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Your Greensboro Downtown Greenway update
Rhino Times editor John Hammer has an update on “what must be Greensboro’s longest running project”—the Downtown Greenway: The current projection on the Downtown Greenway is that it will be…
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‘Similar to a large sidewalk’
What am I describing? Greensboro’s $26 million Downtown Greenway? Close, but no. I’m describing Charlotte’s proposed Fairview Trail, described by the Uptown Paper of Record as the biggest project in…
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‘Finish the Downtown Greenway in my lifetime’
Rhino Times editor John Hammer on the progress of Greensboro’s downtown greenway: I won’t promise it but I will consider endorsing any City Council candidate who will sign an affidavit…
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Greenway sucker punch
I’ve written before about the aggravation that construction of Greensboro’s downtown greenway has caused me, in the process speculating that it can’t be doing the Deep Roots Market much good,…
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Gboro “intersection”—greenway and….roundabouts?
Rhino Times editor John Hammer’s column addresses one of Greensboro’s busiest commercial “intersections”—-Lawndale Drive, Westover Terrace, Battleground Avenue and Green Valley Road. Hammer writes “you really can’t call whatever goes…
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Gboro bond primer
Presidential election years are prime for municipal bond votes given that more uninformed voters and more younger voters–mostly college students who don’t have to pay city taxes—show up at the…
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Greenway key to Gboro developer’s next big project
Front-pager in Saturday’s News & Record on high-profile Greensboro developer and UNC Board of Governors member Marty Kotis’ ambitious project: a $100 million high-rise mixed-use development on a narrow stretch…
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Why Gboro’s greenway doesn’t connect
Anyone who’s lived in Greensboro for a while knows the only thing standing in the way of connecting the Downtown Greenway with the Atlantic & Yadkin Greenway is Chandler Concrete.…
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DGI fires back
Downtown Greensboro Inc. responds to City Council accusation that they’ve let downtown grow stale: Past DGI Chairwoman Susan Schwartz defended the nonprofit’s record Thursday, but said DGI alone cannot accomplish…
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Million-dollar private sector greenway donation
Three high-profile G’boro companies —-Lorillard, Lincoln Financial and VF pledge a total of $1 million toward the Downtown Greenway. Hey, it’s their money, although I wouldn’t necessarily assume the suits…
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More greenway benches
E-mail from Downtown Greenway LLC: The Downtown Greenway seeks proposals for the second of 12 neighborhood benches to be commissioned for the Downtown Greenway. It will be located in the…
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When a greenway is just a greenway
Last week I talked about how a “greenway is never just a greenway.” The Rhino’s John Hammer is disappointed that Greensboro’s downtown greenway is, well, just a greenway: If the…