news and record wed aug 3 2011
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Great coverage of the National Night Out and Warnersville Farmers Market on the front page of the N&R. Featuring quotes from people we know!TRANSCRIPT
News & Record, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 A5
new year,” said Melvin“Skip” Alston, chairman ofthe Guilford County Boardof Commissioners. “We aregoing to have to find somesolution.
“The city needs parking,and the county needs park-ing. I think it would be bet-ter for us to work togetherthan for us to build twoseparate parking lots orparking decks.”
City Manager RashadYoung said he, his staffand Mayor Bill Knight metwith Alston in June to talkabout a joint venture. Itcould make sense, Youngsaid, but details wouldhave to be ironed out,and it isn’t clear whetherCity Council membersor county commissionerswould back such a project.
“In downtown, we’re justabout tapped out when itcomes to parking,” Youngsaid. “Without a parkingsolution, we’re going tobe squeezed significantlywhen the jail comes on-line.”
Some 200 spaces wouldcover the staff at the newjail. But add to that thefamily visitors, lawyersand the various other traf-fic the jail would bring, andthe problem appears evenmore severe.
Both the county and thecity have something sig-nificant to bring to a jointventure.
The county has come inunder budget on buildingthe jail, and Alston said of-ficials could use some ofthe bond money approvedfor the project by voters— potentially millions ofdollars — to help finance anew deck.
Each space could costbetween $15,000 and$20,000 and the new deckcould need between 550and 700 spaces.
The city brings to thetable what could be a per-
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fect site — a lot acrossfrom what will be the newGreensboro Police Depart-ment headquarters at 320Federal Place.
Young said the city willbe taking over the site —formerly the IRS building— shortly, and it could pro-vide an ideal solution to thejail parking problem.
“It’s close enough tothe new jail and it’s closeenough to downtown, therestaurants and the busi-ness district to maybe re-lieve some of the pressurethere,” Young said.
Of course both the CityCouncil and the Board ofCommissioners would haveto agree to put money intothe project — somethingboth have been reluctantto do since the economicdownturn.
Commissioner Kirk Per-kins said he doesn’t thinkthe time is right for thecounty to build a deck, andhe doesn’t think there will
be enough support amongthe commissioners to doso.
“I’m not saying Iwouldn’t be in favor of it atsome point,” Perkins said.“But right now, I don’tthink we need to be in theparking business, and wedon’t need to be going fur-ther into debt than we haveto for a big, new deck.”
Perkins said he wouldlike to see the county workwith the city and down-town merchants to use theexisting parking.
Alston said there maynot be enough parking forthat plan to work.
“People are going tohave to park somewhere,”Alston said. “It’s somethingwe’ve got to figure out be-fore the end of the year,when this jail is going to beopening.
“I think a city-countydeck is the way to go, and Ihope others will see that aswe continue talking.”
Contact Joe Killian at373-7023 or [email protected]
curb market or conve-nience store,” said MarkSmith, an epidemiologistwith the Guilford CountyHealth Department, whowrote the grant as part ofGuilford County HealthyCarolinians partnership.
Those stores have lim-ited produce, highermarkups and a captive au-dience, according to sta-tistics and a look at what’son the shelves, said Smith.Some that started out asgas stations accept SNAPbenefits, which once werecalled food stamps.
“It hurts me to see peo-ple from the communityleaving (those stores) withgroceries ... because theycan’t get to a Food Lionand they can walk there,”said Otis Hairston Jr.
Hairston grew up in the
area and was involved inthe project’s planning aspart of the WarnersvilleCommunity Coalition.
Making changes willtake a lot of work, saidMarianne LeGreco, an as-sistant professor and re-searcher at UNCG whospecializes in health issuesand is working with theWarnersville community.
“The response (fromthe merchants) is often,‘People won’t buy it, so Idon’t sell it,’ ” she said. “Itinvolves changing eatinghabits, and that can be atough thing.”
That’s why the coalitionis looking beyond the farm-ers’ market to providinga wellness program, com-munity interactions aroundfood, and cooking classesinvolving vegetables, suchas eggplants, that remainforeign to some cooks, shesaid.
