Rhett Anders has been selling real estate in North Columbia for 14 years and is heavily involved in community development. He lives in North Columbia in a home he renovated and buys other homes, like this one in Eau Claire, renovates them and re-sells them.
Tim Dominick
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Rev. Wiley Cooper, longtime North Columbia resident at his home on Colonial Drive.
Lindsay Semple
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Walter Gause, left, has a cup of coffee in Shennice Cleckley's, right, Literary Sweet's Bookstore and Chocolate Shoppe in Eau Claire.
Tim Dominick
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Customers crowd into the North Main Deli for the lunch specials.
Tim Dominick
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Traffic makes its way through the intersection of N. Main Street and River Drive. There are plans for a N. Main Street beautification project.
C. Aluka Berry
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Caroline Whiton is president of Columbia College, a school which has been an anchor on North Main Street for generations.
Erik Campos
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