GET TO THE HEART OF IT ALL…eDowntown Update October 18, 2007
Architecture Matters, October 18 from 11:30am-7:00pm TIF Financing, National Historic Credits, Downtown Tour, and Blair Kamin Photo courtesy of Heather Murray
LATEST NEWS   DGI welcomes back Ed Wolverton!   Downtown Greensboro Inc. is very pleased to announce NEW President and CEO, Mr. Ed Wolverton to begin his position with DGI on December 3, 2007.   Mr. Wolverton was the President of DGI from 1997-1998 and has twenty-two years of downtown and economic development experience and currently serves as the President of the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation in Wichita, Kansas.  During his tenure in Wichita, their downtown has attracted over $450 million in new investment including new offices, condominiums and public space.  Mr. Wolverton has worked on a wide range of projects in Wichita including the construction of a $205 million downtown arena, voter referendum initiatives, a $130 million mixed use development on a 25-acre downtown site, creating Tax Increment Finance Districts and a regional planning effort that resulted in a prestigious award from the International Downtown Association (IDA).   For press release (pdf), click here.   Join for Pink in the Park this Friday at Fridays By the Fountain, October 19 from 11:30am to 2pm. Pink in the Park is a breast cancer awareness event sponsored by The Breast Center of Greensboro Imaging that’s free and open to everyone, not just women!  Stop by Center City Park in downtown Greensboro to get some great information about breast cancer awareness and visit some of the exhibitors in the park.   There will be live music by the Dave Fox Group, flu shots, free chair massages, free paraffin dips and many other activities. You can even participate in Call & Tell and be entered into a drawing for a fabulous prize from local spa!  Other door prizes will also be available, so come and invite your friends and spend time at Pink at the Park. ---------------------------------------------     You are Invited to Mack and Mack, Mid Fall Fashion Event, October 18-20, 2007, opening reception Thursday 10-18 from 5-8pm   Join Mack and Mack, the women’s fashion label producer at their downtown studio and showroom for the exciting unveiling of the national launch of Ultrasuede jackets.  See, feel and try on the new fall fashions and U.S. made artisan boutique wear.  Live models will pose as mannequins, and you can lounge on luxurious upholstery Ultrasuede furniture samples direct from High Point furniture market (see above).   pdf (122 kb) Music, sumptuous refreshments, and specials will be offered during this opening reception of  the 3 day event.  Free and open to the public. For a peak at jackets, click on the following pdf   Book Club Day, Save the Date! Saturday, October 20 at Central Library, 219 N. Church Street from 9:30 to 3:30pm.  Join and share ideas, new books and resources for book clubs. Meet some of North Carolina’s finest authors. Buffet Lunch $7.00 per person. Register by Wednesday, Oct 17 to beth.sheffield@greensboro-nc.gov or call 336.373.3617   NATTY GREENE’S Goes Bottled! Natty Greene’s Brewing Co. has a new bottling line that is currently in distribution to major retailers such as Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods, and Fresh Market.  You can now get your favorite local brew in six pack form at one of your local supermarkets.  Fresh local brews available for distribution are Buckshot Amber, Guilford Golden, Old Town Brown and new Southern Pale Ale. Support your local brewery!    Ghost Stories at Blandwood, 447 W. Washington Street on 10-20 and 10-27 at 7:00pm. Come spend a spine tingling evening listening to local storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown tell ghost stories under the cover of darkness in the front parlor of Blandwood.  Stories are appropriate for school age children. Seating is limited on the floor.  $1 admission, children MUST be accompanied by adult.  Doors to open at 6:45pm, www.blandwood.org. Read more   CLEAN AND GREEN TEAM . MORE Doggie Stations ADDED The Clean and Green Team recently installed four additional DOGIPOT’S stations at select locations downtown. Enjoy a pleasant stroll downtown with your best friend! For an updated map of locations click here.    Please keep downtown clean.   