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Heavily guarded by Union soldiers,
the Thomas Viaduct Railroad Bridge in
Elkridge served as part of the only rail
line into Washington, D.C. In the late
1880s, the railroad brought the Bollman
Truss Railroad Bridge, the sole surviving
example of an evolutionary design in the
history of American bridge engineering,
to Savage Mill.
In the 19th century, the county became
a haven for wealthy Baltimore and
Washington residents who built summer
homes.
included the values of racial, religious
and economic diversity and harmony,
as well as a convenient and aesthetically
pleasing place to live and work.
His plan included 10 villages, each with
its own shopping area, recreation sites
and school. Business parks would fringe
the city, and a commercial downtown
area would center on an indoor shopping
mall and lakefront entertainment center.
Today, Columbia boasts hundreds
of eateries, along with lakefront festivals and Merriweather Post Pavilion,
a nationally known amphitheater that
draws about 250,000 people to concerts
each year. The Columbia Association, the
city’s quasi-governmental organization,
runs a network of pools, gyms, recreation
sites and more.
The city’s core is being redeveloped as
part of a 30-year master plan approved
in 2010 to add up to 5,500 homes and 6
million square feet of office and retail
space, along with new cultural amenities.
Home to the National Security Agency
and Fort Meade, Howard County has
The new city and beyond
Until the 1950s, the county didn’t
change much from its established agrarian lifestyle. It was then that suburban
development — restaurants, motels and
shops — began to appear along main
arteries, attracting more residents.
In 1965, the county accepted the ambitious plans of developer James W. Rouse
to buy 14,000 acres and build a planned
city of 110,000 people. Rouse’s vision
thousands of highly skilled workers in
government, defense and cyber technology. Route 1 Corridor, which extends
nearly 12 miles through Howard, served
as the main north-south highway
connecting the East Coast from Maine
to Florida. In 2018, the county launched
a Route 1 Corridor master planning
initiative to develop recommendations
for revitalization strategies specific to
Route 1. The 2040 General Plan, HoCo
By Design, recently released a draft for
public review, which includes a Route 1
Corridor Plan.
As Columbia has grown and developed, so have the surrounding areas of
Ellicott City, Elkridge, Clarksville, Highland, Fulton, North Laurel, Savage and
western Howard County.
Howard’s population has grown
around 13.9% between 2011 and 2021.
The thriving atmosphere for housing,
jobs, places of worship, schools, parks,
shopping centers and recreational areas
makes Howard County a valued place to
live and work.
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