{"id":1143,"date":"2015-12-03T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2015-12-09T05:38:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T10:38:51","slug":"columbia-association-honored-in-best-of-howard-county-2015-readers-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/columbia-association-honored-in-best-of-howard-county-2015-readers-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Association Honored in &#8220;Best of Howard County 2015&#8221; Readers&#8217; Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association-300x100.png\" alt=\"Columbia Association\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-632\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association-300x100.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association-200x66.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Columbia Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>COLUMBIA, MD<\/strong> &#8211; Columbia Association (CA) has been honored once again in Howard Magazine\u2019s annual awards, in which readers vote on the best that Howard County has to offer in 74 different categories.<\/p>\n<p>CA received four first-place awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Golf Course: Hobbit\u2019s Glen Golf Club;<\/li>\n<li>Best Gym: Columbia Gym;<\/li>\n<li>Best Pool for Kids: Swansfield Pool and Mini-WaterPark;<\/li>\n<li>Best Workout Class: BodyPump at Columbia Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CA also received a total of seven honorable mentions in six other categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Date: Columbia Lakefront;<\/li>\n<li>Gym: Supreme Sports Club;<\/li>\n<li>Kids\u2019 Activity: Columbia SportsPark;<\/li>\n<li>Kids\u2019 Activity: SplashDown;<\/li>\n<li>Personal Trainer: Bonnie Pace (Columbia Gym);<\/li>\n<li>Place to Enjoy the Arts: Columbia Art Center;<\/li>\n<li>Pool for Kids: River Hill Pool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thankful that Howard Magazine and its readers recognize the role Columbia Association serves through our wide range of programs and services,\u201d said CA President\/CEO Milton W. Matthews. \u201cThese awards demonstrate the commitment CA team members have to fulfilling our mission, and we will continue to pursue our vision of making Columbia a community of choice \u2014 today and for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COLUMBIA, MD<\/strong> &#8211; Columbia Association (CA) has been honored once again in Howard Magazine\u2019s annual awards, in which readers vote on the best that Howard County has to offer in 74 different categories. CA received four first-place awards: Best Golf Course: Hobbit\u2019s Glen Golf Club, Best Gym: Columbia Gym, Best Pool for Kids: Swansfield Pool and Mini-WaterPark and Best Workout Class: BodyPump at Columbia Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[123,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}