June 30 - July 6, 2022
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Mobiles get makeovers Inflation hikes price tag Thanks to an ambitious project initiated by Northwest High School’s PTSO, 23 of the school’s mobile classrooms, all in extreme disrepair, are getting extensive renovations Twenty-three mobile units on the campus of Northwest High School in northwest Greensboro that have been plagued with things like mold (right), rotting wood and roof leaks are getting complete makeovers. The photo below shows one unit’s interior, where 25-year-old carpet has been replaced with laminated wood.
Photos courtesy of NHWS PTSO
by PATTI STOKES NW GUILFORD – Mold, carpet stains, rotted decking, peeling paint and gaping holes in the walls will all be a thing of the past when Northwest High School’s mobile makeover project is completed within the next few weeks.
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for Bandera Farms Park Summerfield’s proposed park for horseback riding and hiking is the latest public project in northwestern Guilford County facing higher costs by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – The development of Bandera Farms Park joins the growing list of public projects in Summerfield and Oak Ridge struck by increasing costs. Bandera Farms’ probable cost has climbed 30% from $2.15 million to $2.79 million, according to a presentation by the Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Palmer McIntyre to Summerfield Town Council June 14.
“I think we need to keep our eye on the higher number, just given the costs these days,” McIntyre, the nonprofit organization’s conservation manager, told the council. While the redesign of the park’s parking areas for cars and horse trailers added new costs, most of the increase stemmed from higher expenses for site preparation and grading, construction of an access road, sidewalks and parking and other work already planned,
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