Task Force Says Greensboro Needs Downtown Arts Center, Public-Private...
The task force charged with studying the feasibility of a performing arts center in Greensboro says the city needs, wants and can support one.
View ArticleCaution Around The Wires: New Greensboro Tree Ordinance Seeks To Please...
The first of three City Council subcommittee meetings takes place Monday morning as lawmakers begin drafting a new tree ordinance for the city. Strong turnout is expected from residents, many of who...
View ArticleGPAC Gets City Funding But Still Has $40 Million Left To Raise
The Greensboro City Council has allocated $20 million in funding for a proposed downtown performing arts center after months of wavering over what role to play in the venue. On Tuesday council members...
View ArticleGreensboro Committee Recommends Tougher Rules For Nightclubs
A new proposed ordinance in Greensboro would require nightclubs where multiple incidents of violence have taken place to meet greater security standards. This week, a city council sub-committee said it...
View ArticleGreensboro Police Officers: 'Smile You're On Candid Camera'
The Greensboro Police Department will begin wearing small $1,100 video cameras next month in an effort to improve public trust, give officers peace of mind and capture evidence. The 125 new cameras...
View ArticleWhat Is North Carolina’s Sexiest City?
Greensboro may have just gained a new downtown grocery storeand hosted this year's ACC Basketball Tournament, but according to some, it is still lacking in one area: sexiness.
View ArticleNC Chamber Outlines Path To Economic Growth
Governor McCrory spoke Wednesday at a North Carolina Chamber event in Greensboro about how he believes the state can best grow the economy and create jobs. The Republican leader of the state offered...
View ArticleGreensboro Resident Still Upset Over Tree Trimming
Greensboro residents are upset with Duke Energy again over its tree trimming practices in the city, this time because of pruning around major transmission lines. Concerned locals are taking to Facebook...
View ArticleThe State of Things in Greensboro 4/4/2013
About once a month The State of Things packs up our Mobile 1 and heads to Greensboro for a broadcast from The Triad Stage. Here's what's coming up on the next show this Thursday, April 4:
View ArticleTEDx Brings Ideas Worth Sharing To Greensboro
TEDx is the community offshoot of TED, a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas Worth Spreading." Greensboro is the site of a spring conference, featuring such speakers as Daniel Herr, a neuroscientist giving...
View ArticleExploring Local Greenways: Greensboro's Artistic Twist
With springtime comes the urge to get outdoors, and in a handful of North Carolina’s cities and towns, a growing network of greenways is making that easier to do. While North Carolina does not stand...
View ArticleGreensboro Air Quality Improving, But Still Receives F-rating
The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report is out, and it slots Greensboro as the 42nd most polluted metro area in the county. The city received an F-rating.Laura-Kate Bender, who...
View ArticleGuilford County Students To Get Tablets
This fall about 13,000 middle school students in the Guilford County Schools district will receive tablets. It’s part of a $30 million Race to the Top grant that Guilford won last year. Administrators...
View ArticleGreensboro Looks For A Million Dollar Idea
Leaders in Greensboro are accepting submissions for a federal grant that will award one million dollars for an innovative plan. The winning idea is supposed to help the city’s economy by designing a...
View ArticleTablet Training Underway In Guilford County
Thirteen thousand students in Guilford County will receive tablets computers when they begin the 6th grade this fall. Last year the county was awarded a federal “Race to the Top” grant for 30 million...
View ArticleTaking Flight For Aviation Jobs Of Tomorrow
Across the state thousands of high school students will graduate this weekend. About three dozen are from the Aviation Academy at T.W. Andrews High School in Guilford County. It’s one of only a few...
View ArticleFestival Celebrates Greensboro Refugee Communities
Now in its fourth year, the Mosaic Festival celebrates the diversity and cultures of the Triad, attracting thousands of attendees. Host Frank Stasio talks with Sarah Ivory, director of the Immigration...
View ArticleUFO Conference In Greensboro This Weekend
The Center for UFO Research is hosting a conference in Greensboro this weekend. Organizers say it will be a gathering of government officials and military witnesses, as well as UFO researchers and...
View ArticleChange Of Step At Civil Rights Museum
The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opened in Greensboro nearly three and a half years ago. A national sit-in movement began on February 1st, 1960 at an F.W. Woolworth lunch counter on...
View ArticleGreensboro Establishes Summer Curfew For Youth
Teenagers in Greensboro now have a summer curfew. The City Council voted 8-1 at a special meeting this morning to implement a curfew for 60 days in the downtown area. The mandate follows a recent...
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