The Commercial Dispatch; Sunday, April 14, 2002
Excerpt from A ride down Superman Hill
Internet backroads
As of last week it's now possible to read about the Riverwalk on Main Street Columbus' new website. Read excerpt.



The Packet; Thursday, April 11, 2002
A View From The Bridge
Last week I mentioned that I'd talked by phone to MDOT Executive Director Butch Brown by phone about our riverwalk project and the chances of shifting the funds to fix up the old river bridge instead. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch, 2000
Public Opinion: Do you think the city should pursue a grant to build a walking trail connecting Riverside Park with the Lock and Dam? Why or why not? Read entire text.

The Commercial Dispatch; Sunday, March 31, 2002
Voice of the People: A riverwalk story
I am writing this letter in response to the letter from Randy Wilson, published on Feb. 1, and the letter from Clara Roberts that appeared on March 11. Both letters dealt with the folly and futility of trying to develop the land along the river in downtown Columbus. Read entire text.


The Tuscaloosa Daily News; Friday, March 29, 2002
T-Town and Around: Riverwalk groundbreaking set
TUSCALOOSA - Business and city leaders will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Sunday, March 24, 2002
Talking the talk about the Riverwalk
If the letters to the editor and coffee shop roundtables are an accurate barometer of public support, the Riverwalk project is in trouble. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Monday, March 11, 2002
Voice of the People: Riverwalk objector
In regard to Randy Wilson's March 6, 2002 letter, I agree with his comments. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Voice of the People: Thinks Riverwalk a waste of money
Editor's note: The following letter is a response to an article on page 12 A of Sunday's Dispatch. The "you" to whom the writer refers are the officials quoted in the article. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Sunday, March 3, 2002
Expected completion of riverwalk project is early next year
Riverwalk organizers will address the negative views of Columbus citizens involving the safety and maintenance concerns on the $1.3 million project as construction begins along the Tennessee-Tombigbee. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Friday, February 1, 2002
Voice of the People: Riverwalk Concerns
This past Sunday, Jan. 27, I was riding around Columbus, basically sight seeing, when I thought about my favorite subject again, The Riverwalk. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Sunday, July 2, 2000
Baby steps being taken on riverwalk planning
Columbus' riverwalk program has gotten started, and those involved in the project hope when it is completed within the next three years it will provide an economic boost to downtown. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; April 2000
Supes approve funding for riverwalk
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted this morning to provide the missing link to begin construction of the proposed Columbus riverwalk project. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Friday, August 20, 1999
City gets $1 million for riverwalk project
Overgrown, tangled with weeds and impassable for the most part, a rugged two-mile stretch along the Tennessee-Tombigbee River will be cleared and paved with smooth concrete following this week's approval by state officials to spend $1 million on a river walkway in Columbus. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Riverwalk hot topic at supervisor breakfast
Describing the proposed Columbus-Lowndes Riverwalk along the Tennessee-Tombigbee River as a "danger zone," a Lowndes County supervisor made it clear Tuesday morning he will not vote to support the $1.3 million project. Read entire text.text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Friday, March 19, 1999
Local Politics By Hardy Crunk, Dispatch Staff Writer
On Thursday during a joint meeting with the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors, the Columbus City Council voted 5-1 to apply for a federal grant that would pay 80 percent of the cost of a two-mile lighted, 10-foot-wide walkway connecting Riverside Park to Highway 82 West at the Tenn-Tom bridge. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Friday, March 19, 1999
Leaders pushing walkway project.
Proposed pedestrian path, modeled on Chattanooga's, would connect lock and dam with Riverside Park. Read entire text.


The Commercial Dispatch; Monday, November 23, 1998
Riverwalk impresses local leaders
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Nov. 21) - After visiting an impressive $33 million stretch of white-washed sidewalks along the Tennessee River in this city, Columbus leaders discussed the possibilities of developing a master plan for a similar riverwalk along the Tennessee-Tombigbee. Read entire text.

 


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