(LISTEN): Columbia city manager Seewood appears on 939 the Eagle's "CEO Roundtable" episode artwork

EPISODE · Oct 12, 2025 · 44 MIN

(LISTEN): Columbia city manager Seewood appears on 939 the Eagle's "CEO Roundtable"

from CEO Roundtable w. Fred Parry · host Zimmer Communications

You noticed another visible law enforcement presence in downtown Columbia this weekend. It’s the second straight weekend of additional law enforcement downtown, following late September’s deadly triple shooting that killed a Stephens College senior nursing student. City manager De’Carlon Seewood discussed downtown safety and crime in-studio with host Fred Parry Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” They also discussed the Columbia Chamber’s recent leadership visit to Columbia South Carolina, which Mayor Barbara Buffaloe and Mr. Seewood attended. Downtown safety and crime were key issues discussed on the trip. “It kind of reinforced that a lot of things that we’re dealing with, they have been dealing with. And they’re probably two or three years ahead of us. But it’s lessons learned and you can see some of the things that they’ve done that worked and some of the things they’ve done that didn’t work,” Mr. Seewood tells listeners. He and Fred Parry also discussed the horrific 2019 murder of a USC student in South Carolina who was kidnapped and stabbed more than 100 times and killed after she thought she was getting into her Uber. They also discussed Columbia recycling and the new budget:

You noticed another visible law enforcement presence in downtown Columbia this weekend. It’s the second straight weekend of additional law enforcement downtown, following late September’s deadly triple shooting that killed a Stephens College senior nursing student. City manager De’Carlon Seewood discussed downtown safety and crime in-studio with host Fred Parry Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” They also discussed the Columbia Chamber’s recent leadership visit to Columbia South Carolina, which Mayor Barbara Buffaloe and Mr. Seewood attended. Downtown safety and crime were key issues discussed on the trip. “It kind of reinforced that a lot of things that we’re dealing with, they have been dealing with. And they’re probably two or three years ahead of us. But it’s lessons learned and you can see some of the things that they’ve done that worked and some of the things they’ve done that didn’t work,” Mr. Seewood tells listeners. He and Fred Parry also discussed the horrific 2019 murder of a USC student in South Carolina who was kidnapped and stabbed more than 100 times and killed after she thought she was getting into her Uber. They also discussed Columbia recycling and the new budget:

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