Lake is expected to open in December. Haven offers four tiered membership levels:
prices on additional wellness experiences, and a credit toward wellness spa services.
REFRESH provides
an all-inclusive membership, offers unlimited access to Haven on the Lake’s healing environments and unlimited access to Mind Body movement classes (on a space available basis). There also is one complimentary wellness spa experience per month, special prices on additional wellness experiences, and a credit toward specific wellness spa services.
unlimited access to Haven on the Lake’s healing environments and the opportunity to secure guaranteed Mind Body movement classes at a discount. Refresh members can also purchase wellness spa experiences.
REVIVE provides unlimited access to Haven on the Lake’s healing environments and unlimited access to Mind Body movement classes, plus credit toward wellness spa services.
RESTORE provides unlimited access to Haven on the Lake’s healing environments and the opportunity to secure Mind Body movement classes at a discount. It also includes one complimentary wellness spa experience per month, special
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Not a member? Guests are also welcome to Haven on the Lake with day rates and half-day and full-day spa packages. To find out more, please go to: HavenOntheLake.org, visit Haven on the Lake’s sales center located in front of the new Whole Foods Market on Little Patuxent Parkway in downtown Columbia or call 443-864-0557.
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GOING GREEN Small Steps with Big Impacts
By Jeremy Scharfenberg
hile Columbia Association (CA) is making important strides with respect to sustainability, it needs your help. That’s because small steps taken by the larger Columbia’s community add up to big impacts when it comes to energy and water use, cost savings, greenhouse gas emissions and overall environmental stewardship. What are some of the steps that people can take?
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• Reduce, reuse, recycle: The materials we purchase, use and ultimately dispose of have a significant impact on the environment. A great deal of energy and resources go into making these items, so look for products with recycled content and sustainable manufacturing processes. And when disposing of materials, be sure to recycle and compost as much as possible. • Install a rain garden: Help improve the quality of our streams and lakes by capturing and infiltrating stormwater
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runoff before it leaves your property. Rain gardens are attractive vegetative basins — and CA even has a cost share program to help residents in certain villages build them. Learn more at ColumbiaAssociation.org/ Watershed. • Buy local and seasonal produce: There are farmer’s markets throughout our community and numerous community supported agriculture (CSA) opportunities for locally grown food. • Use fertilizer wisely: Use fertilizer only when needed and be sure that the appropriate amount is used. CA’s Test Your Lawn program can help. Ask your village community association for a soil sample bag, follow the instructions and return the sample with your email contact info.
• Buy green power: Consider choosing a renewable power such as wind or solar for your electricity supply. • Hit the trail: Columbia Association has 93.5 miles of trails, so look for opportunities to walk or bike to locations in our community instead of driving. • Get a home energy audit: Reducing home energy usage is one of the most important things we can do to make our community more sustainable. The Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program from BGE provides a great opportunity to identify upgrade measures and reduce installation costs up to 50 percent. CA’s Home Energy Efficiency Upgrade Cooperative can help — learn more at RetrofitBaltimore.org/ Columbia. • Buy ENERGY STAR: When purchasing light bulbs, appliances or other electronic equipment, look for the ENERGY STAR label. Jeremy Scharfenberg is Columbia Association’s energy manager.
The 2014 Columbia Association Lakefront Summer Festival concludes on September 13 at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront. Here’s the schedule: Friday, Sept. 5 • Movie: “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” (PG), plus Dancin’ Under the People Tree Saturday, Sept. 6 • Movie: “The Monuments Men” (PG-13) Friday, Sept. 12 • Movie: “Muppets Most Wanted” (PG), plus Dancin' Under the People Tree Saturday, Sept. 13 • Movie: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (PG-13) All films begin at dusk (about 8:30 p.m.). For more information, go to ColumbiaAssociation.org/LakefrontFestival.
Speakers Series Spotlight:
Mark Fenton, Oct. 2 T Mark Fenton, a national expert in public health, transportation and planning, will be the next speaker in CA’s Community Building Speaker Series.
he physical design of a community can help promote the healthy lifestyles of those within it. That’s according to Mark Fenton, a national expert in public health, transportation and planning — and the next speaker in Columbia Association’s (CA) Community Building Speaker Series. Fenton will be speaking from 7 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Oakland Mills Meeting House (5885 Robert Oliver Place). The event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required via CASpeakerSeries.EventBrite.com.
IMPORTANT CA PHONE NUMBERS
CA Headquarters ..............................................410-715-3000 CA Membership Service Center ..................410-730-1801 Aquatics Office..................................................410-312-6332 Columbia Art Center........................................410-730-0075 Columbia Athletic Club...................................410-730-6744 Columbia Association Camps ......................410-715-3165 Columbia Gym....................................................410-531-0800 Columbia Horse Center ..................................301-776-5850 Columbia Ice Rink ............................................410-730-0322 Columbia SportsPark/SkatePark.................410-715-3054 Columbia Swim Center ...................................410-730-7000 Columbia Teen Center ....................................410-992-3726 Fairway Hills Golf Club ...................................410-730-1112 Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club ..................................410-730-5980 Inclement Weather Hotline...........................410-715-3154 Indoor Tennis, Columbia Athletic Club .....410-720-0149 Owen Brown Tennis Bubble..........................410-381-7255 Supreme Sports Club ......................................410-381-5355 The Racquet Club at Hobbit’s Glen............410-715-3080 Wilde Lake Tennis Club ..................................410-730-3767
Among what Fenton will discuss is the benefit of creating “complete streets,” which can safely and comfortably accommodate everyone, from pedestrians and cyclists to vehicle drivers and people using forms of mass transit. “To Your Health: How Community Design Can Promote Healthy Lifestyles” is a partnership of CA and The Horizon Foundation. CA’s Community Building Speakers Series brings thought-provoking speakers on topics that stimulate us to discuss, engage and build our sense of community in Columbia.
