Group arrested at city council meeting
The five young people who were arrested at a May 4 Greensboro City Council meeting had their day in court this past Monday, July 26. Cherell Brown, Clarence Bradley Hunt II, Jonathan Johnson, Wesley Morris, and Carlyle Phillips were arrested in the lobby of the Melvin Municipal Building after refusing to leave the building and were charged with second degree trespassing. Prior to their arrest, the five students and others occupied the dais during the council meeting’s recess. According to Morris, the group’s attorney, Becky Jaffe of Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham, ...
Downtown hotel construction proposal approved
Greensboro is well on its way to getting a new downtown hotel after The Urban Hotel Group (UHG) and the Elm Street Center, LLC (ESC) received approval Tuesday, July 20 from Guilford County’s bond authority on their hotel proposal. The Guilford County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority are acting as the issuers for the bonds (funds) per the guidelines in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This was the second time the hotel project was brought to the county bond commission. The last time was in November 2009. Developers decided to redesign the project proposal and submit it in the second round of Recovery Zone Facility Bonds.
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MoSoul Poetry Festival
Reasons 2 Rhyme creator and 2010 grant recipient from the United Arts Council of Greensboro, Josephus III continues to outdo himself. This poet extraordinaire is the visionary and host behind the 2010 ...
We can do better
In recent months, there have been some disturbing accusations made by Greensboro NAACP president Rev. Cardes Brown about the retiring Greensboro Police ...