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appeasing neighbors of the property,
including Guilford College. Some
stipulations included that the apartments
would be no more than three stories, a
maximum of 48 units will be built, of
which only 36 would be apartments, and
all vegetation between parking lots and
buildings would remain untouched.
While the future apartments and business
spaces will have repercussions for the entire
Greensboro community, it will especially
affect Guilford.
Henry Isaacson, legal representative of
both Dixon and the property owner, John
E. Hodgen Jr., said, "this development has
been oriented toward the Guilford College
campus."
"Through the courtesy and cooperation of
Guilford College, we have been allowed to
connect to their private road, George White
Road, as well as supply a walking and bike
path to the campus," Isaacson said.
The project has been oriented toward
campus out of mere proximity. This Dolly
Madison property lies directly behind
Guilford's Armfield Athletic Center and is
adjacent to campus.
"This project is actually closer to the
library and many of our classroom buildings
than our own student apartments we built a
couple of years ago," said Vic Cochran, vice
chairman of Guilford's Board of Trustees
and chair of the Buildings and Grounds
Committee.
With such convenience and a new Campus
Life proposal, which would not financially
penalize students living off-campus,
Guilford is collaborating with Dixon to make
the apartments viable student housing.
In a letter to city council and Greensboro
mayor Yvonne Johnson, President Kent
Chabotar wrote, "Guilford College has a
critical need for more student housing close
to where our students live and learn, but
we are simply not in a financial position to
construct them ourselves."
This map highlights the Dolley Madison property slated for comercial development. The development was approved at a Jan. 15 City Council meet
ing aftert the Council heard supporting arguments from Guilford College officials and Randall Dixon.
While Guilford's Board of Trustees,
Buildings and Grounds Committee and
President support the rezoning, others in the
community are distressed by the decision.
Over 200 signatures were gathered on
letters and petitions by neighbors of the
property, members of the Sierra Club,
and Guilford faculty, staff and students
to stop development. Opposition to the
development cites deforestation, urban
sprawl, increased traffic, and destruction
of residential areas as problems with the
proposed expansion.
"(There's) a whole assortment of issues
at play," said sophomore Alyzza Callahan.
"We're seeing the development of untouched
land that has historic significance. What we
have here is a prime example of developers,
as well as school officials, seeing the
importance of land by its monetary value."
Junior Marshall Jeffries supports the
development despite the opposition.
"Guilford really needs more student
housing," Jeffries said. "Everyone made a
big hubbub about the building of our New
Apartments, but now people fight to live
there."
"Zoning impacts our schools, it impacts
our neighborhoods, it impacts our streets,
it impacts our fire and rescue, it impacts
everything," Wright said.
With the recent vote of approval from City
Council and upcoming start of construction,
the impact of Dolly Madison development
upon Guilford and the surrounding area
will be made clear.
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