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The City of Greensboro and the College Hill Neighborhood Association will host their second Neighborhood Summit to get public input on the future growth of the College Hill community. The summit will be held Thursday, April 16, from 6:30-8:30 pm at Church of the Covenant, 501 S. Mendenhall St. For more information visit the College Hill Neighborhood Web site or call Sue Schwartz, the City's Neighborhood Planning Manager, at 373-2149. The Greensboro Philharmonia, under the direction of Robert Gutter, and guest trumpet soloist Ed Bach, will host an exciting evening of music when it presents Berlioz, Hummel and Schumann. The concert will be held Friday, April 17, at 7:30 pm at Guilford College's Dana Auditorium, 5800 W. Friendly Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Greensboro Philharmonia Web site or contact Jennifer Hance at 373-2549. The Commission on the Status of Women will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 21, at 1 pm in the Council Chambers of the Melvin Municipal Office Building, 300 W. Washington St. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, visit the City's Human Relations Department Web site or call Yamile Walker at 373-2328.
Droughts not only affect people, they also affect wildlife. Learn how animals and plants cope with dry spells by attending Parks and Recreation's "Living the Wild Life: Pond Studies and Wetland Ecology" class Thursday, April 23, at 6 pm at Lake Higgins Watershed Park, 4235 Hamburg Rd. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 373-3818. |
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| City Council Action Wrap-Up |
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Council seeks grant to get 30 new police officers..
At its meeting on Tuesday, April 7, City Council approved a federal stimulus grant application that would add up to 30 new police officers to the Greensboro Police Department (GPD). City staff is seeking the grant from COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP), which offers law enforcement agencies funds to create and preserve jobs and to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
If the City receives the grant, CHRP would pay for entry-level salaries and benefits for the officers' first three years of service. The City expects to hear a decision on whether it will receive the grant by fall of this year.
Council also:
- Voted 5-4 to annex 151 acres in McLeansville into Greensboro city limits. Because the annexation request didn't receive six affirmative votes, Council will revote on the issue at its April 21 meeting.
- Noted that a Council Briefing will be held Tuesday, April 14, at 3 pm in the Plaza Level Conference Room of the Melvin Municipal Office Building, 300 W. Washington St. The meeting is open to the public.
To view the entire meeting or past meetings, visit City Council's video archive page. |
| Let Council Know What Matters to You with Online Budget Survey |
Survey makes it easy for residents to voice their opinions.
The City is making it easy for you to weigh in on its annual budget process with a new online survey. If you haven't attended one of City Council's community conversations on the budget, or even if you have and have additional input, take the online budget survey and voice your opinions.
Also, you have one more chance to attend a community meeting on the budget. Council member Mike Barber will host the final meeting on Thursday, April 23, at 6 pm at Lindley Recreation Center, 2907 Springwood Dr.
Anyone having special needs should call 373-2723 at least five days prior to the meeting. Stay informed about the budget process by visiting City's budget process page and read what other residents had to say. |
| City Submits Updated Economic Stimulus Priority List to State Senate |
Revised list includes priority projects to keep Greensboro moving.
The City of Greensboro has provided a retooled economic stimulus priority list to the newly formed Select North Carolina Senate Committee for Economic Recovery. Greensboro Senator Don Vaughan is a member of that committee.
The retooled list includes 62 projects Greensboro City Council approved as priority projects for economic stimulus funding, as well as additional projects identified by City staff. As new information has become available about economic stimulus funding, City department heads have identified additional projects that may qualify for funding as part of the stimulus package.
Governor Bev Perdue's budget recommendations on March 17 reportedly used some of the economic stimulus funding as part of her balanced budget proposal. The Senate committee and a House committee will take up the task of evaluating the Governor's recommendation for stimulus funding. That review may reflect different priorities than those of the Governor.
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| Recycle Your Old Electronics |
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Guilford County residents can drop off appliances, household chemicals, batteries, computers, cell phones and much more for free during the annual Spring Cleanup. The event, sponsored by the City of Greensboro, Guilford County and the N.C. Department of Agriculture (NCDA), will be held Friday, April 17, from 9 am to 3 pm at the NCDA office, 3309 Burlington Rd. Learn more about the Spring Cleanup. |
| Protest Petition Restored |
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N.C. General Assembly ratified bill.
The N.C. General Assembly ratified a bill in March that removed Greensboro's exemption from protest petition requirements.
Greensboro City Council must now follow specific voting procedures when addressing rezoning matters where a valid protest petition has been submitted. For example, any action taken in cases involving a protest petition must be approved by City Council by a super-majority vote. For Greensboro, that means seven votes would be required.
For more information about the requirements and procedures for submitting protest petitions, visit the City's Planning Department Web site or call 373-2144. |
| City Water Wins 'Safe Drinking' Award |
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EPA recognizes City's commitment to safe water act.
The City's Water Resources Department recently received the 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Safe Drinking Water Act Excellence Award for its region, which includes eight southeastern states. The award recognizes a commitment to compliance with the safe water act through outstanding operations and maintenance. Criteria for the award include compliance with federal and state regulations, passing sanitary survey results, overall administrative management, operations and maintenance and quality customer service. "The award is an outstanding recognition of the ongoing efforts taken by the Water Resources Department to provide excellent operations and maintenance of our public water system for our customers," said Allan Williams, director of Water Resources. For more information about Water Resources, visit its Web site. |
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