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There's no police officer. There's no stoplight in the whole county.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=134.39,139.85"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e Like the old saying, you can't see the woods for the trees, you can't see Columbia for the woods.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=141.39,146.63"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 4:\u003c/strong\u003e Just a dead town, people drive through it, you know, and that's it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=148.94,153.04"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e Some locals will tell you that they might as well put up a sign in Columbia, Virginia, gone out of business. With just under 100 residents, most of them over 65, one small convenience store and not a traffic light in sight, it's hard to believe that this virtual ghost town came within one vote of becoming Virginia's state capitol.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=156.78,177.2"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 6:\u003c/strong\u003e Columbia was a bustling town. It really was and everyone that was here a long time ago will tell you that it was up until about 20 years ago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=178.26,187.9"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e We felt like we were living in a little township, because we had the things for burdens here. We had a doctor close by, and we had passenger trains. That's true.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=189.15,199.17"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e Even though Columbia lost most of its hustle and bustle to floods and people seeking greener pastures in neighboring Richmond, the residents that remain have not given up on breathing life back into their home. A few months ago, they got together and put Columbia up for sale to the tune of $2 million.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=200.39,216.75"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 6:\u003c/strong\u003e It is the first town that has been listed for sale. I don't have the experience to sell. You know, I can sell one house, I'm good at that, but selling a town.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=218.04,227.42"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e If anyone can sell this town, it's real estate agent Brenda Harview. She spent her childhood summers here and her cousin owns most of the property in the package. But while 15 buildings and 150 acres of land may sound like an easy sell, it will take more than a little elbow grease to put Columbia, Virginia back on the map.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=228.38,246.72"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 6:\u003c/strong\u003e The people have gotten older. The town is deteriorating. There's absentee owners who just, through no fault of their own, cannot handle the responsibility of that many properties.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=247.45,259.63"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 4:\u003c/strong\u003e It'd be quite an investment and a lot of money would have to be put in to it, even after the sale price.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=260.669,266.53"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e While some prospective buyers may be wary of Columbia's dismal present, residents are quick to sell its colorful past. We heard everything from Civil War stories and adventures on the Pony Express to the old classic. Yes, according to the town's people, George Washington really did sleep here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=267.67,283.99"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e We had a lot of people around, I think at one time we possibly had as many as 300 people or more that lived in Columbus.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=284.64,291.12"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e At 87, Claude Amos is living proof of Columbia's glory days. He was born here, and when young men began leaving for work in a growing Richmond, he stayed to run a family -owned restaurant.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=291.99,303.17"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 3:\u003c/strong\u003e I closed it out in, I believe it was around 1976. I was there a little bit on 50 years. So in my youthful years, I don't regret any of it now. I could have, if I'd have gone away, I don't know if I'd have been financially as better off than I am, but. And if I had my life to live over, I don't think I would change it really.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=304.25,328.09"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cstrong\u003eSpeaker 5:\u003c/strong\u003e Although it's obvious that most people here are proud of the past, their future couldn't be more uncertain. With the town on the market, Columbia, Virginia could fall into the hands of a careless outsider. But even if some city slicker starts building skyscrapers, most of the people feel any change is better than no change at all.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157#t=330.0,349.7"}]},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["English [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267157/transcript/77201/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"subtitling","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/077/201/original/trint_WJZ-FLDTP-011-005_ffv1_transcript.vtt?1741803103","format":"text/vtt","language":"en"},"target":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/077/201/original/trint_WJZ-FLDTP-011-005_ffv1_transcript.vtt?1741803103"}]}]},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267158","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - open-uri20250311-1605153-zz2i4p.mp4"]},"duration":599.21,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/267/158/small/open-uri20250311-1605153-zz2i4p_1741731765.jpg?1741731766","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267158/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267158/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-marmia.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/267/158/original/open-uri20250311-1605153-zz2i4p.mp4?1741731764","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":599.21,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/144558/file/267158","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}