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GPAC New Year
N&R publishes another wish list, this one headlined 5 must-do projects for City Council. Since they all involve —do I need to say it again –everyone opening their wallets —…
War Memorial Stadium
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Where will G’boro get the ticket tax?
From Greensboro Assistant City Attorney Tom Carruthers’ draft amendment upping the city’s ticket tax to help pay for the proposed downtown performing arts center: The proposed revision would allow the…
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Newsflash: War Memorial Stadium not falling down
Again, I can’t find the story on the N&R Web site, but there was a big-front-pager on yesterday’s sports section on the city’s controversial plan to renovate 84-year-old War Memorial…
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Matt Brown and War Memorial Stadium?
David Hoggard again suggests that War Memorial Stadium be turned over to Greensboro Coliseum director Matt Brown to create a new ‘City Market.’ Remember that Brown is a political powerhouse…
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What to do with War Memorial Stadium
I read with interest John Hammer’s analysis of the planned ‘renovation’ of Greensboro’s 83-year-old War Memorial Stadium. It seems to me that Hammer doesn’t think the stadium should undergo some…
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(Sigh) business as usual
OK, let’s review the week. Both the City of Greensboro and Guilford County warn us about the misery that’s coming down the pipe as a result of budget shortfalls. At…
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What to do with War Memorial Stadium?
Interesting NYT article on the fate of 103-year-old Centennial Field, home to the Class A New York-Penn League franchise Vermont Lake Monsters. MLB has demanded that $7 million in improvements…
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Another old stadium bailout
On the heels of news about a possible $8.5 million federal earmark for renovating Greensboro’s War Memorial Stadium comes word that almost $4 million in federal stimulus money is going…
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Fed money for War Memorial Stadium?
We know War Memorial Stadium was on Greensboro’s “wish list” for some type of federal funding. A memo form City Manager Mitchell Johnson, circulated on the Fisher Park listserve, reports…
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GSO bonds: Needs vs. wants
I guess this wasn’t the N&R’s endorsement of the bonds after all. This is, with the exception of the $20 million Parks & Rec bond. Take that, City Council member…
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Afternoon matinee
I went and saw Leatherheads yesterday. Greensboro’s historic War Memorial Stadium got about a 10-second shot, serving as the stand-in for “Chicago Field,” site of the climactic game between Dodge…
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Out of touch
Neither Hoggard nor Wharton think much of retired N&R editor Irwin Smallwood’s idea to move the facade of War Memorial Stadium and “reproduce it as a magnificent entry way to…