City gets sidewalk upgrade in CAUD Burkesville Street project
2018-07-30 - 800 Block of Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
A stretch of sidewalk originally poured during the administration of Mayor Coy Downey was totally replaced from from this point to about halfway to Bomar Heights at no cost to the city. The old sidewalk had to be broken up during construction of the Burkesville Street Phase of Columbia/Adair County Utility District's Downtown Project, and CAUD is bearing the cost for this benefit, Mayor Curtis Hardwick said. When the project was first designed it was thought that sidewalks from Fortune & Burkesville to Burkesville and Lancaster, on one side or the other, would be replaced, but change orders to save the utility construction costs on the new waterlines utilized a series of directional bores to avoid sidewalk destruction - meant all new sidewalks paid for by the utilities did not materialize. But in the reconstruction it was discovered that the original sidewalks poured by Mayor Downey's administration were, in fact, four-feet wide. Overgrowth had made the appear half that until the soil and turf was removed. - EW Comments | Permalink
2018-07-30 - 800 Block of Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
A stretch of sidewalk originally poured during the administration of Mayor Coy Downey was totally replaced from from this point to about halfway to Bomar Heights at no cost to the city. The old sidewalk had to be broken up during construction of the Burkesville Street Phase of Columbia/Adair County Utility District's Downtown Project, and CAUD is bearing the cost for this benefit, Mayor Curtis Hardwick said. When the project was first designed it was thought that sidewalks from Fortune & Burkesville to Burkesville and Lancaster, on one side or the other, would be replaced, but change orders to save the utility construction costs on the new waterlines utilized a series of directional bores to avoid sidewalk destruction - meant all new sidewalks paid for by the utilities did not materialize. But in the reconstruction it was discovered that the original sidewalks poured by Mayor Downey's administration were, in fact, four-feet wide. Overgrowth had made the appear half that until the soil and turf was removed. - EW Comments | Permalink
Election Nov 2018 - Mayor Curtis Hardwick files for 5th term
2018-07-30 - Office of Adair County Clerk, Ste 3, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Columbia Mayor Curtis filed papers in his candidacy for re-election. The never-before-defeated-as-a-Columbia Mayoral candidate - is seeking his 5th term. Photo taken just past 1pmCT, Monday, July 30, 2018. All the prior elections were three-way races. So far he is the second mayoral candidate to file. Council member Pam Hoots, a former Mayor has already filed. 2014 write-in candidate Dr. Ben Arnold has indicated he will run, as well. - EW Comments | Permalink
2018-07-30 - Office of Adair County Clerk, Ste 3, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Columbia Mayor Curtis filed papers in his candidacy for re-election. The never-before-defeated-as-a-Columbia Mayoral candidate - is seeking his 5th term. Photo taken just past 1pmCT, Monday, July 30, 2018. All the prior elections were three-way races. So far he is the second mayoral candidate to file. Council member Pam Hoots, a former Mayor has already filed. 2014 write-in candidate Dr. Ben Arnold has indicated he will run, as well. - EW Comments | Permalink
Jade Waggener 2018 Miss Pre-Teen Cumberland County Fair
2018-07-30 - Burkesville, KY - Photo from her proud dad Doug Waggener's family collection
Congratulations are rolling in from family and friends to Jade Waggener of Columbia, KY who has been chosen the 2018 Miss Pre-Teen Cumberland County KY Fair! Ten year old Jade is about to enter sixth grade at Adair County Middle School. Comments | Permalink
2018-07-30 - Burkesville, KY - Photo from her proud dad Doug Waggener's family collection
Congratulations are rolling in from family and friends to Jade Waggener of Columbia, KY who has been chosen the 2018 Miss Pre-Teen Cumberland County KY Fair! Ten year old Jade is about to enter sixth grade at Adair County Middle School. Comments | Permalink
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