Help GSO Improve: Better Block Greensboro

Posted on Oct 09, 2014 by Judy Horn

BETTER BLOCK GREENSBORO
On Friday, Oct. 10, from 5 to 9 p.m. ArtsGreensboro, Action Greensboro, NC Bike Summit, PART plus others are working on a demonstration project in Hamburger Square, downtown next to Natty Greene’s. The event is called Better Block Greensboro.

The goal is to transform the area at McGee/Elm/Davie/MLK into a true public square, activating the grassy areas and calming traffic movement. They will test a number of ideas that could be incorporated into more permanent streetscape improvements and public art. The group wants to illustrate the value of more permanent locations where planned and unplanned music and dance performance could occur in downtown/Hamburger Square by introducing movable seating and trying out some temporary stages. The Hamburger Square area should always be inviting for buskers and other performances, rather than sitting as a sleepy gap in the middle of South Elm Street!

This free event is relevant to our College Hill efforts.

College Hill Joe Wheby will be assisting Preservation Greensboro with their display at the Cascade Saloon, so stop by and say hi!

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1546140095615372/

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Better Block Greensboro

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Thanks to All Involved in College Hill Clean Up

Posted on Oct 07, 2014 by Judy Horn

College Hill Clean Up Oct 2014

Thanks to everyone who helped with the College Hill Clean Up on Saturday, Oct. 4. Participants cleaned up a lot of litter and did some general sprucing up.

Kudos to Virginia Haskett for doing a great job organizing this effort.

Thanks to Pat and Clara Kelly for donating recycling bags. Many thanks also to local businesses on Tate Street (listed below) that contributed food and give-a-ways and to the Church of the Covenant for our meeting space and use of their dumpster. The next time you visit any of these businesses, please tell them how much we appreciate their contributions.

Tate Street Contributors to the College Hill Clean Up
Coffeeology
College Mart
Chipotle
East Coast Wings
Jimmy John’s
Manhattan Subs and Pizza 

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Local Events Abound this Weekend

Posted on Oct 03, 2014 by Judy Horn

Looking for something to do this weekend? There are lots of local choices!

FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 2014

Fall Festival in Center City Park
Free event with live music, 18 food trucks, children’s activities, locally crafted food and drink. Proceeds support the park’s music and exercise classes programming.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1442012812740899/

SATURDAY, OCT. 4, 2014

College Hill Clean Up — Meet at 9:30 to 10 a.m. at the Church of the Covenant (Please see the earlier post for more details.)

Art & Sole Art Walk of Westerwood Neighborhood  10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free
Look for signs posted in Westerwood Neighborhood
www.facebook.com/westerwoodartandsole

Art On Tap- Center for Visual Art  4 to 8 p.m.
Live music, artists, art activities. Adults $5. Children free
Location: outside the Westerwood Tavern, 508 Guilford Ave., Greensboro 
www.greensboroart.org/artontap

SUNDAY, OCT. 5, 2014

11th Annual- ART in the Arboretum Noon to 5 p.m.
50 artists, 3 stages of entertainment, food, fun, art activities for children and dogs, free admission
Greensboro Arboretum, 401 Ashland Dr., Greensboro
www.greensborobeautiful.org

Creative Aging Network
Exhibition & Auction- Ambleside Gallery, 1 to 3 p.m.
528 S. Elm St., Greensboro 
lia@can-nc.org

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Police issue two public safety alerts for us all to be aware of

Posted on Oct 02, 2014 by David Arneke
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Larry Lee Louis

Two advisories from city and campus police that are worth knowing about:

The first is from our Greensboro police community resource officer, M.L. Daniel (336-373-4645).  A man named Larry Louis Lee has been found sleeping on the front porches of homes throughout Zone 110, College Hill’s police patrol zone, and neighboring Zone 130.  If you find this guy on your porch or if you hear about such a case, call the police. If you feel it’s an emergency, call 911; otherwise, call the non-emergency number, 373-2222. Lee has a history of burglary.

