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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.
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Posted 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.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 5, 2023 | News
The controversy over the District 3 seat on the Guilford County Board of Education is far from over. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, the Guilford County Republican Party Executive Committee once again voted to nominate Michael Logan to fill the seat that, according to state Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), became vacant on the day the bill became law, which was Aug. 17.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 5, 2023 | News
The opposition to establishing a gambling casino in Rockingham County near the Guilford County line has moved to Raleigh.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 1, 2023 | News
Like a bad penny, the Heritage House has been popping up on City Council agendas since 2014.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Sep 1, 2023 | News
The Guilford County Republican Party issued a press release after once again nominating Michael Logan for the open District 3 seat on the Guilford County Board of Education on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 31, 2023 | News
In one week downtown Greensboro will be filled with crowds of people enjoying the North Carolina Folk Festival.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 30, 2023 | News
They’ve done it again. The Guilford County Republican Party Executive Committee at a meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 30 once again nominated Michael Logan for the open District 3 seat on the Guilford County Board of Education.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 30, 2023 | News
Greensboro, like a lot of other cities, has had some issues with its micromobilty program – what most people refer to as electric scooters or e-scooters.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 30, 2023 | News
Greensboro is facing a housing shortage. The Greensboro City Council often discusses the shortage of affordable housing, but the housing shortage is not restricted to affordable housing. In fact, the overall housing shortage exacerbates the affordable housing shortage by raising the cost of all housing due to supply and demand issues.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 29, 2023 | News
Depending on the source, the long awaited Greene Street streetscape project is either well underway or about to get underway.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 29, 2023 | News
The Greensboro Department of Housing and Neighborhood Development in its annual report for the 2022-2023 fiscal year lists a number of accomplishments.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 28, 2023 | News
The Guilford County Republican Party Executive Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Aug. 30 to select a new District 3 Guilford County Board of Education member.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 28, 2023 | News
Monday, Sept. 4 is Labor Day and what many people consider the end of the summer.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 25, 2023 | News
It appears that neighborhoods in Greensboro are going to start seeing speed bumps, speed humps, chicanes, intersection roundabouts and other “traffic calming” devices being installed.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 24, 2023 | News
In the category of closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, the Greensboro City Council is meeting with the state legislative delegation on Friday, Aug. 25 at 2 p.m.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 24, 2023 | News
People like to complain about other drivers and newcomers to North Carolina seem to feel somewhat obligated to voice their concerns that Tar Heel drivers don’t drive like the folks back home with the obvious belief that the folks back home drive correctly.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 23, 2023 | News
While opponents to building a massive casino complex on US 220 in Rockingham County suffered a major set back on Monday, Aug. 21, the battle is far from over.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 23, 2023 | News
The University of North Carolina System has issued directives to its 17 campuses, including two in Greensboro – the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technology State University (NCA&TSU) – on how to comply with the recent US Supreme Court decision on admissions.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 22, 2023 | News
The Greensboro Planning Department has released its GSO Implementation Update for the third quarter of 2023.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 22, 2023 | News
Mondays are tough, and Monday, Aug. 21 was a particularly bad day for Greensboro.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 22, 2023 | Editorials, News
Those against a casino on a 192-acre site along US 220 Rockingham County ran a textbook opposition.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 21, 2023 | News
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to rezone 192 acres on US 220 to Highway Commercial at the Monday, Aug. 21 meeting.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 21, 2023 | News
The request to rezone 192 acres on US 220 in Rockingham County just north of the Guilford County line to a zoning district that would make a gambling casino a permitted use comes before the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Aug. 21.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 21, 2023 | News
The big news about the new yard waste and leaf collection ordinance passed by the Greensboro City Council last week was the end of loose leaf collection.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 18, 2023 | News
If there was any doubt, Senate Bill 9 proves that the Greensboro City Council doesn’t have much if any influence in the North Carolina legislature.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 18, 2023 | News
“It ain’t over until it’s over,” and the appointment to fill the seat on the Guilford County Board of Education vacated by former District 3 school board member Pat Tillman, when he was elected to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, ain’t over yet.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 17, 2023 | News
The North Carolina General Assembly made it clear who is running the state and it isn’t Gov. Roy Cooper.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 17, 2023 | News
There is a plethora of bad information coming from the city and being repeated on social media about the action taken by the City Council to end loose leaf collection.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 16, 2023 | News
At the Tuesday, Aug. 15 City Council meeting, City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba explained why he had sent out a request for proposals to privatize the Coliseum Complex on Thursday, Aug. 10.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 16, 2023 | News
Statements made at City Council meetings often play fast and loose with the truth, but the statement made by City Councilmember Marikay Abuzuaiter at the Thursday, Aug. 15 meeting was that the city wasn’t doing exactly what it was doing.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 15, 2023 | News
It’s breathtaking how fast the City of Greensboro can move when city staff wants to get something done.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 15, 2023 | News
At-large City Councilmember Hugh Holston has a new job. Holston has been named the CEO of the Greensboro Housing Coalition (GHC).
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 14, 2023 | News
Legalizing more casino gambling in the state is a hot topic in Raleigh these days.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 14, 2023 | News
On Thursday, Aug. 10, the City of Greensboro sent out a request for proposals (RFP) for a private company to run the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 11, 2023 | News
The Greensboro City Council is facing a number of pressing issues.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 11, 2023 | News
The majority of the Greensboro City Council supports doing away with loose leaf collection.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 10, 2023 | News
The February One-Westin Hotel parking deck has been a long time coming, but according to the construction schedule the deck is set to be completed in December.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 10, 2023 | News
For decades, discussion of ending the loose leaf collection service was considered the third rail by Greensboro city councilmembers.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 9, 2023 | News
Greensboro announced this week that it has hired Reginald Mason as the first Greensboro Transit Department director.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 9, 2023 | News
The secrecy and the stealth involved in bringing a casino to southern Rockingham County is one of the major complaints made by those in opposition.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 8, 2023 | News
The Greensboro Department of Transportation (GDOT) is asking for public input on the proposed public participation plan for the Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (GUAMPO).
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 8, 2023 | News
The public comment period at the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday, Aug. 7 in Eden was entirely taken up by speakers opposed to rezoning land on US 220 for a casino.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 7, 2023 | Editorials, News
Despite a last minute rain delay, the 2023 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club is now...
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 7, 2023 | News
The Greensboro City Council spent two days in February writing a new vision statement and coming up with a new list of priorities or strategic goals.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 4, 2023 | News
Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 4, 2023 | News
The City of Greensboro wants to know what you think of living in Greensboro and of the job the city government is doing.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 3, 2023 | News
Before unanimously passing the East Gate City Boulevard Corridor Plan, the Greensboro city councilmembers asked and discussed where it was.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 3, 2023 | Editorials, News
The folks in western Rockingham County are all fired up in opposition to the plans to build a...
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