This morning, Audrie and I left Green Bean and walked across the street to Panhandler’s Park to sit and plan what all we had to do today to get ready for NightWatch tonight. But when we walked up the sidewalk, I noticed right away that something was missing — all … > read more
Mark Hoffman, aka “the homeless guy who sits on the bench at Friendly,” aka “the most famous homeless person in Greensboro” (and now North Carolina) is back in town. He’s not back on his bench. (A homeless couple ran him off. There’s a homeless couple there now. Not sure if … > read more
Surveilling the homeless: What will the City of Greensboro think of next? From a formerly homeless friend’s Facebook wall: “FREE PHOTO SHOOT-care to have your picture taken? -As of yesterday a new camera was put on the block. UNDER SURVEILLANCE-hmm… the block has been put on surveillance. There is a … > read more
A Greensboro police officer responds to the news that Shiloh Baptist Church, near the corner of Lee and Eugene Streets, is changing their entrance signs from “No Trespassing” to “Welcome to Shiloh:” “I remember when the signs went up and the problems they were having. They went up because the … > read more
A homeless man, Ronald Wrenn, was hit by a car on Friday night while crossing South Eugene Street on his way to the Salvation Army Center of Hope’s emergency overflow night shelter. He died shortly afterward** at Moses Cone Hospital. I found out just after it happened from our church’s … > read more
On Wednesday, January 28th, the Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County conducted its annual Point in Time Count, a nation-wide count of the homeless mandated by the Department of Housing and Development. The yearly census, conducted over a 24-hour period each January, helps determine the funding that each community receives … > read more
Image credit: Ryan Shell, GreensboroPolitics.com Ryan Shell at GreensboroPolitics.com The Greensboro City Council will be holding a special meeting tomorrow to discuss the possibility of approving an incentive request from Lindbrook Development Services. As I have previously mentioned the main stumbling block was the developers request for the city to … > read more
Fox8 interviewed some of our homeless friends (Mississippi, Junior and Bobby) and one of the GPD cops we partner with (Tim Tepedino) about the freezing temperatures and the lack of shelter. (Story, video.) Junior said: “If it wasn’t for police officers coming down here helping homeless people right here, we’d … > read more
I just got another phone call from a cop. Two of the homeless guys downtown had their blankets stolen. And the cops are out of blankets. So I’m going to get more. And I’m going to a meeting about emergency winter shelter this afternoon. Overnight temperatures are forecast to be … > read more
Homeless people are having difficulty accessing substance abuse treatment in Greensboro. Many have told me that they’ve called or visited Guilford Center, the county mental health agency, and just been given the phone number for Bridgeway, the county treatment center. But when they call Bridgeway, they get a recording telling … > read more