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Hello Greensboro! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a faith-based nonprofit is transforming Greensboro streets, one block at a time
  • How a new Sumner Elementary could reshape Greensboro classrooms by 2027.
  • What did local educators tell Gov. Stein at UNCG?

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 93 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, a t-storm; hot, temps: high: 92, low: 71.
  • Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Faith-based Greensboro nonprofit helps revitalize communities (myfox8.com) — A faith-based nonprofit, Life of Victory in Christ Ministries CDC, is concentrating its neighborhood revitalization work in Greensboro, bringing health screenings, medical debt relief, and community-building events directly to residents' doorsteps. Working with the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro and local partners, the group aims to strengthen entire neighborhoods by listening to residents, coordinating services, and creating hopeful, face-to-face connections across Guilford County.
   

2. Guilford Co. commissioner calls for more school bond money as new Sumner Elementary School reaches key construction milestone (wfmynews2.com) — Greensboro families are seeing real progress on the new Sumner Elementary School, which just celebrated a topping-off ceremony and will eventually serve about 800 students from Sumner and Southern Elementary. Funded by Guilford County's $1.7 billion school bond, the project highlights major investments in local classrooms and facilities, while county leaders warn that inflation may require additional bond money to finish all promised projects.
   

3. Stein joins UNCG roundtable on strengthening North Carolina's teacher workforce (abc45.com) — UNC Greensboro hosted a roundtable where Gov. Josh Stein listened to local educators and students about how to better recruit and keep teachers in North Carolina classrooms. Participants in Greensboro pressed for more professional growth, support staff, and help adapting to changing school culture, and Stein pledged to take their concerns back to Raleigh for action.
   

4. UNC Greensboro professor remembers his mother's death on Sept. 11 (myfox8.com) — A UNC Greensboro philosophy professor is sharing how losing his mother in the Sept. 11 attacks shaped his life, work, and parenting today in Greensboro. He reflects on growing up in New Jersey, the long wait for confirmation of her death, and how he now honors her through his children and his academic focus on life's biggest questions.
   

5. Virginia Tech men's basketball ACC schedule released (wsls.com subscription) — Virginia Tech's 2026-27 ACC men's basketball schedule is set, and it ends with the conference tournament returning to First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro in March 2027. Local fans can start eyeing those dates now, as the city prepares to again host one of college basketball's marquee events and welcome teams like North Carolina, Virginia, and others to town.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The Brothers That Just Do Gutters Opens Greensboro Location —Rhonda Grundemann Read on Patch
  • Back Pain? —t Power Read on Patch
  • Does anyone know of any TNR programs that can help get these kitties fixed?
    (3 of them have been fixed already but there are 6 more). The location is in Greensboro, NC. I can pay for the spay/neuter. Or if anyone is able to… (Nextdoor Lindley Park)
  • Still no sign of my beautiful Mishka.
    He's been gone over two weeks now. If anybody sees him, please let me know. I have posters out and I've hung up flyers in the neighborhood where he… (Nextdoor Vinegar Hill Dr)
  • Walmart posted a job opening for Cart Attendant in Greensboro. Apply here.
  • Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1180) in Greensboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greensboro here.

Ok Greensboro! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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