Glenwood in the News 2012
New school focuses on faith and hope
7/11/2012, Greensboro News & Record
The Glenwood neighborhood kids who will enroll in the new Hope Academy next month can’t wait to start. The kids and members of their families already are working hard. They’re carrying in desks, painting and pitching in with other chores to help prepare classrooms at Florida Street Baptist Church. Most of the renovation work is being handled by professionals, but Hope Academy is pretty much a community project. It is operated by Glenwood Family Ministries as “a private, nondenominational Christian school for at-risk youth in grades 5-9 in the Glenwood neighborhood of Greensboro.”
Making a difference: Someplace to be, something to do, someone who cares
7/11/2012, Greensboro News & Record
Times are tough in Greensboro: Twenty percent of residents live in poverty, said (Glenwood resident) Liz Seymour, executive director of Greensboro’s Interactive Resource Center. On any given night, she said, more than 1,000 people are homeless in Guilford County and over the course of a year, more than 1,700 children in the Guilford County School system will experience homelessness. Seymour said her 10 years of volunteering with “Food Not Bombs” helped her to shift from “scarcity thinking” to “abundance thinking.” During this period, she learned about resources to help and give hope to the homeless in Greensboro.
Interview: Angie Kenny of Zen Cat Bakery
7/3/2012, Gluten Free in NC
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Angie Kenny, the woman behind Zen Cat Bakery. Zen Cat has been getting some press lately due to the fact that Angie has moved the bakery to a new location. But its not the move itself that’s gotten people’s attention, but where she’s moved it to; the Glenwood neighborhood of Greensboro, NC.
Amid growth, Zen Cat bakery moves to new Greensboro facility
6/20/2012, Triad Business Journal
Zen Cat Gluten Free Bakery, a three-year-old Greensboro bakery, has moved into a new facility in the Glenwood neighborhood to accommodate continued growth. Angie Kenny, owner of the Zen Cat, said that she also wanted to move into the new space at 1313 Grove St. to be part of the Glenwood neighborhood’s revitalization.
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
6/18/2012, Greensboro News & Record
The empty L-shaped lot at 1006 W. Florida St. is grassy and well-shaded. By the end of the summer, its owner, GGNA president Fahiym Hanna, hopes to see it become a flourishing community garden filled with flowers, fruit and vegetables. And in a few years, he hopes to see a home there.
Landlord moves cars from Glenwood lots, gets extension from city
6/5/2012, Greensboro News & Record
City officials and a Glenwood landlord are close to resolving a dispute over 46 vehicles he stored at his Lexington Avenue residential properties. The city staff ordered Bulent Bediz to remove any of the cars that were inoperable by Monday or the city would tow them as junk cars.
Greensboro man says his cars are not junk
6/5/2012, WGHP Fox 8
Bulent Bediz is fighting to hold on to what the City of Greensboro says is junk. An inspector tagged 46 of his vehicles on Lexington Avenue after someone complained last month they were an eyesore.
Landlord, Greensboro at odds over ‘junk’ cars in yards
6/5/2012, Greensboro News & Record
The city is poised to cart away dozens of used vehicles from a block in Glenwood, according to city officials. Area landlord and resident Bulent Bediz has stashed cars in driveways and behind homes on Lexington Avenue since last year, with plans to sell them, city officials said.
Mural celebrates Peck’s diversity, caring teachers
5/16/2012, Greensboro News & Record
It’s beautiful, Peck Elementary’s new mural. It’s at least 12 feet high, a dozen steps across and features all kinds of things that Peck kids recognize — a cardinal, an arrowhead, a pagoda, an African savanna, the Statue of Liberty and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Today, Glenwood is a working-class mix of families who’ve come from almost every country on the globe. They’ve lived in Glenwood for generations or they’ve been there for just a few years. Peck is their home. And now, they have a mural.
Making Overtures
Spring 2012 issue, UNCG Magazine
A unique community outreach, orchestrated by UNCG faculty and students, introduces elementary students to the joys of classical music. The Peck String Lab is a hands-on, collaborative music class provided by the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance; the Greensboro Symphony; the Music Academy of North Carolina and the elementary school. Students and faculty from UNCG and the music academy provide instruction, the symphony provides the instruments and the elementary school hosts students eager to learn how to play the violin and cello.
