Monday, Jan. 15, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is one of those holidays that catches a lot of people off guard.
It is a holiday recognized by federal, state and local governments, but not by many private businesses, which means folks in the private sector go to work and discover that anything related to the government is closed and their garbage won’t be picked up.
According to a new city ordinance, not only is putting your garbage and recycling bins on the street a day early unsightly, it is illegal. The good news is that this is one of those ordinances passed by the City Council with no plans for enforcement.
But the garbage, recycling, yard and bulk waste collections scheduled for Monday, Jan. 15 will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The collections scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 16 will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 17. The Thursday, Jan. 18 and Friday, Jan. 19 collection schedules will not be affected.
The White Street Landfill, the Solid Waste Transfer Station and the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center are also closed on Jan. 15.
Once again, with Guilford County Schools closed for the MLK holiday on Monday, Jan. 15, all the City of Greensboro recreation centers will also be closed, as well as the Greensboro Sportsplex, Simkins Indoor Sports Pavilion at Barber Park, Lake Higgins, Smith and Trotter Active Adult Centers, Greensboro Youth Council, Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation and Xperience @Caldcleugh.
Gillespie Golf Course, however, will be open to the public.
The Greensboro Science Center, which is operated by a nonprofit and not the City of Greensboro, will be open.
The Greensboro Public Library system, the Greensboro History Museum and the Greensboro Cultural Center are all closed on Monday, Jan. 15.
The Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) and Access GSO will operate on a Saturday schedule, providing hourly service from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
I have called the city many times on neighbors who left there trash cans out to late. And the city has definitely enforced it you may want to become more familiar with the city and regardless if the private sector is operating I have not worked on MLK day In many years because many African Americans do observe the day
Calling the city because your neighbors left “there” cans out to (sic) late ? You must be a really good neighbor to have around !
Perhaps you should change your username here from BigCity to Karen….
I once knew a kind, decent, hardworking mother of 2 who was diagnosed with cancer in 2016. She died of that awful disease in 2017 at age 66. I loved her dearly and miss her everyday. She was my sister. Her name was Karen.
Do you actually work any days. You sir are a piece of crap. 74 this year 74. You talked all your bullsh$$ about comparing Durham and Greensboro but now you are really quiet. Where’s your loud mouth now. By the way mlk is a bullsh$$ holiday
hmmmm….wonder why a guy who uses the username Rebel thinks MLK day is ‘bullsh$$’? Hmmmm…
AMERICAN born SOUTHERN by the grace of God, no apologies Do you need to know anything more
Big City I’m going to call the city on you for the impersonation of a human being, you’re such a waste of good air.
This is an opportunity. Perhaps the City Gov here in Blacksboro can stay closed? Puh-leeze.
This is a fake holiday anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a joke on the real humans of Greensboro!!!!!!!!!!!!