Monday, January 27, 2014

Doug Clark: "Poor kids in Greensboro have a lousy chance"

Greensboro news & Record Editor, Doug Clark blogs today:

"Poor kids in Greensboro have a lousy chance -- one of the worst in the country -- of working their way up to prosperity, according to a  huge new study from Harvard University."

Turns out Greensboro ranks among the bottom 10 in the Harvard study slightly behind Raleigh and three places ahead of Charlotte, the city Greensboro's "movers and shakers" have always longed to emulate.


You think a downtown performing arts center will fix this? Atlanta, Greenville, Charlotte, Columbia and Memphis all have downtown performing arts center and they all rank lower than Greensboro.

Looks like my lists just got longer:

Attention CEOs: Why You Don't Want To Bring Your Company And Your Family To Greensboro, North Carolina, AKA: Greensboro Sucks.

More Reasons CEOs Will Want To Avoid Greensboro

Two More Reasons CEOs Will Want To Avoid Greensboro