Author: John Hammer

ProKidney announced Tuesday, June 13, that it would indeed be making a $458 million investment to establish a cutting-edge biomanufacturing facility in Greensboro.

Greensboro was the center of the GOP world last weekend when the North Carolina Republican Party held its state convention at the Koury Convention Center.

Tickets are now on sale for the 84th annual Wyndham Championship PGA golf tournament at Sedgefield Country Club Wednesday Aug. 2 through Sunday, Aug. 6.

At the Tuesday, June 6 meeting, the Greensboro City Council discovered that of the 40 take-home police cars authorized, not a single car has made it to the streets.

Not only is Greensboro short at least 120 police officers, it appears that soon officers will be chasing criminals on foot because the city is just about to run out of police cars.

Judging from the public hearing at the Tuesday, June 6 City Council meeting on the $749 million recommended 2023-2024 City of Greensboro budget, not many people care one way or the other about the city budget.

As expected, comments about the firing of former Greensboro Fire Department Capt. Dustin Jones dominated the monthly public forum at the June 6 Greensboro City Council meeting.

The Greensboro City Council public hearing on the 2023-2024 fiscal year budget, aka “Moving Forward Together,” recommended by City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba, is Tuesday, June 6 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The annual “State of the Downtown” event, held by Downtown Greensboro Inc., tried a different format this year.

The public gets the opportunity to weigh in on the city manager’s recommended 2023-2024 fiscal...

Toyota announced on Wednesday, May 31 that it would be investing an additional $2.1 billion in the Toyota North Carolina battery plant at the Greensboro Randolph Megasite.

The City Council approved the plan for a second attempt at making the old Regency Inn into a permanent supportive housing facility by a unanimous vote at the Tuesday, May 23 special meeting.

The Greensboro Science Center (GSC) on Friday, May 26, with “pure delight,” announced the latest addition Revolution Ridge – its most recent zoo expansion.

Information is power, and City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba is keeping a tight grip on information regarding his recommended 2023-2024 fiscal year budget, which he has named “Going Forward Together.”

For the second year in a row, the Greensboro Police Department is facing personnel cuts in the city budget.

The Greensboro City Council voted unanimously to approve a short-term rental ordinance at the Tuesday, May 23 meeting in the Katie Dorsett Council Chambers.

Police salaries were a big part of the discussion at the Tuesday, May 23 City Council work session held in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber.

The Greensboro City is holding both a work session and a special meeting on Tuesday, May 23, and the agendas for both meetings have been recently revised.

Memorial Day, Monday, May 29 – considered by many to be the beginning of summer – is a city holiday, which means most city offices are closed.

And now there are three. Saturday, May 20, former 6th District Congressman Mark Walker announced he is running for North Carolina governor in 2024.

The Greensboro City Council is scheduled to begin discussing City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba’s recommended 2023-2024 budget, “Going Forward Together,” on Tuesday, May 23.

There weren’t many comments from Greensboro city councilmembers at the Tuesday, May 16 meeting about City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba’s “Going Forward Together” – also known as the recommended 2023-2024 budget.

The budget presentation by City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba at the Tuesday, May 16 City Council meeting was decidedly different from the recommended budgets by past city managers.

The Eastern Music Festival is kicking off its 62nd season with the seventh annual Chamber Crawl on Saturday, June 3 from 1 to 6 p.m. in downtown Greensboro.

The Greensboro City Council finally balked at a request from Housing and Neighborhood Development Department Director Michelle Kennedy.

City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba presented his Brobdingnagian recommended budget to the Greensboro City...

Despite the fact that the total budget recommended by City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba is a whopping $749 million, police salaries were not increased to the level the City Council requested.

It’s budget season and the North Carolina State Senate released its budget proposal

A constant concern heard from those in the construction and development industry is that they cannot get building permits issued in a timely manner.

The press release from the City of Greensboro on City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba’s recommended budget preview indicates a key piece of information won’t be covered at that press conference.

The Greensboro City Council has been talking behind closed doors about a restaurant tax more properly called a prepared food tax for months.

New plans for Regency Inn are on the City Council meeting agenda for the Tuesday, May 16 meeting.

For the Greensboro City Council, it’s budget season, which means there are four scheduled council meetings in the next two weeks.

The 2023-2024 fiscal year budget for the City of Greensboro will be presented at the Tuesday, May 16 City Council meeting.

According to some, it is a clear indication that the end is nigh, but the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is making strides to become more customer friendly.

  The ask from the Parks and Recreation Department at the City Council work session was a big...

The City Council work session Tuesday, May 9 was held to discuss a report on aquatic facility needs of the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department.

The Greensboro City Council has discovered a new way to appear to be open and transparent while being the opposite.

The timing couldn’t be better for the Carolina Theatre on South Greene Street in downtown Greensboro.

The North Carolina Republican Party is bringing some big names to Greensboro in June.

Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park (MUSEP), one of Greensboro’s most beloved summer traditions, is returning for a 44th season beginning the first Sunday in June.

In 2017, the Greensboro City Council approved the construction of two new parking decks in downtown Greensboro.

The Greensboro City Council will hold a work session devoted to the Parks and Recreation Department on Tuesday, May 9 at 2 p.m. in the Plaza Level Conference Room.

Reports from auditors don’t use terms like “Liar, liar pants on fire,” but if they did it appears that’s how the report recently released by the North Carolina state auditor on the Guilford County Schools would read.

For the third year in a row, Site Selection magazine has awarded North Carolina the Prosperity Cup, signifying that NC is the top state in the country to locate a major capital investment project.