City Receives $18,000 Recycling Grant
State grant will make the Greensboro Coliseum Complex a greener building.
Greensboro’s Field Operations Department has been awarded a Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant worth $18,000 from the NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance. The grant will be used to fund changes that will make the 
Greensboro Coliseum Complex a greener facility. Changes include recycling a greater variety and larger amount of materials, reducing the number of contaminated recyclables, and raising public awareness of recycling at the Coliseum.
The grant will continue an ongoing emphasis on environmental care at the Coliseum Complex. It will allow for the purchase of recycling tilt carts that will collect recyclables from the recycling chute. It will also pay for the purchase of 100 bottle-shaped recycling containers with graphics to promote the program that will be placed throughout the facility. In addition, backlit advertising panels and other LED graphics in the Coliseum will focus on informing guests about the recycling program and encouraging participation. The carts, containers and signage will all be in place by the end of August.
City Announces Drop Box for City Payments
Residents can now pay bills and tickets 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The City’s Collections Division is offering a new, convenient way to pay City bills for services and even parking tickets. A drop box for City payments has been installed at the J. Edward Kitchen Operations Center, 2602 S. Elm-Eugene Street and is ready to accept payments. The box is located on the exterior wall to the left of the front entrance to the building. Another drop box is planned for installation at the J. Douglas Galyon Depot Transportation Center in July 2008.
The drop box is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to accept payments. No cash payments may be deposited in the drop box; only checks or money orders are accepted. All payments must include a payment stub to assure proper credit. Payments deposited in the drop box will be posted by 5 pm on the next business day following deposit. If your water service has been turned off, you will need to pay your bill in person during normal business hours from 8 am to 5 pm.
New City Attorney Selected
Terry Wood has 22 years experience as an attorney with the City.
Terry Wood, a former full-time attorney for the City, has been appointed as Greensboro's new City Attorney. Wood replaces former City Attorney Linda Miles, who retired last year. Wood himself retired from the City last June after being part of Greensboro's legal department for 22 years. He continued to work for the City on a part-time basis before being selected to become Greensboro's top attorney.
Greensboro Police officer K.D. Springs welcomes children to the first day of this year's Safety Town program. The two-week program teaches five- and six-year-olds how to be safe in a number of situations, including with strangers, in traffic, on bicycles and in emergency situations. Sponsored by the GPD and other local civic and business organizations, the free program continues to grow in popularity each year.
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