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Congressional District 13 race heats up
You had to wonder when this was going down. The political action committee America First Action runs an ad* (see below) going after Democrat Kathy Manning –who is challenging incumbent…
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“Scheme Participants” in Greensboro’s $30m downtown parking deck case
Yesterday a Guilford County Superior Court judge heard arguments in the lawsuit filed against the City of Greensboro by a downtown club owner for an injunction to stop the city…
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N&R endorses downtown hotel incentive
In today’s editorial: Be all of this as it may, the new luxury hotel does not involve the types of high-paying jobs that economic incentives are supposed to target. But…
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Questions about downtown Gboro hotel market
The Biz Journal ponders whether or not downtown Gboro can handle ” not one … not two … but three hotels into that same market, more than doubling the number…
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Another downtown Gboro hotel
This time it’s developer Randall Kaplan announcing plans for another downtown Greensboro hotel, this one along February One Place (right across the the street from the International Civil Rights Museum)…
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A couple of reasons to be thankful
I read with interest and an open mind the N&R’s front-pager on Bryan Foundation president and former Mayor Jim Melvin. Here’s what jumped out at me: “Did we make mistakes?…
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G’boro council passes curfew
I watched with interest last night’s Greensboro City Council debate over measures proposed by council member Zack Matheny to make downtown safer. Maybe it’s me, but Police Chief Ken Miller…
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Guilford commissioners to vote on downtown hotel
Guilford County commissioners will once again vote on the proposed downtown Greensboro luxury hotel that would be financed with federal stimulus bonds. Commission chairman Skip Alston, who brokered the land…
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Who’s he calling naive?
The N&R’s Joe Killian writes in an update (not online yet) to yesterday’s story on new plans for a downtown Greensboro luxury hotel that the Ole Asheboro Street Neighborhood Association…
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N&R interviews downtown hotel developers
I watched with interest and an open mind N&R editor Allen Johnson’s interview with proposed taxpayer-financed downtown hotel developers Randall Kaplan and Bridget Chisholm. A couple of things jumped out…
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Downtown G’boro hotel gaining steam
Local businessman Randall Kaplan is now in on the proposed taxpayer-financed downtown Greensboro hotel, which supposedly would lend —emphasis on the word ‘lend’—- the project more credibility. This project is…