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WGHP Video: Homeless & living in the woods

FOX8′s Roxanna Haynes came along with me and Derek Dunham on StreetWatch.

The importance of a good sleeping bag

Urban Ministry estimated it served 4,000 meals Thursday. Sam Wood appreciates the warm food and kindness of the volunteers. He has held retail and odd jobs his whole working life, but when he lost his last job and got divorced, he found himself on the streets for nearly two years. … > read more

I never knew that Roscoe had a purple heart

Jeri Rowe writes about the life and death of James Roscoe Davis, a homeless man I first met at a Wednesday night dinner at Grace Community Church, years ago. The Roscoe I knew was chronically homeless, mentally ill, addicted. Rowe’s article revealed the Roscoe I never knew — the real … > read more

When there’s nowhere to go

I wrote about the guys on the block (and more) for the News & Record: “When there’s nowhere to go,” by Michele Forrest; published Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. It’s online here, and reposted below: My ministry partner, Audrie Keen, and I provide a street outreach to the homeless in Greensboro, … > read more

Finally! A Greensboro store owner gets charged with food stamp fraud

The News & Record and WFMY report that the owner of the University Mart in Greensboro has been charged with food stamp fraud. He’s accused of making purchases at local grocery stores with food stamps that weren’t assigned to him. The University Mart is on Warren Street, near the intersection … > read more

Homelessness: A hard habit to break

From Jamie’s Big Voice (UK): “…I think I understand more than most the plight of homeless people after they have a home. getting A flat or some kind of accommodation is only part of the battle. The battle to break the habit of homelessness it’s self is the toughest. It … > read more

Another homeless fire?

From News-Record.com, 04/20/2009: No injuries were reported when a fire broke out in a trailer today. The fire was reported about 12:20 p.m. Monday in an empty mobile home at 1727 W. Lee St., about a block east of the Greensboro Coliseum. The cause of the fire is under investigation. … > read more

Homeless man struck and killed by car on his way to shelter

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

City’s closing of Coliseum Inn increases homelessness in Greensboro

Earlier today, I posted information received from an HCD staff member with the City of Greensboro, detailing the relocation of 26 former residents of the Coliseum Inn, which was purchased by the City in November, and has since been closed. I questioned the low number of residents relocated, knowing that … > read more

Paving Panhandler’s Park?

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