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A string of abrupt downtown Greensboro business closings has touched off an unusually public bout of anxiety and media coverage regarding the state of Greensboro’s center city – and it has also produced a predictable response from city leaders: a reassuring press release.

On Thursday night, February 6, the City of Greensboro sent out a press release announcing that the Greensboro Police Department had “increased downtown patrol presence” through its Center City Resource Team – the unit that’s assigned to downtown…

If you live on a major road like, say, West Cornwallis or North Elm, you’ve probably been pretty pleased at the way the city has cleared your streets.  However, those who live on some secondary roads – well, maybe not so much so. 

Still, city officials say they’ve been working very hard to get those back roads in better shape….