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Building, but they’re not coming
The Biz Journal tells us something that’s been readily apparent for quite some time: development around New Bridge Bank Park is a little slow —-to say the least: Since 2005…
First Horizon Park
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Drive me out to the ballgame
Turns out Winston-Salem’s downtown stadium project already has parking issues. I can’t help but see the irony, considering the fact that the project was pitc hed to taxpayers as part…
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Imploding and exploding
The Meck Deck’s Jeff Taylor is looking for video of the Charlotte Coliseum implosion to go with his insightful commentary. Cone has it, along with a few memories. My coliseum…
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A lot to swallow
It was good to see at least a healthy dose of skepticism regarding the City of Greensboro’s proposed Canada Dry land deal. Unfortunately, the two biggest skeptics, Mayor Keith Holliday…
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Insurance settlements and recalling Small
Hopefully The Chalkboard will follow up on this bit of information from last night’s Guilford County Board of Education meeting: In other business, the board…..formally decided to use an expected…
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On Holliday
Grrensboro Mayor Keith Holliday announces he won’t seek another term. The N&R (unposted) editorializes: Holliday probably will be remembered as much for how he did his job as for what…
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Paypoo
Honestly, I hate to sit here and pile on, but two other items in this morning’s N&R nearly made me toss my coffee. First of all, the paper’s cheerleading for…
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Proceeding as planned?
The City of Winston-Salem has already done its part for the downtown stadium. But here’s something Forsyth County commissioners and voters should take note of: By nearly every account, the…
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Because he said so
Winston-Salem is trying to pin down what kind of guarantee it will get from Billy Prim if the downtown stadium project doesn’t quite work out as planned: Although council members…
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Hog wild
So now Winston-Salem will have a downtown baseball stadium of its very own, with taxpayers’ help: Major sticking points for a proposed baseball stadium on the western edge of downtown…
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Sky with diamonds
This is the second time I’ve read Ogi Overman’s vision for downtown: Elm will have been renamed and transformed into a magical place that takes us back to our childhood,…