All the development downtown does no good in the face of 11.5% unemployment.You can put 20 buildings downtown, but if there are no companies going into those buildings, what good does it do? Nonetheless, the local development crowd and city planners want you to join them for a workshop on the future look of downtown Greensboro coming up on Tuesday, April 28, 6-8pm at the Downtown Depot.
As stated in Greensboro’s adopted comprehensive plan, Connections 2025 (to which, as a newly-installed member of the Greensboro Planning Board, I'm excited to be a part of), the draft Downtown Greensboro Design and Compatibility Manual aims to encourage high quality design and infill development.
But the build-it-and-they-will-come-attitude in this town must cease. Trader Joe's will not come to town if our citizens can't find jobs and have no income to support a Trader Joe's. We must balance physical development with effective economic development. We're still a long way from that.
(More from Ryan Shell, N&R)
E.C. :)
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All this deceitful talk about helping downtown by putting up more private parking spaces, unused office space, martini bars and living space is helping other areas more than it is helping make the central city better.
Downtown should be unique, and I guess it is because it is the only area in the city without free parking in the daytime.
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