A Columbia landscaping business that worked on Richland School District 1’s abandoned early learning center project risks being held in contempt of court for its failure to respond to court orders.
Blooming & Grooming Landscaping Services, which records show was involved in “site stabilization” and “water mitigation” efforts at the Caughman Road site in Lower Richland, has ignored multiple subpoenas requesting it turn over documents related to the company’s work on the project, according to a court motion filed March 17 in Richland County.
The subpoenas were issued in connection with a lawsuit filed last July by a homeowner who claimed the clear-cutting and grading of the formerly forested project site resulted in a “massive” diversion of stormwater to the surrounding neighborhood during heavy rains…