Meetings & Maps

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General Meetings

General Meetings start at 7:30 pm, and usually run until 9:45 or a little later. At a typical meeting, we start with announcements, news, and computer questions and answers; we then take a short break at around 8:30, and then have the main presentation. Not all meetings follow this pattern.

We have met at the Florence Bain Senior Center in Columbia since the Dark Ages (March 1984); we are now back at the Bain Center after their remodeling. On the maps below, Bain Center is marked with a large red B.

The Bain Center is on the west side of Columbia, near the intersection of Cedar Lane and Harpers Farm Road. Directions appear below.

The address of the Bain Center is 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia MD 21044. Ruth Keeton Way is a small street off Beaverkill Road, which is off Harpers Farm Road. As you can see on the diagram below, the Bain Center is near the Columbia Athletic Club and the Harpers Choice Village Center. The phone number is 410-313-7213.

The main entrance to the Bain Center is on the south side of the building. You can park in front of the center, or in the rear. We usually meet in the first room on the left after you enter the main entrance. (This is actually the front third of a much larger room, which is broken up by soundproof dividers.) If you can't find the room we're meeting in, please ask the night manager, who is usually at the main desk.

Directions to the Florence Bain Senior Center:

From downtown Columbia:

1. Take Little Patuxent Parkway west to the light at Harpers Farm Road.
2. Turn right (north), and travel 0.6 mile to the light at Beaverkill Road (third light).
3. Turn right at Beaverkill Road. The Athletic Center is on your right; the Bain Center is ahead on the left, next to the Winter Growth building.

From Clarksville, Olney, and west:

1. Take Route 108 east to the light at Harpers Farm Road.
2. Turn right (south) onto Harpers Farm Road, and travel 1.1 miles to the light at Beaverkill Road (fourth light).
3. Turn left onto Beaverkill Road. The Athletic Center is on your right; the Bain Center is ahead on the left, next to the Winter Growth building.

From Burtonsville, Laurel, and east and south:

1. Take US Route 29 north to Route 32 west.
2. Take Route 32 west to the Cedar Lane/Sanner Road exit (first exit after US 29).
3. At the exit, bear right to head north on Cedar Lane.
4. Follow Cedar Lane till it ends (about 2.5 miles) at Harpers Farm Road.
5. Make a right onto Harpers Farm Road, then an immediate left onto Beaverkill Road. The Athletic Center is on your right; the Bain Center is ahead on the left, next to the Winter Growth building.

From Ellicott City, Baltimore, and north and west:

1. Take I-70 to US Route 29 south OR
2. Take I-95 to Route 100 west to US Route 29 south.
3. Exit US Route 29 at Route 108 west.
4. Take Route 108 west for 3.6 miles to light at Harpers Farm Road.
5. Turn left (south) onto Harpers Farm Road, and travel 1.1 miles to the light at Beaverkill Road (fourth light).
6. Turn left at Beaverkill Road. The Athletic Center is on your right; the Bain Center is ahead on the left, next to the Winter Growth building.

You can park pretty much wherever you want (except by the apartment building near Harpers Farm Road). Turn left onto Ruth Keeton Way to pull up in front of the center or to park behind it. You can also park in the lot in front of the Center, or over near the Safeway, or by the Athletic Center.