Category Archives: Wafco Mills

College Hill historic-home prices continued to soar in 2022

2022 was a relatively quiet year for real estate in College Hill. Few historic homes went up for sale, continuing the trend of recent years. I counted 12 sales during the year; just three involved owner-occupied homes. Five houses (including … Continue reading

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Spring report from the College Hill Beautification Program; volunteers are needed to help weed and maintain planting beds

Beth Langlois, chair of the beautification program, reports: The neighborhood flower beds weathered the winter and spring very well.   The pansies have been removed, and beds have been weeded. Thank you to Lyddan Pawlowski for help weeding the Jackson, Tate … Continue reading

Posted in Carr Street, Cedar Street, College Hill Neighborhood Association, Jackson Street, Market Street, McGee Street, Mendenhall Street, Morehead Street, Municipal Service District, Rankin Place, Spring Garden Street, Tate Street, Wafco Mills, Walker Avenue | Leave a comment

City allows Greensboro College to bypass normal oversight and demolish a key feature of a historic campus building

This week, the city gave Greensboro College permission to tear down a character-defining feature of a historic building on campus without going through the Historic Preservation Commission. The college says the smokestack on its old power plant was hit by … Continue reading

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College Hill real estate update: Very little for sale right now; also, Tate Street is about to get another pizza-and-subs place

After a flurry of late fall/early winter activity, College Hill has unusually few houses or condos for sale. Only two single-family, owner-occupied houses are on the market — the beautiful 126 South Mendenhall, under contract at an asking price of … Continue reading

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Notes on August CHNA agenda, Neighborhood Watch update

The neighborhood association will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight (Monday August 29), 7 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Covenant. Two COA applications will be discussed. A new idea for how to administer the neighborhood’s Municipal … Continue reading

Posted in Cedar Street, Neighborhood Watch, Neighbors, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Public Safety, Real Estate, Spring Garden Street, Tate Street, The Province, UNCG, Wafco Mills, Weatherspoon Art Museum | Leave a comment

College Hill Real Estate Report, Spring 2016

Spring marks the beginning of the home-buying/home-selling season, and College Hill is coming off a relatively quiet year in 2015. With few houses coming onto the market, only five owner-occupied, single-family homes were sold, along with two rental houses and … Continue reading

Posted in Joyner Street, McGee Street, Mendenhall Street, Rankin Place, Real Estate, Tate Street, Wafco Mills, Walker Avenue | Leave a comment

Greenway designers to show ideas for intersection at Wafco

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Downtown Greenway planners to hold two meetings Dec. 10 on design of section running along Wafco and Greensboro College

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