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Health & Wellness

On the Move

There’s a different energy around Columbia—can you feel it? The sun is rising on a new season and with it comes warmer temperatures, extended daylight hours, vibrantly green leaves on the trees, and bold blooms popping up out of the ground.

Community Interest

Spring Social Mission: Able South Carolina

Each year, Fig Columbia partners with an organization that makes our surrounding community a better place to live. For 2022 we are proud to support and share the mission of Able South Carolina...

Community Interest

Fig Authentic: Dr. Aditi Bussells

With a PhD in public health from the University of South Carolina, a deep passion for the people and local businesses of our community, and a desire to see Columbia continue to be a thriving place for families to call home, Dr. Aditi Bussells was already serving our town well through her work as a public health researcher.

Community Interest

Winter Social Mission: Congaree Riverkeeper

Throughout the year, we have highlighted the work done by our Social Mission partner for 2021 to keep the Broad, Lower Saluda, and Congaree rivers healthy and our waters clean...

Community Interest

Spotlight: The Coaching Kiva

House ready? Shopping done? Now where do you find yourself some perspective and self-healing?

Shopping & Retail

Your Guide to Local Gifting

To you, it's another item marked off your long list of gifts to buy for family and friends this holiday season, but to a small business owner...

Arts & Culture

Listen Closely…

Everybody’s got a story about the first concert that they ever went to, and around Columbia, you’ll often find that those stories include a local band or artist and a hidden hole-in-the-wall venue that you’d only know about if you were a local...

Arts & Culture

Fig Authentic: Caitlin Bright

Since 2011, the role of Tapp’s Outpost (formerly Tapp’s Arts Center) in Columbia’s arts ecosystem has been to nurture emerging and under-represented artists in our community...

Fresh Figs Delivered to You

Designed and produced four times a year, Fig Columbia magazine is filled with the latest in Columbia including local shopping, dining, arts, events, and community.