The Greensboro City Council held its first reading as part of the annexation process of property proposed to be the home of workforce housing during its Feb. 5 meeting.

The Greensboro Planning and Zoning Board last Thursday voted to recommend the city council approve what could be the first new housing community priced so teachers, nurses, first responders, and workers in stores and restaurants can buy a house in the city where they work.

A groundbreaking took place last Friday for a new RaceTrac gas station and convenience center at Oconee Towne Center alongside Highway 44, just south of I-20 between Chick-fil-A and the soon-to-be-opened Longhorn Steakhouse.

Representatives of the Savannah Court personal care home on Willow Drive in Greensboro and the Georgia Department of Community Health were in Greene County court Wednesday.

Plans show homes with smaller footprint A proposed subdivision of more than 300 homes in Greene County is under review with the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission.

Residents of Harbor Club have formed a task group to address taking control of the Property Owners Association (POA). This comes on the heels of concerns addressed earlier in the year about a big subdivision that was proposed adjacent to Harbor Club, which, for now, is off the table.

It was a full house at the Greensboro City Council meeting in Festival Hall Monday night. Two items on the agenda appeared to attract the crowd – a major rezoning request and the future of the Greene County Courthouse building.

A Conyers-based company is relocating to Greensboro after having purchased the land several years ago.

A new “barndominium” building and the interpretation of some key descriptions in prior and new zoning laws have a group in Greshamville, an unincorporated Greene County city, angry at what they feel is an eyesore for this small community.

The Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Counties celebrated International Peace Day on Sept. 21 with a celebration at the Rotary Peace Pole located at the Pete Nance Boys and Girls Club.