Michael Mayo with Palmetto Outdoor
West Columbia’s Riverwalk was the site of mass visitation, on Monday, Labor Day. The City of West Columbia’s free parking lots were getting maximum use. The parking lot at Carraway Park was filled and so was the street parking on Alexander Road. Drenched river-dippers walked across the filled Riverwalk parking lot carrying tubes. West Columbia’s […]
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It’s hot outside, and that’s why the Congaree River is the most attractive destination around.Float on the calm, glass-like water, then shoot through the refreshing whitewater rapids, all on an inner tube. The Fourth of July was on a Friday this year and we had close to 2,000 tube trips over the four-day weekend period,” […]
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From river recreation, barbecue, and craft beer, to live music, fireworks, and even the annual Lexington County Peach Festival, If you live in West Columbia there’s many ways to celebrate July 4. While West Columbia City Hall will be closed on July 4, some West Columbia businesses will open for July 4th holiday festivities. […]
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Several speakers came to the Cayce City Council meeting, Tuesday, to pay tribute to City Manager Jim Crosland. Crosland is leaving his job with Cayce at the end of June to become the Town Administrator of Irmo. The City of Cayce is now looking for Crosland’s replacement. Here’s a link to the YouTube broadcast of the […]
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West Columbia is right beside some really neat venues. There are three attractions that draw daily visitors from all over the state, that are in West Columbia’s backyard. The South Carolina State Museum, EdVenture and Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens are a stone’s throw from us and a lot of the visitors to those places are […]
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The weather is becoming consistently warm now and that means it’s time to take to the river. The Congaree River is one of the most attractive spots in West Columbia. You can float over calm, flat water that’s as smooth as glass, before shooting through the refreshing whitewater rapids, all on an inner tube. Michael […]
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Board members from the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Michael Mayo of Palmetto Outdoor took to the tubes, Monday. Some Chamber Board members rode Pedego Bikes from the put the West Columbia Riverwalk Put-In to the new Cayce Take-Out at Kelly Jones Park in the Riverland Park subdivision. The occasion was the first tube […]
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The City of Cayce announced, Thursday, a new Congaree River public access point off Riverland Drive behind H. Kelley Jones Park. The H. Kelley Jones River Access provides a new take out/put in point for kayakers and tubers. Making this a true community-based project, Cayce leaders worked with West Columbia Businessowner, Michael Mayo; the River […]
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