North Carolina Collection (Greensboro Public Library)

Annual report 1972-1974
This annual report provides a summary of many aspects of transportation within Greensboro from 1972 to 1974. Such aspects include data on hazardous thoroughfare intersections, airport operations, traffic flows in downtown, the effects of changes in land use on transportation, and capital improvement projects.
Central business district
Book published by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce discussing the businesses and revenues of the (CBR) or Central Business District in downtown Greensboro. Includes several maps and charts which show proposals for future business locations, the flow of traffic by the thoroughfares into the district, and revenues of the Triad regional trade areas compared to the CBR.
Downtown Greensboro
This report addresses potential urban renewal actions for the downtown business district. The report provides recommendations and alternative designs for development of the city center as well as immediate and long-term effects that such actions will have. Replete with maps, the report includes socioeconomic data at the municipal, regional, state, and national levels.
Early history of the North Carolina Medical Society
An early history of the North Carolina Medical Society.
Greensboro, High Point, Guilford County;some assets and liabilities
This report by the North Carolina State Planning Board discusses social and economic conditions in Guilford County, North Carolina. Topics covered in the report include the local agriculture, economy, education, government, public health, public library, recreation, and welfare in the county.
Land utilization and marketability study
Documents the urban renewal plan for Greensboro's Warnersville neighborhood. Prepared for Redevelopment Commission of Greensboro.
Land-use plan
Book report with plans for the continuing land development of Greensboro and surrounding communities like Pleasant Garden, Oak Ridge, and Madison Park. Demonstrated with maps and paragraphs are the growth of businesses and transportation ways along with the expansion of water sources and locations of streams and septic tanks. There are also passages and charts showing the employment rates, predictions for economic growth in Greensboro, details for the county Thoroughfare Plan and proposed strategies for land use beyond 1965.
Open space
This report is an overview and development plan for open spaces in Guilford County, North Carolina prepared by the Guilford County Planning Board and the Guilford County Planning Department. The report discusses agricultural, functionla, and recreation potential of undeveloped land. The report also proposes specific plans for Triad Park, scenic drives, greenbelts, and preserves in Guilford County.
Phillips Avenue neighborhood plan
Printed overview of the Phillips Avenue neighborhood conservation plan developed by Greensboro's Department of Planning and Community Development. Includes photographs, maps, charts and descriptions of the neighborhood concept plans along with the local area businesses, schools, and churches.
Public buildings
Report of the increasing use of government facilities and buildings, with charts and texts to describe each service in the Greensboro-High Point metropolitan area.
The plan for downtown Greensboro
Published book which describes the history of downtown Greensboro and presents many details for of its progress and potential for success in the future. The Charts, photos and passages describe office space use, retail, transportations and residential development.
Transit improvement study, Greensboro, North Carolina
This report details an improvement study of the Greensboro Transit System conducted by Wm. S. Pollard Consultants, Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee. Discussed in the report are transit goals for the city, an overview of the existing system, a transit needs assessment, and recommendations for improvement to the system. Also included are short and long-range improvement plans and evergy efficiency recommendations.