Lorillard Tobacco Co. is donating $1 million toward Greensboro’s proposed downtown performing arts center.
The N&R runs an editorial praising Lorillard’s “million dollar step” to go along with the front-pager and the letter to the editor from president and CEO Murray Kessler.
Mayor Robbie Perkins says Lorillard’s donation gives the project “credibility and momentum,” while Community Foundation president Walker Sanders says the “leadership they have shown to this project is very significant” and that he hopes the $20 million private funding goal will be met by May 31.
