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Columbia canal repairs moving forward

Clint Shealy, assistant city manager for the City of Columbia's Canal Repair Project
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Clint Shealy, assistant city manager for the City of Columbia's Canal Repair Project

The historic Columbia Canal has been in various stages of disrepair ever since the 1,000-year flood event of 2015. But repairs are indeed happening as evidenced by the city’s recent announcement of new funding that will bring the canal and its resulting water supply for the city back over the next two and a half years. Mike Switzer interviews Clint Shealy, assistant city manager for the City of Columbia Canal Repair Project.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.