HoCo Holler from the Treetops

This article by Amanda Yeager, with video by Jon Sham, has everything I needed to make me happy this morning.

Columbia family takes revitalization to new heights with treehouse

Read it, read it, read it.

Highlights:

• Columbia
• Oakland Mills
• Revitalization
• Working successfully with RAC and Planning Board
• Councilman Calvin Ball providing background info
• Phil Engelke (OM resident extraodinaire and Planning Board member)
• Talbott Springs Elementary School
• Young families
• Neighborhood
• Tree Houses!

Read the article, watch the video. Think about all the things that are right with this picture. This is the future of Columbia. This is building community in Oakland Mills.

An enormous HoCo Holler to everyone involved in this story, and to Amanda Yeager and Jon Sham for presenting it so beautifully. Now, more than ever, I am thankful for my vibrant, creative Oakland Mills community.

And now I want my own treehouse.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/ph-ho-cf-tree-house-text-0430-20150428-story.html#page=1