Top 10 COLAtodays from 2017, ranked
Depending on when you became a COLAtoday subscriber, you might have missed out on a few of our most informative stories from last year. Catch up on 10 of our top smart-content reads from 2017 to become a smarter, more informed Soda Citizen in 2018.
Click on the subject lines to re-read the emails. Go forth, and be smarter than all your friends.
Women make $15k less per year than men in S.C. | A dive into the WREN + Darla Moore School of Business report on women in the S.C. workforce. | April 3
Who’s paying for all these murals? | There’s a lot of murals in Columbia – how are they funded + where are they located? | April 25
Be a Yellow Shirt for the day ⚠️ | We spent the day with a Main Street Yellow Shirt. | April 27
QUIZ: How Columbia are you? | Take our Buzzfeed quiz to find out if you’re barely a Soda Citizen or basically the mayor. | May 31
STEAM it + shake it 🔬 | Find out who’s shaking up STEAM education in Cola. | June 14
Spin City 🚲 | We asked the dudes at Colatown Bike Collective where to find Cola’s best beginner routes. | July 12
One sqft. on Main, please 💸 | Here’s how much it costs to have a shop/restaurant/office downtown – commercial rent, by the district. | Sept. 5
Answered: I want to live in a Columbia that _____. | We asked you what type of Columbia you would like to live in and what you love most about Columbia. | Sept. 19
How to use a crime map in Cola 👮 | Have you ever looked at a crime map of your neighborhood? Did you even know you could do that? Here’s how to read one. | Oct. 4
#Asked: How does recycling in Columbia work? ♻️ | Here’s what you’re doing right (and wrong) when it comes to recycling in Columbia. | Nov. 6
We got a ton of responses to yesterday’s email with original content ideas for us to cover in 2018 – thanks for sending in your feedback. You can always send us questions, ideas or fun gifs (hey, we are human, too) by replying to this email or via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Cheers to us becoming more informed Soda Citizens together in 2018.
–Beth
