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City Would Benefit From New Arts Center

Greensboro News & Record, Letter to the Editor, 05/24/12

Greensboro’s War Memorial Auditorium is antiquated and in deplorable condition. It has served its purpose for more than 50 years but Greensboro needs a new performing arts center. It is a quality-of-life component that is needed to help make our city attractive to new business and industry and … Read More



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Downtown – Best Place for an Arts Center

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By Susan Shore Schwartz, Tom Taylor and Dawn Chaney

Greensboro News & Record article, March 18, 2012

The mayor and City Council have started a collaborative process to bring our community together to examine the need for a performing arts center in downtown. Rather than follow the same process that resulted in two failed public … Read More



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Step 3: Selecting Priority Projects.

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DGI’s new work program has taken another step forward with the selection of priority projects. In January, DGI obtained public input to identify almost 200 potential projects to move Downtown forward. Then, we asked people to vote on projects that were most important. Based on the voting and combining overlapping project, we have now narrowed the list to the top … Read More



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Step 2: The Votes are in for projects that will move Downtown forward.

With extensive citizen input in 2010, community leaders approved the Downtown Investment Strategy as the big picture plan for transforming our center city. Now, Downtown Greensboro Incorporated wants your help again to brainstorm the projects that will make us more Prosperous, Vibrant, Memorable and Meaningful. These projects will serve as the basis for a new Work Program to focus our … Read More



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Vote for Your Ideas! Step 2: Projects that will move Downtown forward

With extensive citizen input in 2010, community leaders approved the Downtown Investment Strategy as the big picture plan for transforming our center city. Now, Downtown Greensboro Incorporated wants your help again to brainstorm the projects that will make us more Prosperous, Vibrant, Memorable and Meaningful. These projects will serve as the basis for a new Work Program to … Read More



New Businesses Move into Downtown Greensboro

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP)—1/12/12

More entrepreneurs are taking the plunge and starting small businesses in downtown Greensboro, where several stores have opened in the past six weeks.

 


Share Your Ideas! Projects that will move Downtown forward

With extensive citizen input in 2010, community leaders approved the Downtown Investment Strategy as the big picture plan for transforming our center city. Now, Downtown Greensboro Incorporated wants your help again to brainstorm the projects that will make us more Prosperous, Vibrant, Memorable and Meaningful. These projects will serve as the basis for a new Work … Read More



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