Services The village center contains an LA Mart ethnic grocery store and other smaller retail establishments including a Dunkin'. The Rouse company divested the center to Cedar Realty Trust which manages the facility. "The Meeting House," located at the village center, is an interfaith center. The community center is in The Other Barn, which was built in 1947 to service 50 cattle by Dorsey Owings, once part of the Owings Dorsey Dairy Farm. It was repurposed by the Rouse company in 1969 as a community center and a teen center named the Orange Propeller. Each neighborhood has an outdoor pool. The Columbia Ice Rink and the Youth and Teen Center are also part of the Oakland Mills Village Center complex, administered by the Columbia Association. Leadership The Oakland Mills Community Association serves as the homeowner's association and village board of directors for Oakland Mills. Members of the village board serve one year terms and are elected annually. The board has up to seven members and includes the Oakland Mills representative to the Columbia Council as an ex-officio member. A Village Manager oversees day-to-day operations of the community association. Current village board membership: Jonathan Edelson – Chairperson William McCormack, Jr. – Vice Chairperson Jerome Rollerson – acting Architecture Chairperson Rebecca Bryant Warren Wortman Virginia Thomas – Columbia Council Representative Education Oakland Mills High School is located in the village; students from Oakland Mills and neighboring communities attend. There are three elementary schools, Stevens Forest Elementary School, Thunder Hill Elementary School, and Talbott Springs Elementary School, and one middle school, Oakland Mills Middle School, within the village. Both Stevens Forest Elementary School and Talbott Springs Elementary School have been recognized as National PTA Schools of Excellence. See also Oakland Mills Blacksmith House and Shop References External links Oakland Mills Community Association Columbia, Maryland Populated places in Howard County, Maryland Villages in Howard County, Maryland