What started as a small celebration of local art hit a new high Saturday as thousands of people came to the North Main area for the 8th annual Cottontown Art Crawl.
It was only seven years ago that Julie Seel had a little idea. The resident of Columbia’s Cottontown neighborhood invited a few artist friends to display their art on front porches in the area. Around 300 people came to see the art, but it was a start. Saturday, more than 30 times that number enjoyed what has become one of the city’s most loved events.
“I remember when it started, when we were just up there on Confederate Avenue and around the corner with a few artists and some local folks,” Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann said Saturday. “Now we just have this incredible event, flooded with, hopefully, 10,000 or more people today enjoying the best of Columbia.”…