| Ranked Number 4 as one of the “100 Best Places to Live” by Money magazine in 2006, the planned community of Columbia, MD, is an idyllic enclave just 36 miles from the nation’s capital. Designed by developer, urban planner and philanthropist James W. Rouse, Columbia proudly proves that it’s reached its dream when created as one of the first modern planned communities in the United States in the early 1960s. Remodeled, as needed, fresh, with designs that blend DC’s Colonial history with up-to-date desires, such as large windows and amenities, Columbia is a land of urban centers surrounded by grass, trees and lakes. Make a Columbia condominium for sale your home and you’ll be part of a community many can only covet today. Rent a Columbia condo for rent and take advantage of the memberships your neighbors are entitled to as part of home ownership. Lease a Columbia condo for vacation accommodations for touring DC, with easy jaunts to Baltimore, 21 miles north, and Annapolis, 34 miles east, the state capital, which lies on the Chesapeake Bay. Commute to work in DC in comfort and ease on the MARC train to Union Station. Use it also for Baltimore. Some commuters drive the 21 miles to Silver Spring for work or to take the Metro subway to downtown DC. Columbia is the kind of town where you could work, shop, dine out, and enjoy recreational activities and entertainment within walking distance or a short drive from home. But you’ll also like visiting nearby historic Ellicott City. Columbia, in Howard County, is also close to rolling hills and farms. You’ll find shopping at the Mall in Columbia with nationally-known anchor stores and neighboring big box discount stores, as well as movie theaters and national chain medium- and upscale restaurants. Sign up for a garden plot to grow your own produce. Or, picnic at one of the city’s lakes while you fish it when you’re not sailing it. Jog, bike or hike the 80 miles of paths. Your young children will go wild at the estimated 150 tot lots while seniors can stay active at a number of senior centers. Swim at one of the estimated 23 outdoor pools, six indoor, be a kid with or without your own at the water slides, skate ice and roller rink, horse back ride or join one of the many health clubs. Put it on your calendar to attend the annual Columbia Festival of the Arts. Listen to club music while your teen or 20-something may want to perform in one of the “kids’ bands.” Merriweather Post Pavilion is near and attracts headliner concerts and other arts. Become a regular at Toby’s Dinner Theater. Actor Ed Norton debuted there at eight—he’s the grandson of Columbia founder James Rouse. Lease a Columbia condo for rent or buy a Columbia condo for sale and you’ll never be tired of things to do while your lifestyle will be easy going. Columbia is spread over 28 miles and connected by 15 neighborhood centers. Median family income is $84,000. Buy a Columbia condo for sale and find deals that are relatively affordable and will provide a solid investment as well as a comfortable, fun and active place to call home. |