Also, the UNCG and N.C. A&T police departments report that men have been approaching women on or near the two campuses and others in Greensboro, saying they’re selling perfume out of their cars. The UNCG police say they encountered the men and told them to beat it.  In case they’re still around, keep this in mind. In case you need to be told not to get into or near the cars of men you don’t know, don’t do it. Especially if they’ve got a story as suspicious as selling perfume out of their car. The A&T police issued an alert to the campus community about this on Wednesday.

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Reminder: Big neighborhood cleanup this Saturday, 10 a.m. (Before you say no, please read the part below about free pizza)

Posted on Oct 01, 2014 by David Arneke

Actually, that headline could have said:

FREE PIZZA LUNCH SATURDAY!
for everyone helping with big neighborhood cleanup

But wait! That’s not all! You’ll also get …

  • Coffee and stuff from 9:30 to 10 in the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.
  • Gift certificates for door prizes (well, some people will get them, maybe you).
  • And, yeah, pizza lunch back at the church around noon.

We’ll be picking up trash and generally cleaning up around the neighborhood. It’s been a long time since we’ve done this. It’s not hard work. It won’t take long. You’ll be helping the neighborhood out with some other good people. And, you know, pizza.

Please join us!

 

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Get Ready for Some Fireworks!

Posted on Sep 29, 2014 by Judy Horn

The folks at UNCG want their College Hill neighbors to be aware that fireworks are planned for the end of the UNCG soccer game this Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.  A professional fireworks company is managing the display which should start between 9 to 9:30 p.m. The noise will last about 20 minutes. As with all fireworks, you can expect flashes, loud noises, and aerial explosions.

Our advice: Relax and enjoy a free fireworks show!

 

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Springdale Park’s venerable owl and rabbit are freshly painted thanks to the brothers of UNCG’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity

Posted on Sep 28, 2014 by David Arneke

The newly painted Springdale Park owlThe newly painted Springdale Park rabbitIMG_20140928_090130200The fine young men of UNCG’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity have adopted Springdale Park as a service project, and we can thank them for a long overdue painting of the park’s classic concrete animals. The owl and rabbit have been the subject of much talk and good intentions over the years, but, for some reason, actually getting them painted has been a project no one had ever gotten around to. We thank the bros of Pi Kappa Alpha for getting it done, and in an appropriately colorful style, too.

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How One Community Deals with “the College Students Next Door”

Posted on Sep 23, 2014 by Judy Horn

Below are two links to articles about how one Baltimore neighborhood works with residents who are also college students. NPR Radio carried this story. Thanks to Joe Wheby for sending us the links!

http://www.loyola.edu/department/studentlife/housinginformation/offcampushousing

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/there-goes-neighborhood-college-students-next-door

 

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College Hill Neighborhood Assn meeting Monday, 9/22, 7 p.m.

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 by Judy Horn

The September meeting of the College Hill Neighborhood Association will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Covenant, 501 S. Mendenhall St.  The Community Watch report will be given at the meeting. All College Hill residents are welcome to attend. A link to the draft minutes of the August meeting is below. The meeting agenda is under development and will be available at the meeting.

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More runners will be racing through this Saturday afternoon

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 by David Arneke

Late Saturday afternoon, another road race will come through College Hill. The 2014 Race the Bar 5K and 8K will begin Saturday at 4 p.m., downtown on South Elm Street.  Streets affected in College Hill will include Spring Garden, Tate, Walker, Carr, Mendenhall, McGee, Cedar, and Fulton.

Race organizers expect runners to reach the neighborhood by about 4:10 p.m. and be gone by 4:40. Police will be stationed along the way.

Maps of the routes are below. They’re similar but not exactly the same.

Map of 8K race

The 8K race comes up Spring Garden, goes right on Tate, then down Carr and onto campus. Runners will return from UNCG by coming up Carr to Mendenhall, then right to McGee, left to Cedar and back to downtown on Spring Garden.

Map of 5K race

The 5K course comes up Spring Garden to Tate, down to Walker Avenue, up Walker and all the way down to Fulton, and then out to Spring Garden again and back downtown.

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