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Adopted Budget
The
City's entire adopted FY 2010-11 Budget is now
posted online. Review or download the
budget document as a whole or as individual
sections from this
page. National Night Out
National Night Out, a crime and
drug prevention event sponsored locally by the
Greensboro Police Department, takes
place Tuesday, August 3, with events
throughout the city. This unique crime and
drug prevention event annually features more than
100 Greensboro neighborhoods and the City's
participation in the national event has earned
it 12 national awards from the National
Association of Town Watch. Learn
more. |
Mapping Tool Want to
know if there are any road projects planned near
your neighborhood? Use the City's new
online Road Project Mapping Tool for
access to information on major City- and
state-planned roadway projects.
Voices of the City
The Greensboro Historical
Museum's state-of-the-art, 8,000-square-foot
exhibit called Voices of a City: Greensboro, North
Carolina is now open. The exhibit weaves
first-person observations and remembrances with
technology to tell the story of Greensboro's
history dating back to the early 1700s. Read
more. Public
Workshop The City is giving the
public a chance to review design concepts for
Phase 3 of the Downtown Greenway at two
public workshops. The workshops are from 12 noon
to 2 pm and from 5-7 pm Thursday, July 29, at the
Old Bingo Hall, 421 W. Smith
St. Human Relations
Department Exceeds Federal Fair Housing
Standards The City of Greensboro's
Human Relations Department has met and exceeded
the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development's (HUD) standards for fair housing
assistance and enforcement in fiscal year 2009-10.
Learn
more. |
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accordance with the North Carolina Public Records
law, found in North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 132, e-mail addresses of persons that
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| City
Council Action Wrap-Up |
Council approves
changes to the Greensboro
Coliseum. At its July
20 meeting, Greensboro City Council approved a new
$1.2 million VIP lounge for Greensboro Coliseum's
War Memorial Auditorium as a commitment to the
Atlantic Coast Conference. The lounge will be
almost entirely funded from grant money provided
by the Coliseum's food vendor, Ovations. In
addition to funds for the lounge, Council approved
finishing the Coliseum's amphitheater with
$125,000 from Ovations. Also, after two
previous attempts, Council approved a contract to
build a pipeline on Southeast School Road. The new
pipeline will provide water and sewer service to
Alamance Elementary School. To view the
entire meeting or past meetings, visit City
Council's video archive
page. |
| Police
Chief Search |
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City narrows
applicants down to two
candidates.
Police professionals from Charlotte, NC,
and Elgin, Ill., are the final two candidates for
the City's Chief of Police post. The candidates
are: Kenneth C. Miller, senior deputy chief for
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and
Lisa G. Womack, former police chief of the Elgin
Police Department. The candidates
were chosen following a national search that
included much public input. The
community's input will again play a role in
the final selection. Read more about the
candidates. |
| Changes to
Trash Collection Schedule Coming in
August |
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Some residents
will get a new trash collection day, recycling
collection week.
![trash collection]() Starting
Monday, August 9, the City's residential trash
collection day and recycling collection week will
change for some customers to increase efficiency
and balance service routes. Residents can view
their collection day online. In
addition to trash collection day and recycling
week changes taking place August 9, the schedule
for bulk collection (items too large to fit in a
trash container) will change from weekly pickups
to every other week pickups for all residents.
Bulk items will be picked up the same weeks that
recycling items are collected. Yard
waste and appliance collection services will not
change. This means that yard waste will be
collected on your regular service day─ no
appointment is needed─ and appliances are
collected by appointments by calling 373-CITY
(2489). |
| City
Increases Fees for Some Services,
Activities |
Increases
approved as part of the FY 2010-11
Budget. ![park shelter]() The City
recently increased fees for some services and
activities. These fees were approved by Greensboro
City Council as part of the FY 2010-11 Budget. Fee
increases include: Water
Rate: Water rates for City of Greensboro
water customers will increase 6
percent. Parking:
Fee increases for parking violations are as
follows:
- $10 per violation (up from $5): expired
meter, over allowed time, parked more than eight
feet into street, non-parking space, facing
opposite traffic, between roadway and property
line, and double parked
- $25 per violation (up from $10): obstruction
of sidewalk
- $50 per violation (up from $25): parking
within five feet of a fire hydrant.
Parks and Recreation:
Fees for athletic programs, shelter rentals,
watershed parks, fishing permits, the Greensboro
Sportsplex, and the Gillespie Park Golf Course
will increase. Get a complete list of Parks and
Recreation fee increases
at greensboro-nc.gov/departments/Parks. View more fee increases. Also,
for more information about these fee increases,
call 373-CITY
(2489). | |
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