Welcome to Cottontown

Established in the late 1890s, Cottontown is listed as the “Bellevue Historic District” in the National Register of Historic Places and is protected as an architectural conservation district by the City of Columbia. Bounded by Grace Avenue, Bull Street, Elmwood Avenue and Main Street, the neighborhood is remarkable as an intact example of one of Columbia’s earliest planned suburbs.

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Applications for the 7th Annual Cottontown Art Crawl and NOW OPEN!🙌

Showcase your talent, connect with fellow creatives, and be part of this vibrant community event happening on March 8th, 2025 in Columbia, SC. Click here to learn more and apply!

MyCOLASC is an exciting new service request platform for the City of Columbia, SC. This useful, free app empowers residents and visitors to report non-emergency issues to city staff, and then track request status online, from submission to resolution.

Designed to improve communication and service delivery, while making our community a better place, MyCOLASC allows citizens to use mobile phones or computers to pinpoint a location on the map, upload photos, and submit issues about potholes, fallen trees, damaged park equipment, broken streetlights, or other local concerns. For best servicing, and to track updates, register and use your MyCOLASC account today.

Click **here** for more information and instructions to download.

The LMU Water project is still underway, please be patient with the City of Columbia while they push forward. Their remaining work all centers around decommissioning the old water mains at various locations, planning a shut-down of the old system, and removing the old water mains from the active system.

There will be a series of water valves closed for a brief period of time carried out by the City of Columbia’s Water Maintenance Department. There will be further updates when they come available here and on our Cottontown Facebook page.

Want to join the neighborhood Facebook group? Ask a neighbor to send you an invite! In an effort to eliminate people from outside of the neighborhood from gaining access to our group, especially to market their businesses, the Cottontown Board has decided to hide the group from non-members. Only about 2% of our new member requests are from people who actually live in the neighborhood. Unfortunately this makes it harder for our new neighbors to find us, but was a necessary action.

Meet the Cottontown Community