Rhino’s John Hammer notes the big news from Tuesday’s Greensboro City Council meeting—-the unanimous vote making Gboro the the first city in North Carolina to pass a resolution in favor of transgender bathrooms in all city buildings. Just to make sure the world knows about this distinction, Hammer suggests signage:
Greensboro: First in Taxes and in Transgender Bathrooms
Yes, the council did deal with more important issues, one of which is which of the Elm Street site to place the first building in the proposed Union Square Campus. The council is waiting on a decision from the Redevelopment Commission, and there was confusion over whether or not the council could instruct City Manager Jim Westmoreland to proceed with due diligence work before it was determined where exactly the building would sit.
But here’s the bottom line:
The reason for moving the building across the street seems to be simply because the project is not developing exactly as planned. The size of the building was reduced from over 100,000 square feet to between 80,000 square feet and 90,000 square feet because Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) and the Guilford County Board of Commissioners did not agree to pay $450,000 a year for 10 years. GTCC and Guilford County reduced that to $150,000 a year for 10 years.
….Another factor pushing this is that the project is not moving along as quickly as the proponents thought it would, and it now looks like this will be the only building built on the site for at least five years.
Again, anyone who has lived Gboro for any length of time knows the city has been desperately trying to develop the corner of South Elm and Lee Streets. This is yet idea that seems great in theory, but nobody knows where the funding will materialize.
