Comments on: City staff looking at ways to assist those who will lose housing in Coliseum Inn sale

By: Quiet dispersal of Coliseum Inn residents goes mostly unnoticed » ChosenFast.com

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:14:17 +0000

[...] in early August, when I first heard that the City was in talks to buy the Coliseum Inn, I met with the director and staff of the City’s Housing and Community Development department, to share my concerns about where [...]

By: Coliseum Inn vote tonight: No word on housing for residents : ChosenFast.com

Coliseum Inn vote tonight: No word on housing for residents : ChosenFast.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:18:35 +0000

[...] the options for the Coliseum Inn residents? I’d really like to know. I emailed Council and met with representatives from the City’s Dept. of Housing and Community Development months ago, when I first heard of the possibility that the City might buy the hotel. But I haven’t heard [...]

By: Cara Michele

Cara Michele — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:53:14 +0000

Jessica: I answered your question with a post: “What is affordable housing?” Thanks for asking.

By: Cara Michele

Cara Michele — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:52:15 +0000

Some of them will probably move to other motels, but the Coliseum Inn has more than 100 rooms, a lot of which have multiple occupants, so that’s a lot of residents for those other motels to absorb.

And Red Roof and Travelodge are in a different district for elementary school than Coliseum Inn.

I’m not against closing the motel. It’s not a good place for anybody to be, especially those kids. But just moving “problems” to someone else’s motel or someone else’s neighborhood isn’t my idea of a solution. What affects one of us, affects all of us.

And I know that there’s a real chance that we’re going to see more people living outside when the Coliseum Inn closes. I’d like to get ahead of that, if we can.

You keep doing your thing, Ben, and I’ll keep doing mine. The world needs both.

By: Ben Holder

Ben Holder — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:39:07 +0000

Please don’t try to make it sound like there is no place for the people to go. There are several hotels right down the road that offer the same thing the coliseum offered at the same price. I heard the same silly cry when Southgate was FINALLY closed. Where will the people go? There were several other hotels in the area that operated the same way and the people just moved a few blocks away. If the coliseum inn closes, the people that you claim will have no place to go really do. It is probably less than two miles away. Red Roof, Travel lodge..etc…

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:57:13 +0000

Can I ask (because I’m totally clueless and naive) what is the price range of “affordable housing” in Greensboro?

By: Families and children will lose housing when City closes Coliseum Inn : Chosen Fast

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:08:51 +0000

[...] when we do outreach there. Â The City has bought the property and will be closing the motel.Â Â City staff is exploring ways to assist those who will lose their housing when that happens.Â I met with staff in early August when I [...]

By: Cara Michele

Cara Michele — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:49:27 +0000

I’ve talked to people about the Coliseum Inn closing, and some of them are really concerned, but some either don’t understand that people actually LIVE at the Coliseum Inn, or they know it and know WHO lives there and just don’t care all that much about them.

I also heard from a GCS employee that there are a lot of elementary school students living at the Coliseum Inn. Where are they going to go? The family shelters are full, there are waiting lists for public housing and Section 8 and affordable housing is hard to find.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:53:14 +0000

Conversation I just had at work:
Me: Did you hear that they are closing the Collesium Inn?
C: Yes, and I am just tickled to death! Tickled to death!
Me: You know that all those people who live there now won’t have anywhere to go?
C: Good! Maybe they’ll go to the north side of town! I’m so happy about it. You know, that is prime property? I’m glad they’re going to do something with it.
Me: …

Guess my point was kind of lost there…