Triad City Beat This Week: Aug. 3, 2016

300 S. Elm St., which occupies a key corner of downtown Greensboro, has remained mostly vacant for much of the time the Gray family has owned it, but significant investment in the block has ratcheted up the pressure for the owners to renovate or sell, as Senior Editor Jordan Green explains in this week’s Triad City Beat cover story.

NEWS

• State lawyers: Court shouldn’t block HB 2 because it’s not a real law

• City, civil rights museum discuss loan details

• High Point Journal: Reaction to police-community dialogue preceded director’s firing

OPINION

• Editorial: Ain’t nobody got time for that

• It Just Might Work: A gigantic squirt-gun fight

• Fresh Eyes: Not quite a single mom

• Editor’s Notebook: Whispers from the old neighborhood

 

COLUMNS

• Citizen Green: Black and blue lives in our fragile 

• Fun & Games: Masters of empty halls

• All She Wrote: Blame it on Rio

 

CULTURE

• Food: Salivating for Sichuan-style spice

• Barstool: Cocktails by the liter

• Music: High Point Museum hosts ‘The Luthier’s Craft’ exhibit

• Art: Summer camp kids impress with drumming, dance

 

Triad City Beat This Week comes out every week with links to stories in that week’s paper.