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t the Columbia Association (CA) Board of Directors meeting held on July 24, the CA Board was briefed on CA operations that impact the environment, as well as on some of the projects under way to reduce CA's impact on the environment and to reduce operating costs. In addition, the CA Board approved easement requests for a stormwater management pond in the Huntington neighborhood and for a water main crossing at Fairway Hills Golf Course along Route 29. At the Aug. 14 meeting, the CA Board heard a presentation on the specific recommendations from the Columbia Market Analysis and Economic Development Services Study. The next scheduled Board of Directors meeting is Thursday, Sept. 11. There is only one CA Board meeting in September. Meetings are held at CA Headquarters, 10221 Wincopin Circle. Meetings typically begin at 7:30 p.m. For current CA Board of Directors meeting minutes and agendas, visit ColumbiaAssociation.org/Agendas.
Podcasts from board meetings also are available at ColumbiaAssociation.org/Podcasts. C A M O N T H LY 7
September Annual Family Luau Fri, Sept. 5 • 6-8pm
Supreme Sports Club 410-381-7559 CA members, $10 per immediate family; Columbia Cardholder, $12 per immediate family; Non-members, $14 per immediate family.
Town Center Village Board Meeting Wed, Sept.10 • 7pm Historic Oakland 410-730-4744
CA Board of Directors Meeting Thu, Sept. 11 • 7:30pm CA Headquarters 410-715-3000
Rainbow Theatre Fri, Sept. 12 • 10am
Slayton House Theatre 410-730-3987
Family Night Bingo Fri, Sept. 12• 7:30-9pm
The Hawthorn Center 410-730-7327
End of Summer Ice Cream Sundae Making Fri, Sept. 12 • 7-8pm Amherst House 410-381-9600 • Tickets are $2.50 for all you can eat sundaes. Tickets must be purchased in advance at Amherst House.
COMMUNITY EVENTS Red Ribbon Yard Sales Sat, Sept. 13 • 8am-noon
Various streets in Hickory Ridge • 410-730-7327 Look for the red ribbons on street signs for great bargains throughout the village.
Columbia BikeAbout Sat, Sept. 13 • 9:30am
Wilde Lake Park 410-715-3103 or BikeAbout.EventBrite.com
Wilde Lake Old-Fashioned Family Picnic Sat, Sept. 13 • 11am-3pm Wilde Lake Park 410-730-3987
River Hill Health Fair Sat, Sept. 13 • 11am-2pm River Hill Village Center 410-531-1749
Reptile Wonders Sat, Sept. 13 • 1pm
Owen Brown Community Center • 410-381-0202 Registration required, space is limited. Free to Owen Brown residents.
Visit ColumbiaAssociation.org/Events to learn about more great events happening in Columbia!
ManneqART: Sculpture of the Human Form Reception Sat, Sept. 13 • 3-5pm Columbia Art Center 410-730-0075
The Bernice Kish Gallery September Exhibit Reception Sun, Sept. 14 • 3-4pm
Historic Oakland 410-730-4744 • Reservations required. Cost: $28 plus tax per person. Catered by Sweet Simplici-Tea.
50+ Fun and Fulfilling: Coffee and Conversation Tue, Sept. 23 • 9:30-11am
Slayton House 410-730-3987 • This exhibit is part of the Howard County Road to the Arts and is the opening exhibit of the 2014-15 gallery season.
The Other Barn 410-730-4610 • Come hear Barbara Kellner of Columbia Archives speak about “Columbia: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going.”
Excite Columbia! Tue, Sept.16 • 6:30-8:30pm
Shredding Event Sat, Sept. 27 • 9am-1pm
CA Headquarters 410-423-4112 or Columbia Association.org/Excite
Linden Hall Parking Lot 410-730-4744 • Free event for Town Center and Dorsey’s Search residents only.
Board of Education Candidates’ Forum Wed, Sept. 17 • 4pm
Community Carnival Sat, Sept. 27 • 2-5pm
The Other Barn 410-730-4610 • This event is sponsored by all 10 villages of Columbia.
Helen Mitchell: Coming Home to Virtue Ethics Thu, Sept. 18 • 7pm Columbia Art Center 410-730-0075
Neighborhood Yard Sales Sat, Sept. 20 8am-1pm
River Hill Neighborhood Streets 410-531-1749
Fall Flea Market and Scarecrow Making Sat, Sept. 20 • 7pm Amherst House 410-381-9600
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Afternoon Tea Sun, Sept. 21 • 3:30-5pm
Owen Brown Community Center • 410-381-0202 Tickets sold at door.
Caribbean Culture Fest Sun, Sept.28 • 1:30-4:30pm
Miller Branch Library 410-715-3162 • Celebrate the music and cultures of the Caribbean Islands.
SAVE THE DATE: To Your Health: How Community Design Can Promote Healthy Lifestyles Thu, Oct. 2 7-9pm
Oakland Mills Meeting House 410-715-3166 or CASpeaker Series.Eventbrite.com