Greensboro

History

Founded in 1808, the city is thus named Greensboro in homage to the general Nathanael Greene, hero of the battle of Guilford Court House (March 15th 1781). American lost the battle but the victory of Pyrrhic slowed down enough the British forces of the General Charles Cornwallis to make it possible American to demolish them with the Bataille of Yorktown, in October 1781.

In 1840, Greensboro was chosen by the government of state and the Gouverneur Morehead, to become a railway hub. The railroads transported goods to textile industries, which developed around Greensboro. Several of these companies remained in the city until XXIe century, but good number of them went bankrupt. Greensboro remains an important center of the textile, the main offices of International Textile Group (Cone, Burlington Industries), Galey & Lord, Unifi, and VF Corporation (Wrangler, Lee, North Face, Vanity Fair still sit there.

Greensboro was known to be on the row of the racial questions of equality, sometimes having for nationally known result of the events. During the XIXe century, the railroad was useful has to make pass from the slaves green the free states of the north of the the United States.

The 1960, of the black students initiated a non-violent movement of revolt against racial discrimination and the segregation, which was propagated thereafter at the national level.

The November 3rd 1979, of the members of the American Communist party held a gathering anti Ku Klux Klan, as a group Néo-Nazi, made a embuscde with the protest. It have 5 Communists of died and 7 wounded. This event is known as the massacre of Greensboro.

Geography

Greensboro is located.

The city has an entire surface of 283 km ² including 271,2 km ² of ground and 11,8 km ² of water (4,16% water).

Climate

In January, the average temperature is of 2,6°C. In July, it is of 24,9°C. The average of precipitations is of 1082,5 mm per annum.

Demography

According to the census of 2000, the population of the city counted 223.891 inhabitants, 92.394 households, and 53.958 families. The population density was of 825 hab. /km ².

The city was made up of:

55,5% of White
37,4% Hispanic Afro-Americans
4,35%

Among the 92.394 households, 27,5% have a child of - 18 years living with them and 39,8% of the married households living together. In the city, 22,3% of the population have less than 18 years, 14,1% from 18 to 24 years, 31,6% from 25 to 44 years, 20,2% from 45 to 65 years, and 11,9% have more than 65 years. the Middle Age is 33 years.

The average revenue for a household is of $39 661 USD, the average revenue for a family of the east city of $50 192 USD, and the average revenue per capita is of $22 986 USD. 12,3% of the population are 8,6% of the families of the city live below the American poverty line.

Education

Universities

Bennett College for women
Greensboro College
Guilford College
Guilford Technical Community College
Elon University School off Law (in August 2006 opens)
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
University off North Carolina At Greensboro

Academy

American Hebrew Academy
Oak Ridge Military Academy

Private schools

Canterbury School
Greensboro Day School

Schools pubic

Grimsley High School
Walter Hines Page High School
Dudley High School
Eastern Guilford High School
Western Guilford High School
The Early College At Guilford
Smith High School
Northwest Guilford High School
Southern Guilford High School
Northeast Guilford High School
Southeast Guilford High School
Southwest Guilford High School

Monuments

Buildings

Jefferson Pile Building: 114 m, 20 stages (1990)
Standard Jefferson Building: 71 m, 18 stages (1923)
201 North Elm Street: 71 m, 16 stages (1967)

Park

The Bog Garden
Bicentennial Garden
Greensboro Center City Park will open in October 2006.
Greensboro Arboretum
Blandwood Mansion and Gardens was built in 1795, and underwent 2 expansions of which one in 1822 and the other in 1844 by Alexander Jackson Davis. The Tuscan villa, in the park, was used as résidance to the governor of the state John Motley Morehead.

Arts

Carolina Theater
City Arts
Community Theater off Greensboro
Eastern Music Festival
The Flying Anvil
Greensboro Ballet and School off Greensboro Ballet
Greensboro Cultural Center
Greensboro Operated Company
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Mattye Reed African American Heritage Museum
Triad Stage
Weatherspoon Art Museum

Sports

The city is the seat of the Greensboro Grasshoppers (SAL), which is the major team of Baseball of the city, they evolve/move in First Horizon Park. It also has a team of Soccer, the Carolina Dynamo (USL). The Chrysler Classic off Greensboro is the oldest tournament of golf of PGA Tour.

Sporting installations

First Horizon Park: it was inaugurated in 2005, its tenants are Greensboro Grasshoppers and it cost $21,5 million USD. Its capacity is of 8000 places.
Greensboro Coliseum : it was built in 1959 and offers 21.273 places for the Hockey and 23.500 for the Basket-ball.

Transport

Greensboro is served by the Piedmont Triad International Airport which deserted also Winston-Salem and High Point.

The city is also a great center Ferroviaire because the Amtrak, the Crescent and the Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect Greensboro with New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham (Alabama) and the Orleans News.

Twinnings

External bonds

Official site of the town of Greensboro
Greensboro101 - Citizens' Media for Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Chamber off Trade
Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Office
Action Greensboro
Greensboro Connects
Greensboro Online Community Forum
'' Greensboro '' magazine online
Downtown Greensboro, Incorporated
Links to Piedmont Area government, close and institutional websites
South Elm Street Redevelopment
News & Record, Greensboro' S daily newspaper
Historic Structures and Preservation in Greensboro

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