56th Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games in Greensboro, NC
Greensboro, North Carolina- More than 19,000 participants will be in Greensboro, NorthCarolina this week for the 56th AAU Junior Olympic Games, the largest multi-sport event foryouth in the United States. The Games are held at multiple facilities around the area including: NC A&T Track in TruistStadium, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Greensboro Aquatic Center and Kentner […]
Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Kayla Adams Named one of 30 Future Leaders of Destination Organization Industry
Greensboro, N.C. –Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is thrilled to announce that Kayla Adams has been named one of Destinations International’s 2022 30 Under 30 recipients. To learn more about each honoree, click here. Kayla is a native of Winston-Salem, NC. While pursuing her bachelor’s degree in sports management at Guilford College, she interned […]
Greensboro, NC unveils their new brand!
In 2019, Greensboro Convention Visitors Bureau (CVB) was tasked by Mayor Nancy Vaughan topartner with marketing firms to gather input from visitors and citizens on their perceptions ofGreensboro. CVB partnered with national firm Development Counselors International (DCI) and local agencyBoulton Creative to create surveys and gather results to better understand people’s impressionsof Greensboro and the […]
Adidas Outdoor Nationals is headed to North Carolina A&T State University
GREENSBORO, NC. – Adidas Outdoor Nationals is headed to the fastest track in the country,Irwin Belk Track at Truist Stadium on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University. Thisaddition will continue on and grow the success of Adidas indoor nationals while providing amajority of the nation the chance to compete on a national level […]
The Official U.S. Civil Rights Trail Book Unveils Augmented Reality Experience
The Official U.S. Civil Rights Trail Book Unveils Augmented Reality Experience (Greensboro, N.C.) – Today, Wednesday, September 8 at 4pm, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, author Lee Sentell will join Greensboro civil rights leaders to unveil the Official U.S. Civil Rights Trail Book and its augmented reality experience. The book serves as a companion […]
Shaped by Black Lives Matter, UNC Student Greear Webb Watches Chauvin Trial and Asks: ‘What’s Next?’
The generation that grew up with Black Lives Matter — increasingly activist, attuned to inequity, see George Floyd’s case as an orienting point for all their political values coming to life. “Black Lives Matter definitely allowed us to put on the center of the conversation in public discourse the problem of mass incarceration, police brutality and […]
How Free Transit Works in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Before the pandemic, an average of 7 million people a year used the Chapel Hill bus system. And each and every one of them rode for free. This is remarkable and remarkably wonderful. Since 2002, not a single passenger has paid a dime to ride a bus operated by Chapel Hill Transit. How does this […]
Orange Slices – The Eno River’s Ribbons of Color
In 2020, a time of deep reflection, recovery and desire for open spaces, more than 1.1 million people took to Orange County’s great outdoors and harnessed the healing powers of the Eno River to help them navigate some of the most trying days of our times. Orange County native Beverly Scarlett isn’t totally surprised. Scarlett is […]
Orange Slices – We are off to another season.
In Orange County we are feeling a renewed appreciation of spring. Sun and longer days bring hope and light of better days ahead. As our local community works to slowly and safely welcome residents and visitors to our streets, we want to share some news you might have missed about upcoming events and expansions, food, […]
Soil. The stuff of life.
The future of the Earth and the people who live on it is dependent on the management of land and water. This is essential and something we can all agree on. After that opinions vary, and then every once in a while a movie comes along that heats up the cocktail (or kombucha) circuit with […]
