Greater Glenwood Neighborhood Association - GGNA

10/21/2026

Dylan, who used to live in Glenwood reflected on her time in our neighborhood. Take a minute to read, then email City Council to ask them to support Glenwood Together and Affordable Housing Management Inc.'s proposal for senior housing and a community center.
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"I am a Greensboro resident living on the border of districts 4 and 5. Today, I am a new grad nurse who is interested in the infrastructure of community health.

But ten years ago, I was homeless. I had tried going through city and IRC processes, and both had come up short for me. I was scared and had no idea where to go until a friend of a friend gave me a tent and told me I could pitch it in the woods behind her house in Glenwood. I did so for a little while, as well as occasionally slept in a shed behind a property a friend owned in Glenwood.

Eventually my journey took me elsewhere, and ultimately back to stability. But I was deeply moved by Glenwood's spirit of mutual aid and taking care of each other. I carried this spirit with me as I navigated my journey out of homelessness.

In recent years, while working my way through nursing school, I worked a home health PCA. Whenever I worked with clients in Hall Tower or Gateway Tower, I noticed that quite a few residents felt isolated and overwhelmed by day to day life. I believe this feeling for them may have come at least in part from not having a strongly supportive neighborhood around them.

Glenwood Together takes the longstanding Glenwood spirit and channels it into directly helping people in the neighborhood. And Glenwood Together has been successful at building this kind of supportive infrastructure for the neighborhood.

Imagine, affordable senior housing in a neighborhood where there will be help navigating resources and supportive infrastructure to meet needs. I have difficulty understanding why it isn't just a no-brainer for city council to support Glenwood Together's proposal."

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-city-council-to-do-right-by-glenwood?source=direct_link&

10/16/2026

Greensboro's City Council has a choice. They can award a $1.4 million building in Glenwood to a project that will build 40-45 units of affordable housing for seniors at $320-$960 per month, and a community center. The property was donated by a local church to help with the need for affordable housing.

If they do, a community center that runs after school programs for kids, offers tutoring, and summer camps gets a new space and owns the building it's in-- it's no longer vulnerable to rising rents. 40-45 seniors who cannot afford rent in this economy. Those are real lives that are impacted. Seniors like a woman who was renting a shed to sleep in during this summer's heatwave, will have a real, safe, well-maintained place to live-- that she can afford on a fixed income. Families that are dealing with dysfunction -- but have to double up, or their aging mother ends up on the street, will have some breathing room. Senior renters who risk getting kicked out of the neighborhood as rents rise can stay in the community they've been in.

Or they can give $1.4 million in public property to developers who want to build an event center that charges $2,500 per event, and rent 14 units at $1100-$1400 (IF funding sources require them to-- and "if feasible"-- otherwise it's market rate. They also said they aren't building affordable housing, because it's not their business model).

Much of city council came out to hear 57 Glenwood neighbors voice their support after getting 120+ emails from neighbors making it clear that we want them to award this to Glenwood Together and Affordable Housing Management Inc. The pastor of the church that gave them the building wrote a letter in support, which a member of the church who was on the committee that donated the building read aloud.

Gwen put into words why this matters so much-- that the government uses resources like this to provide for our neighborhood. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/working-class-communities-government-safety-net/tnamp/

It matters that they hear from you too! Please send them a message using the link in the comments!

This is happening in every working-class and poor community across the country.

10/03/2026

09/28/2026

We hope we see you twice in the next two weeks!

September 30th, we are asking City Council to support Glenwood Together and Affordable Housing Management Inc.'s proposal to build affordable housing for seniors and a community center at the church site the city is giving away for redevelopment. Cecile Crawford, Tammi Thurm, Hugh Holston, Denise Turner-Roth and Irving Allen have committed to attend to listen to neighbors. This will be @ Hope Academy!

October 7th, our regular neighborhood association meeting-- will be @ 1310 Glenwood Ave, from 6:30-8:00 PM. The Neighborhood Traffic Management Team will be there. Come give them your feedback re: the temporary test on S. Josephine Boyd St, and ask them about getting traffic interventions for your street!

03/27/2026

The GGNA meets every other month--this will be a fun one!

03/09/2026

Shout out to Don Gala Pizzeria--they're going to be roasting our potatoes this year for our March 25 annual baked potato fundraiser. We did a test run this week and it looks as though the potatoes load up nicely! Want to get in on the action? Link to pre-order is in the comments.

02/24/2026

Glenwood is fortunate to lots of good cooks. If you're one of them please consider providing a favorite topping for the annual GGNA baked potato fundraiser on March 25--chili, kimchi, beans, barbecue, salsa, curry or whatever you feel like making. Put what you're making in the comments and we'll follow up with you. And even if you can't provide a topping, don't forget to get your potato order in early so you don't miss out!