Oak Ridge Jordan Lake New Development Rules
Oak Ridge, plus Durham, Cary and the other Triangle jurisdictions in the Jordan Lake basin adopted the New Development rule despite the legislature’s suspension of it till 2019 or later.…
GSO Downtown(?) Good Repair Ordinance Conversation Resurrected
It’s back! In mid-December 2015 GSO Council’s Infrastructure Committee revived the on-again/off-again discussion of strengthening the Downtown Good Repair Ordinance, and applying it to more/all areas of the city. It’s…
HP Rental Unit Inspections
At the February 10 Community Housing and Neighborhood Development Council Committee meeting, chaired by Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Golden, council members discussed creating a rental unit inspection program. The purpose…
HP Inspection Services
The manager’s office completed performance reviews with all Inspection Services employees and hired a consulting firm (Benchmark) to interview frequent customers including TREBIC. The consultants reported that the response from…
Guilford County Environmental Health Director Search
Ken Carter has now hired a new Environmental Health Manager. We’ll be arranging an introductory meeting soon. This person replaces Tobin Shepherd.
GSO/HP/Guilford County Historic Economic Development Cooperation
On November 20th Greensboro and High Point City Councils and Guilford County Commissioners will meet jointly to vote on a proposal for historic, official collaboration on Economic Development! HP and…
GSO Quarterly Meeting
The next meeting between TREBIC members with staff will be scheduled the last week in February/first week of March—date to be announced. Please let Judy know if you have anything…
NC Protest Petition Repealed
We’ve been working on this one since 2007, but on July 15th the Legislature passed H201 Protest Petition Repeal and the Governor subsequently signed it. The bill takes effect August…
GSO Construction Value Estimates
Because ICC building construction valuation data is higher than local builders are quoting, staff asked for input from TREBIC members on residential construction cost per square foot to get an accurate…
Look Out for Local Government Bonding Limits Loophole
2013 legislation limits local governments Performance Guarantees to maximum 125% of “reasonably estimated cost of completion at the time the performance guarantee is issued” or renewed. Beware, and let us…
