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Columbia Becoming a Regional Cultural District
Columbia, MD is paving the way as the new cultural hub outside of Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD.
“There’s a perception that there isn’t much arts and culture outside of big cities,” said Vanessa Rodriguez, Vice President of Marketing for Howard Hughes. “But today, people are redefining what success looks like. In the past, there was a migration to the cities. Today, there’s a migration toward a better quality of life.”
“We’re disrupting the myth of the sleepy suburbs,” said Rodriguez. “Columbia is no longer just the summer concert season at Merriweather Post. We’re trying to layer in different levels of programming, from a new cultural passport for kids to concerts that bring in hundreds of people, instead of thousands.”
Read the whole piece on The Baltimore Sun including an interview with Busboys and Poets founder Andy Shallal.