Police seek help, clues in death of 18-year-old at coliseum parking lot
5/15/2012, Greensboro News & Record
Police are still seeking clues in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Felka on Friday night after a disturbance in a parking lot near the Greensboro Youth Council Carnival. Police found Felka in the parking lot at the corner of Ellington and Hanner streets, less than a mile from his home at 1310 Marion St. He was taken to Moses Cone Hospital, where he died.
UNCG volunteers landscaping neighborhood near Glenwood project
3/19/2012, WGHP Fox 8
Some UNCG representatives and volunteers at large will help bring some life to a nearby neighborhood on Saturday. The group of volunteers will be doing some landscaping on the 800 block of Haywood Street. That’s where some houses in the way of the Spartan Village project were moved.
Glenwood booster sees jewel in rough
2/24/2012, Greensboro News & Record
Bulent Bediz paid at least $25,000 to move a house less than a block — down Lexington and around the corner on Haywood — to save it from the blade of a bulldozer making room for a new UNCG dorm. Bulent saw it as important.
Letters to the Editor: Preserving Glenwood, one piece at a time
2/11/2012, Greensboro News & Record
I thought it would be worthwhile to provide some detail to the work and support being offered to make the Glenwood project more palatable for those interested and affected by the work. Not many folks are aware that Architectural Salvage of Greensboro (an arm of Preservation Greensboro Inc. ) has been working closely with UNCG to salvage any architecturally significant features of the homes being demolished by the project.
Nonprofit salvages items from Glenwood neighborhood
2/9/2012, WGHP Fox 8
Demolition crews are hard at work, tearing down a section of the Glenwood neighborhood to make room for UNC Greensboro’s Spartan Village. While the plan calls for the block to be leveled, group of volunteers are working to salvage what they can. Empty houses in the neighborhood are full of treasures for the Architectural Salvage of Greensboro.
Editorial: Dust and promise
2/7/2012, Greensboro News & Record
In a casual display of brute force, a big, yellow-and-black excavator recently tore an old, metal-and-brick building to shreds. More buildings and houses will follow, as crews clear the way for a massive expansion of the UNCG campus into the Glenwood neighborhood and one of the most promising and ambitious local community redevelopment projects in recent years.
UNCG begins Lee Street redevelopment project
1/25/2012, News 14 Carolina
Big changes are on the way for the UNCG campus, as the school officially began construction to cross the long-standing barrier and heavily traveled Lee Street corridor. “We’ve owned a property or two along there over the years, but this is the first deliberate step for campus expansion,” said Mike Byers, vice chancellor.
UNCG ready to clean up old houses
1/14/2012, Greensboro News & Record
After some delays and complaints from neighbors, UNCG has begun the process of demolishing burned houses in the Glenwood neighborhood. The houses are being removed so that UNCG can start construction of student housing as part of its West Lee Street expansion.
UNCG Gets Warned, Fences In Neighborhood
1/13/2012, WFMY News 2
Resident’s in Greensboro Glenwood neighborhood were upset about an eyesore created by UNC Greensboro. The University bought homes in the area, and burned them down in September, ahead of plans to re-develop the sites for student housing. But the burned homes stayed there for months.
UNCG moves slowly to clean up burned houses
1/10/2012, Yes! Weekly
Before the leaves changed and the temperature dropped, before most people began thinking about their Halloween costumes and before midterms, the Greensboro Fire Department began burning down houses owned by UNCG to make way for the school’s expansion into the Glenwood neighborhood.
UNCG Glenwood Project Expected to Speed Up Soon
1/3/2012, WGHP Fox 8
UNCG’s Glenwood expansion has had a few slowdowns, but they hope to get things really moving in the next few weeks. UNCG plans to add student housing and office space in the Glenwood neighborhood south of Lee Street. School officials plan to open the housing to students by the 2013-14 school year.
Demolition On UNCG Property Delayed
1/3/2012, WFMY News 2
Residents in a Greensboro neighborhood are up in arms about burned out homes that have yet to be demolished. The Greensboro Fire Department starting burning down the homes in the Glenwood neighborhood for training exercises in September. The homes are properties now owned by UNCG.