• Exceeds highest environmental standards in Howard County
• Restores and enhances forest, wetlands, and streams, including the Little Patuxent River and Symphony Stream corridors
• Protects Symphony Woods park and maintains the current acreage or its equivalent
• Significantly raises LEED Certification Standard, which now applies only to buildings 50,000 square feet and larger, to apply to buildings 10,000 sf and larger
• Sets new precedents for green building in the region
• Environmental enhancement and restoration work in the Merriweather-Symphony Woods neighborhood and the Crescent

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• New pedestrian/bicycle pathways from: Wilde Lake to Downtown; Crescent and Merriweather neighborhoods to Howard Community College and Howard County Hospital; Rte. 29 pedestrian bridge to Oakland Mills Village Center and Blandair Park; and Rte. 29 pedestrian bridge to the Crescent and Merriweather neighborhoods
• A new streets network that integrates alternate modes of transportation, focusing on reducing dependence on single-occupant vehicles
• Renovation of bridge over Route 29
• Establishes the Downtown Columbia Partnership, with half of funding going to transit
• Purchase of first vehicle for Downtown Circulator shuttle fleet

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• Creates and protects almost 30,000 jobs in Howard County
• Spurs an estimated $5.9 BILLION in economic activity in Howard County
• Stabilizes and increases property values, ensuring long-term sustainability for individual villages
• Generates $7 million to $13.4 million annually in new tax revenue for the County
• Additional $2.7 million in annual revenues and 20 new jobs to Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Establishes a full-spectrum housing trust fund totaling $43,000,000 over entire project

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• Renovation of the Merriweather Post Pavilion, and eventual transfer of its ownership to the community
• Provides sites downtown for a new Transit Center, school, and fire station
• Preservation of the former Rouse company headquarters
• Three new major pedestrian/ bicycle pathways
• A $43 million fund for a full-spectrum housing program
• Promotes the Arts Downtown and establishes the Downtown Arts and Cultural Commission
• Establishes Downtown Columbia Partnership funding, with half going to transit
• Creates the Lakefront Terrace amenity space and pedestrian promenade
• Dedicates one of the Downtown Community Commons as a public square

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