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This Week Downtown - February 4, 2010: First Friday, Around Downtown in 80 Minute-postponed to 3/05, Embodiment Exhibition, Musical Moods, African American Music in the Time of Lincoln, Center City Briefing, Postive Art-A Benefit With Heart, Greensboro Fringe Festival, Around the World in 80 Days, and more. Due to the inclement weather, some events may be postponed or cancelled on 2/05 and 2/06, please contact the venue directly for additional information. For This Week's E-newsletter, click here.
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 | First Friday Mark Your Calendar for First Friday, February 5 for a self guided tour of local art galleries and studios, museums, retail shops, restaurants, and alternative art venues with special adventure, Around Downtown in 80 Minutes. More info at www.downtownfridays.com |
DRAFT - Downtown Design Manual: Downtown Greensboro is changing. In the past few years, new interest and development in Downtown has blossomed, creating an exciting buzz for the center city throughout Guilford County and the entire State. With increased interest in the center city by residents, property and business owners and developers, civic leaders are poised to encourage new development that celebrates and honors Downtown Greensboro�s unique character and urban setting.
Working with stakeholders and the public, Downtown Greensboro Incorporated, the City of Greensboro, Action Greensboro and other groups have crafted a Downtown Design Manual to provide a flexible framework to promote quality design, enhance our urban character and maintain long-term compatibility. The manual is also intended to help create a predictable investment climate in Downtown for new investors and existing business and property owners. To learn more and view manual, click on the following Downtown Design Manual. (revised 8/12/09, please note this manual is in pdf format with file size 26MB and may take a few minutes to open).
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| Strategic Report Strategic Action Plan: Accelerating the Momentum: A Roadmap for Success focuses on strengthening Downtown as a Prosperous, Vibrant, Memorable and Meaningful place and is the culmination of a six month process. The Plan describes the community's challenges and opportunities going into the next phase of the Downtown development process and identifies new projects and initiatives designed to attract and sustain office, retail, residential and tourist growth. DGI is using the Plan to align its resources over the next 3 to 5 years to adequately implement the new initiatives. | | | |  pdf
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| Get LISTED
Are you a Downtown Business or Property? DGI's Interactive Directory/Mapping is a great way to draw attention to your business. This FREE service is offered by DGI to businesses within the Central Business District. If you haven�t added your business to the over 900 businesses already listed, take a few minutes to complete form. Here are some of the added values that you get for FREE: - 40 word description of your business
- website link to your business
- picture of your business
- category listing(s) of your business
- map where your business is located
- statistical data, webpage visits and linkouts (upon request)
- business hours
Please take a few minutes to fill out information on form and fax back to DGI at 379-0106 (green sheet to the left). | | | |  223 Restaurant Staff | Hospitality Training
Are you interested in knowing more about downtown Greensboro? DGI is offering hospitality training classes. The training is targeted for those who come into contact with our City's thousands of visitors as well as some who have lived here for many years but may not know the downtown amenities. The cost of the class is $5.00 per person and you will receive a packet of helpful information as well as a certificate of completion. A walking tour is part of the training so wear comfortable shoes! Contact (336) 379-0060, ext. 21 to find out when the next training class will be held, seating is limited. For a list of graduates read more | | | |  | Center City Park
Center City Park is a centerpiece for downtown Greensboro as a signature urban space to be enjoyed by downtown residents, office workers, visitors, and all of Greensboro's citizens. The 2.2-acre Center City Park is located at the corner of Elm Street and Friendly Avenue will serve as new town square and heart of our center city. To visit Center City Park's website, click here. For information on how to schedule an event at the park click here. To learn more about the park's development and schedule a presentation with your club or organization, contact 379-0821.
| | | |  | South Elm Redevelopment The City of Greensboro invites you into the redevelopment process for the area at South Elm and Lee Street. Find out about the progress of redevelopment planning and opportunities for your involvement. Read More | | | |  
| Downtown Greenway
The proposed Greenway is more than a four mile loop that would connect with the existing Battleground Rail Trail and provide a biking/walking trail in and around downtown. This initiative is a collaborative effort between Moses Cone - Wesley Long Health Foundation, Action Greensboro, Downtown Greensboro Incorporated, and the City of Greensboro. With funding from Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation, Cooper Carry, Center for Connective Architecture is currently working an initial schematic design. View the proposed network diagram | connections map. For additional information see the following link Action Greensboro or visit NEW website.
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