Lawndale-Cornwallis has been saved!

This morning, Dec. 21, developers requesting a rezoning for the corner block of Lawndale and Cornwallis for Walgreens store withdrew their request. This is most welcome news for the neighborhood!
We thank all Greensboro residents from around the city who joined our neighborhood effort to oppose this development proposal. Many of you offered moral support and financial support to help cover our sign expenses. Some of you even attended our neighborhood meeting and became just as active in writing City Council members, writing letters to the Editor, and posting comments on this blog as those who reside in our immediate neighborhood. We are gratified by your willingness to work hard on our behalf, and we credit you for having elevated our local cause into a city-wide issue. We always believed this would be a test case for the new Council, and those of you who live in the broader Greensboro community have helped make it so. We believe that the plan was withdrawn because it would have faced certain defeat if it had come before the City Council. This turn of events is good news for our neighborhood and for other neighborhoods who feel vulnerable to the threat of commercial development where they live.

Enter at Your Own Risk!

These shots of Cornwallis traffic near Lawndale show everyday traffic that affects everyone

passing through this intersection. Imagine another 50 cars -- as projected by the traffic study -- during the afternoon rush trying to get through to the 15,000 square-foot Walgreens they want to put on this busy corner.

Posted by the Steering Committee

Get Involved.

We had a very successful meeting on Tursday, Dec. 6. Over 85 people attended a briefing on the potential rezoning of the northeast corner block of Lawndale Dr. and Cornwallis Dr. Opposition to the Walgreens proposal by neighbors is intense and signs are going up.

We invite any concerned Greensboro resident to join us in taking action. Click SaveLawndale-Cornwallis@gmail.com and send us an email with your name and address and tel. no. to request to join us. We thank you.

-Steering Committee

Neighborhood Meeting

Please come to a neighborhood meeting to organize against the Walgreens proposal.
7:00 pm, Thursday, December 6, in the Fellowship Hall of Guilford Park Presbyterian Church, 2100 Fernwood Dr. at Fairfield Ave. Enter the main office door on Fairfield Ave. and follow the hall to the door at the end.