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Congratulations, Class of ! Next steps. Boldly Elon Strategic Plan. Giving to Elon. Campus Maps. School of Communications Elon is one of only 18 private universities in the nation with an accredited communications school. Downtown Greensboro has attracted development investment in recent years with such new construction as First National Bank Field , residential construction, and offices.
The Southside neighborhood downtown exemplifies central-city reinvestment. The formerly economically depressed neighborhood has been redeveloped as an award-winning neotraditional-style neighborhood featuring walkability , compact blocks and local amenities and services.
The redevelopment of the downtown was stimulated by the opening of the Elon University School of Law. The law school is credited with attracting student dollars to the downtown both day and night. The hotel has more than 1, rooms.
The Greensboro Coliseum is located at W. Gate City Boulevard. The Coliseum's website notes the complex hosts "a broad range of activities, including athletic events, cultural arts, concerts, theater, educational activities, fairs, exhibits, and public and private events of all kinds including conventions, convocations and trade and consumer shows. The War Memorial Auditorium has been demolished. Also, the addition of the Greensboro Aquatic Center that host National swimming and diving events is located in this complex.
The project was challenged in court based on the quality of planned noise and pollution abatements from neighborhoods near the planned hub site. The hub opened in Originally projected by FedEx to employ people in its first two years of operation and eventually 1,, local FedEx employment has been nearly the same as before the facility was constructed. This achievement indicates the FAA's approval of the HondaJet design based on certification testing, design reviews, and analyses completed to date.
Winters are short and generally cool, with a January daily average of Summers are hot and humid, with a daily average in July of Thunderstorms are common during the humid spring and summer months, some being severe. The storm was part of an outbreak known as the Cordele-Greensboro tornado outbreak. As of the census of , there were , people; , households; and 63, families residing in the city.
The population density was 2, There were , housing units at an average density of The racial composition of the city was Non-Hispanic Whites were Of the , households in the city in , Of the total households, The average household size was 2. The age distribution in was The median age was For every females, there were About In Greensboro, The largest religion in Greensboro is Christianity , with the most affiliates being either Baptist The remaining Christian populations are Presbyterian 3.
New York: Oxford University Press. Its Just Lunch. University of North Carolina Greensboro Library. The Greensboro Coliseum advance box office is open Monday-Saturday, 11 a. Interpreters are available for the hearing impaired. Face coverings are required in all indoor public areas. In May and June , the largest civil rights protest in North Carolina history took place in Greensboro.
After Christianity, the largest religion in Greensboro is Islam 0. Eastern religions make up the minority in Greensboro 0. The Greensboro economy and the surrounding Piedmont Triad area have traditionally been centered around textiles, tobacco, and furniture. Greensboro's central proximity in the state has made it a popular place for families and businesses, as well as becoming more of a logistics hub, with FedEx having regional operations based in the city.
Greensboro is a "center of operations" for the insurance company Lincoln Financial Group. According to the city's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, [49] the largest employers in the city are:. According to U. Bureau of Labor Statistics: [50]. Greensboro is home to a large variety of retail shopping from well-known national chains to local boutiques and galleries. Four Seasons Town Centre , located on the city's southwest side off I , is a three-level regional mall. Friendly Center , off Friendly Avenue, is an open-air shopping complex featuring the nation's largest Harris Teeter supermarket and a multiplex cinema.
This is a broad international supercenter combined with a flea market, offering European and East Asian specialties. Traditional shopping centers are primarily found on the West Wendover corridor near I and on Battleground Avenue on the city's northwest side. Recently, "big-box" retailers have clustered at the site of the former Carolina Circle Mall on the city's northeast side and on the city's far south along the newly completed urban loop I, I On New Garden Road, a large shopping area has popped up.
Greensboro is not currently home to any top-level professional sports teams. During the late s, the Minnesota Twins almost relocated to the city, even receiving league approval. However, the deal collapsed after local voters refused to fund the proposed ballpark.
The Greensboro Grasshoppers formerly the Greensboro Bats and the Greensboro Hornets are a minor league baseball team located in Greensboro. Greensboro's Carolina Dynamo play in the Premier Development League , which is currently the top level men's amateur soccer competition in the United States. It has 63 teams competing in four conferences, split into ten regional divisions.
It's considered to be the fourth tier of competition, behind the United Soccer League. The team plays its home games at Macpherson Stadium in nearby Browns Summit, North Carolina , where they have played since The PDL seasons take place during the summer months, the player pool is drawn mainly from elite NCAA college soccer players seeking to continue playing high level soccer during their summer break, which they can do while still maintaining their college eligibility.
Greensboro is home to the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Conference , despite having no school participating within the league. Greensboro nicknames itself as "Tournament Town" due to the many sports tournaments the city hosts. Figure Skating Championships and a number of national competitions at the new Greensboro Aquatic Center. It was the first time the Final Four was held in North Carolina. The league is run by the skaters, who all have ties to the community, and is a not-for-profit organization.
Roller derby bouts are held at the Greensboro Coliseum between March and November. Greensboro operates under a council-manager government.
Greensboro consists of nine members; all seats, including the mayor's , are open for election every four years. Five of the council seats are district representatives and three seats are citywide representatives elected at-large. Greensboro is the first city in the South to run a participatory budgeting PB process, where the residents of the city decide how a portion of the city budget is spent.
The city of Greensboro has many major institutions of higher education. Universities and colleges are: Bennett College liberal arts, four year, students ; Elon University School of Law ; Greensboro College private, liberal arts, four year, students ; [82] Guilford College private, liberal arts, four year, students ; [83] North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University public, four year, 12, students ; [84] and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro public, four year, 20, students.
The Greater Greensboro Consortium was established to allow college students enrolled in one Greensboro area institution to cross-register at other institutions in the same area. Students are also allowed to join certain student organizations at other institutions in the consortium not present at their home institution. The public schools in Greensboro are operated by Guilford County Schools, the third largest school system in the state, with about 71, students. Greensboro has one of the oldest public high schools in the state, Grimsley High School , established in as Greensboro High School; as well as Phillip J.
Weaver Education Center , ranked by U. The Carolina Peacemaker is a newsweekly that covers the African-American community. Weekly and Triad City Beat are free, weekly, alternative newspapers, founded in and respectively. Greensboro is home to the Triad bureau of News 14 Carolina. BNT Greensboro is served by Piedmont Triad International Airport , which also serves the nearby cities of High Point and Winston-Salem as well as the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region.
Piedmont Triad International is the third busiest airport in North Carolina, averaging takeoffs and landings each day. PTI was a hub for the now defunct Skybus Airlines. Amtrak trains, taxis, local and long-distance buses arrive and depart from the J. Originally constructed in the early s, the station and depot were renovated in The Greensboro Transit Authority [97] offers public bus service throughout the city, including a service called Higher Education Area Transit, or HEAT, which links downtown attractions to area colleges and universities.
The Greensboro Greenway is a bike trail that is being constructed to encircle downtown Greensboro. It will connect to other trails and lead out to the Bur-Mil Park area and further. Construction is underway on the Greensboro Urban Loop , a freeway that, when complete, will encircle the city.
Sections of this beltway may form the future alignment of Interstate Highway 29 —which travels through the southern, eastern and northern sections of the city before heading northeast toward suburban Reidsville —is a major route in Greensboro and offers freeway access to its more urban and central areas. Greensboro maintains a " sister city " relationship with three cities in order to foster international friendship and cooperation. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Greensboro disambiguation and Greensborough.
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A trace of snow was recorded as recently as the winter of — For more information, see Threadex.