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Congaree Vista Guild Welcomes New Development and Urban Outfitters

COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 1, 2013) - The Congaree Vista Guild, a non-profit, membership-based organization comprising a wide variety of restaurateurs, shop, business and gallery owners, homeowners and museums in the Vista, announces that national retailer Urban Outfitters will open at 912 Gervais Street in the Vista in July 2013.

27th Annual Vista Lights Kicks Off The Holiday Season

The Congaree Vista's signature holiday open house.

Congaree Vista Guild Welcomes Weekly Farmers Market

COLUMBIA, S.C. (July 12, 2012) -- The Congaree Vista Guild, a non-profit, membership-based organization comprising a wide variety of restaurateurs, shop, business and gallery owners and homeowners in the Vista, welcomes several new developments to the neighborhood, including a Vista Marketplace, a weekly farmer’s market under the Lincoln Street canopy in front of Blue Marlin.

Bicyclists give new Vista greenway a workout

Hundreds of bicyclists, and a few walkers, waited a short while in blazing heat Saturday for the opening of Phase 1 of the Vista Greenway – a new bike and pedestrian path that, when finished, will connect the Vista with other parts of Columbia.

Congaree Vista Guild Celebrates Vista Greenway Opening with Special Offers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (June 21, 2012) -- The Congaree Vista Guild, a non-profit, membership-based organization comprising a wide variety of restaurateurs, shop, business and gallery owners and homeowners in the Vista, is celebrating the premier of the Vista Greenway Saturday, July 7 with several bike rides through the Vista Greenway and unique offers from the Vista’s restaurants and businesses.

Vista’s revolutionary biking and walking trail almost built

A unique trail that proponents hope will be the first phase in revolutionizing walking and bicycling in downtown Columbia will open in less than a month.

The Congaree Vista Highlighted in US Airways Magazine

Columbia, South Carolina, has proclaimed itself the "New Southern Hot Spot" - bold words for a place that's little more than 100 miles from Charleston.

Studio offers glamour shots with elegance

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tom Bagby doesn’t like to call the work he is doing in Columbia glamour photography. That evokes too many memories of back-lit big hair and garish makeup made popular by a photo studio chain in the 1980s and 1990s. (You know you have some hiding in the back of a closet.) “So cheesy,” as Bagby says.

The Congaree Vista Guild will hold city council candidate debate at Trustus Theatre

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Congaree Vista Guild will hold city council candidate debate at Trustus Theatre at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27. Larry Hembree, incoming managing director of Trustus Theatre, will moderate the lively debate and is sure to ask candidates arts-related questions you won’t hear at another forum.

21st Annual Artista Vista Ushers in Spring in Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (January 20, 2012) -- The Congaree Vista is planning its 21st annual Artista Vista. The Midlands’ largest gallery crawl returns from Thursday, April 26 – Saturday, April 28. Vista artists and galleries will open their doors for this free, signature Vista event.