Local writer, Tim W Flowers, opines,
"Much attention is given to the coliseum and to our center city, but rarely is anything said about the face we present to the traveling public. Maybe it's because, as residents, we can usually stay off the highways and still get around quite well. It becomes an "out of site, out of mind" situation. But it does a disservice to our community to let high traffic areas look shabby. The cars passing through could be driven by business owners wondering where their next office or factory should be located. Both Elm-Eugene St and Randleman Rd scream of urban blight more than they proclaim us as a growing city full of colleges and cultural facilities."
He's right. And it's not just Elm-Eugene St and Randleman Rd that "scream of urban blight." It's anything not owned by Greensboro's downtown developers including the area inside the little green circle. Addressing urban blight begins with commitments from city leaders and the only way we'll ever get them to work for all of Greensboro is to force them to become vested in all of Greensboro and not just 99 Blocks downtown.
And when it comes to being vested in a neighborhood it requires investments in the neighborhood. Mayor Perkins and his cronies are vested in downtown because downtown is where they invested in real estate. It's time the confirmation bias ended and the real research began.
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