What if everyone in Greensboro read the same book… and then set out to build a stronger community?
One City, One Book
Book discussions, art exhibits, theater, concerts, films and more
Sept 19 – Nov 19, 2010
Sponsored by Friends of the Greensboro Public Library
2010 Selection: “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music,” by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez
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In the days before his death, Thomas Pauli, a homeless man in Grand Rapids, Michigan, tried to get a bed at two different shelters, but was turned away. Both shelters are within 1,000 feet of Central Catholic High School. Pauli, a sex offender, was prohibited from residing at the shelters, even for a night. And the shelters are near public parks, also prohibited areas for sex offenders. So Pauli slept outside, behind a recycling shop. That’s where 




