This new community park serves as a dedication to the
Columbia Fire & Rescue Department as well as a gathering place for the
community. Firefighters Park is adjacent to Fire Station 1 and the
Columbia Fire Mural, which has become a prominent icon for the city that sits
at the gateway to the Columbia Arts District. Both the park and the mural were
commemorated on September 11, 2018 marking the Sesquicentennial celebration of
the Columbia Fire & Rescue Department. Firefighters Park has completed
phase one that includes a new plaza with benches, flagpoles and landscaping.
Phase two is under way with the addition of a pavilion donated by Leadership
Maury’s Class of 2019. We need your help completing phase three that includes a
bronze statue and donor recognition plaques.
The Columbia Firefighters Park Fund will provide the opportunity for those
who live in Columbia or who wish for other reasons to help on this project and this
momentous occasion to donate. Donor asks that preference be given to secure private funding
for items that cannot occur but for the mobilization of philanthropic dollars rather than to offset
or augment City funding. When completed, the Park will include a gazebo, a flagpole, memorial
sidewalks, a firefighter statue, a dedication marker, and landscaped green space.
The Columbia Firefighters Park Fund is not, at
this time, anticipated to function as an endowment but rather to make strategic
investments as soon as they become available and to raise monies when necessary to seize on these
opportunities. When construction is complete, the Fund will terminate into an endowed source of
funding to support future upkeep and maintenance
of Columbia Firefighters Park, in perpetuity.