Power washing has been suspended until further notice, if you feel that you have an emergency situation and power-washing is necessary please call 379-0060, ext. 29.	UPCOMING EVENTS   Pink in the Park at Center City Park October 19, 11:30-2:00pm 10-18 Architecture Matters 10-19 Fridays By the Fountain Pink 10-26 Fridays By the Fountain*  Last 10-27 Ghoulash!  Festival Park 11-30 Festival of Lights 12-1 Jaycees Holiday Parade 12-7 Art Stop and First Friday 3-25 Bicentennial Celebration 2008, 3-25-08 thru 5-17-08 Click on event for additional information Fridays By The Fountain every Friday at Center City Park with live entertainment from 11:45am to 1:15pm, weather permitting, May thru October.   CITY CAMPAIGN    HELP SPREAD THE WORD TO CONSERVE WATER   For a complete list of water restrictions Click here   THEATRES AND CULTURAL   Triad Stage - Carolina Theatre -  Broach Theatre - Idiot Box - Greensboro Children's Museum - United Arts Council - AND many more   CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON THIS WEEKS EVENTS DOWNTOWN Information provided by The Scene      LATEST NEWS (Continued)       Triad Stage at the Pyrle Theater presents Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer October 14-November 4, one of the most deviously clever thrillers ever concocted. Plots, counterplots, and double crosses are unleashed as rivals play out deadly games in a tangled web of intrigue. Read more   The Green Bean is hosting Monday night jazz jam from 7-9pm, bring an instrument, sit-ins welcome. 10-19    Green Art for Guilford County, 7pm 10-20    Buggin’ Out!, 8:00pm 10-26    The Devil’s Tramping Ground film screening, 9:00pm 11-3      The Chops, 8:30pm 11-10    Paleface Bombadil 8:30pm 11-20    Kat Lamp! Opening reception, Filthybird, 7:00pm   Live at TwoArtChicks in October: 10-19    Thunder Lip, Worn In Red, Young Livers & Gun Slinger 10-21    Chubby Behemoth,Tiger Bear Wolf, The Bronzed Chorus 10-22    Magik Markers 10-24    Sky Pilots, Low Red Land, We Versus the Shark 10-25    The Gin Fits, Sweater Weather & Auto Passion 10-27    2nd Annual Halloween Mad-Nest   Cheesecake By Alex, Friday Night Jazz Jam Sessions begins at 8:00pm and ends at 10:00pm. Read more 10-19    Jam Session 10-26    Jam Session 11-2      Jam Session   Fresh Friday’s at The Blue Diamond, every Friday evening. Map It / Read more   Greensboro Children’s Museum, weekly and special events: Mon-Tue      Busy Bees Program Tue-Wed     Toddler Tues @ Wed Wed            Angel Bear Yoga Wed            Daisy’s Garden 10/20/07     Make Believe Ball 10/27/07     Ghoulash Special Event 10/31/07     Fun Halloween Happenings   Ghoulash! four hours of spooktakular candy grabbing FUN at Festival Park. Face painting, live entertainment, community game booths, spooky arts & crafts, fabric maze, free candy and more. The FUN begins at 5:30pm and runs to 8:00pm.  Read more   General Auditions: The Broach Theatre and Touring Theater of NC are having general auditions for 2007-2008, Monday, October 22, 6-9:30pm. Read more   NEW Business DOWNTOWN   It smells like popcorn downtown – NEW A Pot of Gold, The Popcorn Shoppe located at 111 W. McGee Street in Hamburger Square opened 9-24-07 and offers daily specials and over 20 different flavors of popcorn to choose from.  Owners Denise Striblin and Sonya Wylie also sell cotton candy, individual candies, nachos, and fresh ice drinks.  For store hours, read more.   Look for upcoming information on the following. ·    The Pink Cupcake hair salon NEW ·    Grey's Tavern Bar & Grill NEW ·    Keep America Beautiful ·    Mellow Mushroom   ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT   GDOT, The City of Greensboro and DGI would like to inform you of the following:   No postings available at this time.   For active permits and lane closures click here.     Downtown Greensboro Inc.'s Core Purpose:  To lead the development of downtown Greensboro as a prosperous and vibrant urban center, memorable and meaningful for those who choose to live, work, play and invest here.
Be a part of the REVITILIZATION and enjoy many festivities in your downtown.   NOTE:  Not all events may be listed on this email. Inclusion should not be construed as a recommendation, but merely as a guide.  Events may be subject to change.  If you would like an event to be considered for listing, please email deborah.curran@downtowngreensboro.net
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