“It’s also helping peoplebecome more comfortable
with the idea of cooking —realizing you don’t have tobe a master chef to eat bet-ter,” LeGreco said.
Money for the year-long grant comes from theTranslational Researchand Clinical Science Insti-tute at UNC-Chapel Hill.Researchers hope to repli-cate what they learn else-where.
“Our ultimate goal is toreally be able to say thosefood deserts no longer ex-ist, that all citizens haveequitable access to freshfood and vegetables andhealthy food in general,”Smith said.
Hours for the test mar-ket are from 2:30 to 4:30p.m. today. Some of theparticipating farmers alsosell at the GreensboroFarmers’ Curb Market.
Contact Nancy McLaughlinat 373-7049or [email protected]
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UNITED ARTS COUNCIL GRANTSORGANIZATION 2010-11 2011-12
African American Atelier $16,000 $18,000Bel Canto Company 9,500 15,000Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center 2,350 0Carolina Theatre 36,000 37,000*Center for Visual Artists 0 13,500City Arts Music Center 12,500 0Community Theatre of Greensboro 29,000 32,000*Duane Cyrus 3,210 9,400Eastern Music Festival 90,500 93,000*Elsewhere Artist Collaborative 20,000 25,000Green Hill Center for N.C. Art 51,000 57,000*Greensboro Ballet 13,500 18,000Greensboro Historical Museum 6,500 0Greensboro Opera 15,000 **Greensboro Oratorio Society 0 2,000Greensboro Symphony Orchestra 81,000 93,000*Guilford College Gallery 3,000 0Magic Art Bus 0 5,000Music Academy of North Carolina 22,500 25,000*Music For A Great Space 0 12,000N.C. Dance Project 4,000 4,500Piedmont Blues Preservation Society 0 1,600Reasons 2 Rhyme 13,500 0Touring Theatre of North Carolina 7,440 7,000Triad Pride Men’s Chorus 0 4,000Triad Stage 90,500 93,000*Weatherspoon Art Museum 3,000 0Total $530,000 $565,000
*Received same amount for next season.
** Announcement of Greensboro Opera award postponed.
Totals do not include teacher art grants and regional artist grants, to be announced at
later dates. The fiscal year runs July 1 through June 30.
Source: United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro
“Not only is it a reaffir-mation of the quality of ourprograms, it speaks to thecommunity’s commitmentto the arts in general,” saidLaura Way, Green HillCenter CEO.
Way and other artsleaders were particularlypleased that the councilchanged its approach, giv-ing larger groups a two-year grant commitmentinstead of one year.
Richard Whittington,managing director of TriadStage, called it “a huge ad-vantage,” adding, “We cando some better planningfor the following season.”
Two years ago, the coun-cil retooled its criteria tofocus grants on education,diversity and positioningGreensboro as a nation-ally recognized arts desti-nation. While more artistsand groups were eligible,some longtime recipientsreceived smaller grants.
At the same time, its2009 and 2010 fund drivesfell short of goals.
When Tom Philion be-came the council’s presi-dent a year ago, he focusedon increasing support forthe arts. The latest drivemet its $1.2 million goal.
The council’s board also
made changes in its larg-est grant program, dividingmoney between missionsupport and project sup-port.
Mission support grantsgo to nonprofit arts orga-nizations with annual rev-enue exceeding $500,000.Recipients will receive thesame grant for two years,provided that the artscouncil meets fundraisinggoals and no majorchanges occur in a recipi-ent’s operations.
Not only do two-yeargrants help groups betterplan their future, but theycut down on paperworkand application reviewtime, Philion said.
Project support grantsare one-year grants forsmaller arts organizations,or individual artists work-ing with a nonprofit artsgroup. They finance spe-cific projects or programs.
In awarding grants, thecouncil considered groupsand projects that furthercouncil priorities: arts edu-cation, increasing commu-nity access to the arts, andsupporting economic vital-
ity and positioning the cityas a cultural destination.
“These new guidelinesand the grants are onepiece of our commitmentto serving the needs of thearts community,” Philionsaid.
