I just received texts from a homeless friend who lives in a camp near the site of the next phase of Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway. A number of homeless camps in the path of the Greenway were cleared prior to construction. Homeless people have been living on the heavily wooded property for as long as I can remember, and I’ve done outreach there for years.
His texts:
Work has started on the Greenway here. What a transformation in less than 24 hours.
Trees’re gone. All chipped up. Big pile of wood chips.
I had hoped that they would save the large trees and not clear cut. I hoped they would be saved to enhance shade along the path.
Me, too. My friends and I have taken lots of photos there. I’m glad we did. It’s history now.
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North entry path to homeless camps in path of Greenway. (Image credit: Travis Compton)
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Looking back along north entry path from camps. (Image credit: Travis Compton)
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From the fence line you can see the train tracks, other camps and the access road. (Image credit: Travis Compton)
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One of the homeless camps in the path of the Greenway. (Image credit: Travis Compton)
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Roasting marshmallows by the campfire. (Image credit: Katharine Perry)
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Derek and I drink hot chocolate by the fire with Mark at his camp. (Image credit: Katharine Perry)
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A News & Record photog captures homeless advocate Mark Horvath filming homeless men at the camp for InvisiblePeople.tv. (Image credit: Katharine Perry)
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The homeless camps in the path of the Greenway cleared out, ready for construction. (Image credit: Katharine Perry)
Coming soon: Photos of the same site minus the trees. 
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