After tonight’s UNCG Women’s Soccer game, the Athletics department has arranged for fireworks. It is likely the fireworks will start sometime after 9pm, most likely near 9:30. The fireworks show is from a licensed, state-inspected contractor, and will be similar to those at a Greensboro Grasshoppers game.
UNCG apologizes for the short notice! Don’t be surprised by the noise.
A group of College Hill residents have organized a neighborhood listserv through nextdoor.com. The neighborhood has had varying degrees of success over the years with such things. A list maintained by UNCG went away years ago, and a couple different Yahoo groups haven’t really generated much interest.
The nextdoor.com list offers an opportunity to bring the neighborhood a more effective means of quick communication. The Greensboro Police will announce next week that they’ll be using the system to distribute information to neighborhoods. They say 99 neighborhoods in Greensboro are using the system. Downtown, Glenwood, Lake Daniel and Westerwood are among them.
Here’s what the police say about it:
“The Greensboro Police Department will announce a partnership with Nextdoor (www.nextdoor.com), the private social network for neighborhoods, to enhance communication among police and residents to fight crime and improve quality of life. Nextdoor is part of GPD’s Neighborhood Oriented Policing initiative and supports Chief Scott’s strategy to better connect with the city’s residents and businesses.”
The festival doesn’t begin until Friday evening, but sections of major downtown streets are already being closed until next week. To keep track of what’s happening, you can download the festival’s app or check these websites:
From College Hill, the easiest ways to get to the festival will be walking, biking (monitored bike parking will be provided at the Children’s Museum), and riding free city buses that will run to the festival every 30 minutes.
A message from UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO
Between August 13 and August 23, 2015, there have been five robbery incidents in the area surrounding the UNCG campus. Although these robberies have not occurred on UNCG property, we recognize that members of our community are concerned. For that reason, the UNCG Police Department is working closely with the Greensboro Police to apprehend these suspects.
From all of the information gathered thus far, four of these robberies appear to be connected. Two took place on Mendenhall Street, one occurred at Carr and McIver Streets, and the most recent, the robbery of a food delivery driver, took place on Joyner Street. The robberies have occurred on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m.
There appears to be two suspects in common with these robberies. The first is a dark-skinned male, 6’-6’2”, 160-175 lbs. with short dreadlocks or braids. This suspect is reported to be carrying a black, semi-automatic handgun. The second suspect description varies, but is reported to be a medium brown-skinned male with a shaved or close-cut hair style, 160-200 lbs. The locations of the robberies indicate that the suspects may reside in the general area east of campus.
When walking at night, stay near well-lit areas and walk in groups if at all possible. Always be attentive to your surroundings. People who are engrossed in their mobile devices and unaware of their surroundings make much easier targets for criminals.
If you work as a food delivery driver making deliveries to the area, call the phone number of the person receiving the delivery. If you receive a message that the number is no longer in service, consider not making the delivery.
Most importantly, if you see anything suspicious, call 911 or the UNCG Police at 334-4444.
Anyone with information about these crimes is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at (336) 373-1000.
College Hill Neighborhood Association will meet Monday, August 24 at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. All are welcome to attend!
Here are minutes from the June meeting and the Agenda for Monday. Minutes from July will be posted once approved.
College Hill Neighborhood Association will meet tonight, Monday, July 27 at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. All are welcome to attend!
Here is the agenda: CHNA_July27_2015Agenda-3
Hope to see you there!
At its Monday, July 13 meeting, the Greensboro Zoning Commission will consider a request to remove 1107, 1109 & 1111 West Market Street from the College Hill Historic Overlay District (the underlying Office zoning will remain).
The College Hill Neighborhood Association urges residents to attend the meeting to speak in opposition to this request.
Residents who are unable to attend the meeting in person are encouraged to email Zoning Commission members regarding this application. This can be done via an online form found at http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=1629. (The link to the email form is in the blue box in the middle of the page.)
The Zoning Commission meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chamber of the Melvin Municipal Office Building. Click here for the agenda for the July 13 meeting.
Past experience has shown that emails and appearing at the meetings has a strong influence! Take this opportunity to have your voice heard.
UPDATE: The owners asked in both July and August that the case be continued. In early September the owners withdrew the request and told the neighborhood that they were interested in working with the neighborhood association, the city and Preservation Greensboro to work out how to sell the properties.
College Hill Neighborhood Association will meet Monday, June 22 at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. All are welcome to attend!
Here are minutes from the May meeting and the Agenda for Monday.
Hope to see you there.
The Little Libraries on Spring Garden Street at College Place UMC
The Little Libraries at College Place United Methodist Church have been a big hit! Book donations are needed, especially children’s books. Please consider donating as you’re clearing off your bookshelves.
