City Acquires New Home For HND Department
The Greensboro Housing and Neighborhood Development Department has officially acquired its new home far from the confines of city hall.
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Posted by John Hammer | Oct 13, 2023 | News
The Greensboro Housing and Neighborhood Development Department has officially acquired its new home far from the confines of city hall.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 12, 2023 | News
Halloween is officially Tuesday, Oct. 31, but you don’t have to wait to start celebrating.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 12, 2023 | News
Voters in Greensboro won’t be going to the polls this year on Nov. 7.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 11, 2023 | News
While the City Council is spending its time on issues like the five-year Strategic Framework and Participatory Budgeting, the homicide rate in Greensboro continues to soar.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 11, 2023 | News
One of the items in the state budget bill that slipped through without much discussion exempts state legislators from the North Carolina Public Records Law.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 10, 2023 | News
While voters in some municipalities, but not Greensboro, are going to the polls for primary elections this week the focus statewide is on the 2024 elections.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 10, 2023 | News
The Guilford County Republican Party Executive Committee (GCRPEC) passed a resolution affirming the charges of party disloyalty against former District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member Bill Goebel on Monday, Oct. 9.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 9, 2023 | News
Monday, Oct. 9 through Friday, Oct. 13 is Fire Prevention Week.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 9, 2023 | News
It seems like the City of Greensboro is constantly asking for public input on something or other.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 6, 2023 | News
For most people the period of COVID restrictions, when businesses and schools were closed, and people wore masks standing on dots six feet apart in the checkout line at the grocery store,
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 6, 2023 | News
The Greensboro is developing a plan called GoBORO, for the city to become car optional by 2045. According to a recent study by HVACGnome, it’s going to be much more difficult for Greensboro to transmogrify into a car optional city than most cities. In fact, according to the study, it will be more difficult for Greensboro than 190 cities in the US and every other major city in North Carolina.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 5, 2023 | News
The Tuesday, Oct. 3 Greensboro City Council meeting was definitely disrupted.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 5, 2023 | News
The Citizens for Good Growth in Rockingham County Inc. is the David that went up against the...
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 4, 2023 | News
As a result of the Tuesday, Oct. 3 Greensboro City Council meeting, Luis Medina, a member of the Working-class and Houseless Organizing Alliance (WHOA) has a lot of company.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 4, 2023 | News
It’s not over until it’s over and it appears the nine month long controversy over the District 3 seat on the Guilford County Board of Education isn’t quite over yet.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 3, 2023 | Editorials, News
The score when the game was over on Sept. 19 was Guilford County Republican Party 1 – Guilford County Board of Education 0.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 3, 2023 | News
The Greensboro City Council holds its first meeting of the month on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 2, 2023 | News
Some city councilmembers were less than impressed with the progress toward completing a five-year “Strategic Framework” that was reported at the Thursday, Sept. 28 City Council work session.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Oct 2, 2023 | News
The Greensboro City Council plans to make it easier to give money away at the Tuesday, Oct. 3 meeting in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 29, 2023 | News
The City Council and City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba expressed agreement that the Participatory Budgeting program isn’t working at the Thursday, Sept. 28 work session.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 28, 2023 | News
The City of Greensboro is facing a few urgent problems.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 28, 2023 | News
Participatory Budgeting has always been a misnomer because very few Greensboro residents participate, but since the funding was also taken out of the 2023-2024 budget a more accurate name would be Non-participatory Unbudgeted.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 27, 2023 | News
The $30 billion state budget passed by the North Carolina General Assembly and sent to Gov. Roy Cooper last week is currently in a state of limbo, but that hasn’t stopped elected officials from commenting on it.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 27, 2023 | News
The City of Greensboro is asking for your input on how to accomplish one of the goals of the City Council to become a car optional city by 2040.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 26, 2023 | News
Even what appears to be good news for the Greensboro Police Department (GPD), may not be.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 26, 2023 | News
The Greensboro Department of Transportation (GDOT) marked the completion of some major projects in its 2022-2023 annual report released this week.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 22, 2023 | News
The North Carolina General Assembly passed the state budget on Friday, Sept. 22 when the final vote in the state House was taken.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 21, 2023 | News
The second time turned out to be the charm for an annexation and zoning request on West Gate City Boulevard at the Tuesday, Sept. 19 meeting of the Greensboro City Council.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 20, 2023 | News
A North Carolina state budget – without casino expansion but with Medicaid expansion – is scheduled to be voted on by the NC state House on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 20, 2023 | News
The Guilford County Republican Party (GCRP) stayed the course, and on Tuesday, Sept. 19, when District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member Michael Logan was sworn into office, finally won the nine-month battle with the Democratic majority on the Guilford County Board of Education.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 19, 2023 | News
After nine months of resistance, the Guilford County Board of Education was finally forced by the North Carolina legislature to seat Michael Logan to represent District 3 on the school board at the Tuesday, Sept. 19 meeting.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 19, 2023 | News
The latest Republican backroom budget deals have attracted the expected opposition from Democrats, but even a group of business leaders that includes major Republican donors have come out in opposition to the budget.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 18, 2023 | News
Yet, another week begins with the expectation of a vote on the North Carolina state budget.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 18, 2023 | News
Items on the agenda for the Tuesday, Sept. 19 Greensboro City Council meeting could be continued because of the number of mistakes in the agenda packet.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 15, 2023 | News
Funding for the Downtown Greenway is once again on the Greensboro City Council agenda for the Tuesday, Sept. 19 meeting.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 15, 2023 | News
North Buffalo Creek has flooded in heavy rainstorms for as long as anyone can remember.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 14, 2023 | News
At the beginning of the school year, the Greensboro Police Department implemented Operation School Watch to promote traffic safety in school zones through increased police presence and enforcement.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 14, 2023 | News
Wednesday, Sept. 13, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 5, which includes the de-annexation of close to a thousand acres from the Town of Summerfield.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 13, 2023 | News
The rumor for some time has been that casino legislation was holding up the approval of the North Carolina state budget.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 13, 2023 | News
The Guilford County Republican Party issued a press release on Monday, Sept. 11 titled, “Guilford County Republican Party moves forward with seating Mr. Logan according to the law.”
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 12, 2023 | News
The saga of the District 3 seat on the Guilford County Board of Education continues with the hiring of more attorneys.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 12, 2023 | News
The question of how to handle a major mixed-use development in Summerfield proposed by David Couch, the owner of Summerfield Farms, has been a topic of debate in Summerfield for several years.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Affordable Housing Management has announced a major rehabilitation project to provide more affordable housing for Greensboro.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 8, 2023 | News
Opponents of expanded casino gambling in North Carolina, primarily from Rockingham County, took their fight to Raleigh this week, and it appears they have been successful.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 7, 2023 | News
The push to legalize casino gambling in North Carolina is gaining some national attention.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 7, 2023 | News
The word from Raleigh is that the North Carolina legislature plans to vote on the state budget next week.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 7, 2023 | News
If you’re looking for quiet and solitude, downtown Greensboro is not the place to be this weekend, as the North Carolina Folk Festival will be filling the downtown with people and music.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 6, 2023 | News
The Greensboro City Council devotes the first meeting of the month to a public forum, also called speakers from the floor on non-agenda items.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 6, 2023 | News
The attorney for Bill Goebel, who either is or was the District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member, says the North Carolina General Assembly doesn’t have the authority to remove Goebel from the school board, but other attorneys disagree.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 5, 2023 | News
The Carroll Companies has announced the appointment of Claudel Pressa to Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and President of RE Carroll Management Company.
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