Local Restaurants / Food Service

	Dorsey Hall Giant & Village Centre Center Park – Giant		Pizza Hut
	Wendy’s		Dunkin Donuts
	Café de paris		Strappaza Asean bistro

Columbia's recreational amenities include:

• Columbia Swim Center (3 indoor pools and 2 water slides)
• Columbia Athletic Club with 2 squash courts, a platform tennis court, 6 racquetball/handball courts, 4 indoor tennis courts, circuit weight training room, indoor running track, sauna and whirlpool facilities
• Supreme Sports Club with 12 indoor racquetball courts, exercise and weight rooms, a high-tech equipment room, sauna and whirlpool, indoor swimming pool, women's gym, basketball and volleyball courts, 1/10th mile track, roller skating and youth fitness rooms
• The Columbia Gym with adult and youth areas, indoor swimming pool, cardiovascular and strength training, free-weights, women's gym, aerobics and Day Spa
• 23 outdoor swimming pools
• 3 outdoor tennis clubs (23 lighted courts)
• 6 outdoor public tennis courts
• 20 outdoor public tennis courts operated by the Board of Education
• 2 Nautilus centers
• 2 18-hole golf courses
• Columbia Bowling Center (owned and operated by a private enterprise)
• Columbia Ice Rink
• Columbia Horse Center
• Columbia SportsPark with miniature golf, batting cages, picnic pavilions, clubhouse and playground

More than 5,300 acres have been set aside for parks,
playgrounds and natural open space areas, including:

• 3,200 acres currently owned and managed by Columbia Association
• 3 lakes for sailing, boating, and fishing
• 163 tot lots and play areas
• 88 miles of pathways for walking, biking and jogging
• the 950-acre Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, a nature preserve managed by Howard Co

Today Columbia offers a wide spectrum of shopping and other commercial activities.
Retail activities range from convenience shops and services at the village level to city-wide and regionally oriented activities attracting shoppers from throughout the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas. The commercial vitality of Columbia is especially reflected in the variety of places to eat -- there are more than 120 eating places in Columbia.

Transportation:
A county-wide bus system serves Columbia including 60 route-miles

Commuter buses daily to Baltimore, Silver Spring Metro station and Washington, D.C..

Arts & Entertainment:
Merriweather Post Pavilion of Music, seating up to 15,200 people under cover and on the lawn
The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts at Wilde Lake High School (seats 736)
Two Multi-Plex Cinemas
The Smith Theater, Howard Community College (seats 409)
Columbia Association Arts Center
Toby's Dinner Theater
Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center
Business Development

Columbia's central location, convenient access to major airports, interstate highways, exceptional labor force and other amenities have attracted more than 5,500 businesses to the city to date.
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