But because council re-sources are limited, it de-cided to eliminate somegroups from grant consid-eration: grant-making or-ganizations and those thatreceive most of their sup-port from government, col-leges and universities.
That affects some pastrecipients — City Arts, theGuilford College gallery,N.C. A&T and UNCG’sWeatherspoon Art Mu-seum.
City Arts Manager MaryAlice Kurr-Murphy saidshe is disappointed but un-derstands the reasoning.
“All government enti-ties have had their budgetsseverely restricted in thelast couple of years, too,”she said.
Professional choralgroup Bel Canto Companyreceived a $15,000 projectsupport grant, up from the
$9,500 it received last year.“We are obviously
thrilled,” Bel Canto Execu-tive Director Jeffrey Carl-son said.
Bel Canto will use themoney for artists’ fees,promotional expenses andits part in a major Feb-ruary concert, part of anAmerican Choral DirectorsAssociation conference.
Mitchel Sommers,executive director ofCommunity Theatre ofGreensboro, was grate-ful that its annual grantincreased from $29,000 to$32,000 — even though theamount is half of what itreceived years ago.
Because his organizationqualified for the two-yeargrant, he will not have toreapply next year.
Sommers also waspleased that council priori-ties no longer specify thata grant recipient shouldhelp position Greensboroas a “nationally recog-nized” arts destination.
“I am glad that the UAChas restructured fundingpolicies and put more focuson nurturing programs forlocal constituents, ratherthan on getting an organi-zation’s name on a blog inCalifornia,” he said.
Contact Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane at 373-5204 [email protected]
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“Not only is it a reaffirmation of the qualityof our programs, it speaks to the community’s
commitment to the arts in general.”
LauraWay, CEO of the Green Hill Center
with the cuts. Using moneyfrom tuition increases ap-proved earlier this year,the university restoredsome critical course sec-tions, Brady said.
UNCG also approved atemporary course substi-tution policy so studentscan graduate on time.
Brady said the uni-versity invested about
$600,000 into restoringsome class sections for thefall, based on projectedfall enrollment and moneythe university expects toreceive from tuition hikes.
But she said the uni-versity may have to findother resources to keepsome spring class sec-tions. Brady said shedoes expect more tuitionmoney in the spring dueto transfer students, andthat could be a source formaintaining sections.
The university placed
some people whose posi-tions were eliminated intoother jobs. Of the 46 staffpositions cut, 16 were inthe academic affairs di-vision. Of those 16, threeretired and eight weremoved into other jobs oncampus, Brady said.
UNCG trustees will dis-cuss the budget in moredetail Thursday at a re-treat on campus.
Contact Jonnelle Davis at373-7080 or [email protected]
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World’s tallest tower to be built in Saudi Arabia
CHICAGO—A tower de-signed by Chicago archi-tects Adrian Smith andGordon Gill and to be builtin Saudi Arabia will be theworld’s tallest building ifcompleted, according toplans unveiled Tuesday.
Kingdom Tower willbe built in Jeddah, a portcity on the Red Sea, ac-cording to Adrian Smith &Gordon Gill Architecture.The building will be morethan 3,280 feet tall and atleast 563 feet taller thanthe world’s current tall-
est building, Dubai’s BurjKhalifa.
Smith was with the Chi-cago office of Skidmore,Owings & Merrill whenhe designed the 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa, whichopened in January 2010.
Construction of King-dom Tower will start “im-minently” and is expectedto last about five years,according to Smith andGill’s firm. The buildingwill house a luxury hotel,apartments, condos, of-fice space and the world’shighest observatory andis expected to cost $1.2
billion to construct. Thetower is part of KingdomCity, a development proj-ect in Jeddah expected tocost $20 billion.
The plans were an-nounced Tuesday bySaudi billionaire PrinceAlwaleed bin Talal, anephew of Saudi KingAbdullah and chairman ofKingdom Holding Co. Theskyscraper represents thelatest example of Chicago-based architecture firmstaking on overseas workas the American commer-cial real estate marketstruggles.
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