Richland County discussing neighborhood planning

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County officials scheduled to host a meeting about neighborhood planning. The county is putting on its 9th annual Neighborhood Planning Conference on Saturday. The event features fair housing, matching grant successes, community gardening and dealing with difficult neighborhood issues. The daylong conference is free to the public. This year’s keynote speaker is Ellen Dunham-Jones, author of “Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs.”