Four JS Family LLLP, a partnership controlled by Columbus businessman Jack Pezold, is developing a 60-plus room Hampton Inn in the current building at 1201 Broadway, according to Pezold Management Group executive Tracy Sayers. The new, Uptown Hampton Inn will be located at the former Aaron’s Rents building, on 12th Street across from Columbus State University’s new downtown education complex...
The New, UpTown Hampton Inn
Barks & Blues Festival
This Sunday, 6.26.16 2-6 p.m., the inaugural Barks and Blues Festival will take place at Paws Humane! This is a free event and an incredible chance to connect with your animal rescue community & Paws Humane. Paws would love the chance to show you around their facility, so you are familiar with all the services offered. The family friendly festival will include: National Blues Recording Artist...
Fun Academy Motion Pictures to Enter Production on Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Fun Academy™Motion Pictures, an innovator in educational entertainment for digital cinemas, announced production on the upcoming animated feature film Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero™ will begin with scratch vocal recordings at The Loft Recording Studios in Columbus, Georgia on Sunday, June 19th. Fun Academy selected The Loft’s recording studio to begin production due to the extraordinary quality...
Coffee Shop Chronicles: Iron Bank Coffee Co.
Written by Courtney Hudson If you have spent any time Uptown in Columbus, you know exactly where Iron Bank Coffee Company is located. Right on the corner of 11th and Broadway stands a beautiful, white-columned building with high arching windows, just like a picture in a history book, and really, you just might see it in one! This unique coffee house looks just like an old-timey bank because it...
Chancellor’s Men’s Store – A Columbus Tradition
Written by Alia Teetshorn I’m not sure if all our readers know that Chancellor’s Men’s Store has been open in the same location since 1873. It is truly a Columbus institution, if there ever was one! ECL got to talk to Roger Stinson Jr., whose family has owned the store for close to ten years, and discussed what it is like to work in the family business as father and son with his dad...
Looking for a unique, local gift for Dad?
Father’s Day is this Sunday the 19th of June. Do you need an idea about what to buy Dad (or your kids’ dad)?
The 1st Men’s Empowerment Breakfast
Chattahoochee Valley Parent2Parent, LLC, a newly formed community organization, is hosting its first major event on June 18, 2016. The 1st Men’s Empowerment Breakfast will be held at the East Columbus Family Life Center at 7:00AM. “The purpose of the breakfast is two-fold”, says organizer and President of the organization Randalette L. Williams. “First we would like to recognize and...
Inaugural Music Legacy Awards
The event was presented by MusEc Organization on Sunday night at The Convention and Trade Center in Columbus, GA.
Daphne’s Bridal Boutique
Originally featured in Southern Views Magazine By Stephanie Reeves | Photos by S. Saxon Dreaming of the perfect gown for your wedding day is just one of the many thoughts that go through a brides mind, if not the most important one of them all. Daphne’s Bridal Boutique is here to help you find the perfect style and dress that fits your vision. Daphne sat down with SVM to talk about what sets her...
We Could Have A New State Park, Your Input is Needed
A little over a year ago a group of local folks began exploring the possibility of creating a multi-use trail system at the Standing Boy property owned by State Parks (1,580 acres located east of River Road and south of old River Road). The property is currently managed as a Wildlife Management Area and is not utilized to its fullest extent. The Department of Natural Resources is exploring...