Scott D. Yost, County Editor Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:54 AM Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson dropped a bombshell at the end of a Saturday afternoon, Oct. 24 outdoor meeting of concerned citizens at the Guilford County Prison Farm: The company behind a large new industrial project that the City of Burlington and Alamance County…
Group meets about prison farm site
Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015 4:38 pm By Joe Gamm joe.gamm@greensboro.com GREENSBORO — Alamance County apparently is not going to buy a 111-acre parcel of the Guilford County Prison Farm, Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson said Saturday. “Late Thursday, I learned that Alamance County was wanting to walk away,” he told about 50 people gathered…
Please save the date: Saturday, October 24th, 2 p.m. A public discussion on the future of the Guilford County Farm will take place, hosted by the McLeansville Wildlife Club at the Farm! – – – From Mr. Eddie Bridges: The McLeansville Wildlife Club has scheduled a public meeting at the Guilford County Prison Farm near…
Call to Action: SAVE the Guilford County Prison Farm Prevent Proposed Sale of 111 Acres of Guilford County Farm for Factory. The proposed county to county sale does not have to go out for bids, so it could happen fast. According to the Rhino and other sources a vote this Thursday is not impossible though…
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:00 am By Anne Cassebaum “The people of Guilford may not know it, but they own some of the most beautiful land in the county.” That’s what News & Record’s Susan Ladd wrote last year in the midst of sometimes secret and abrupt decisions about what to do with the…
GIBSONVILLE, N.C. — The Guilford County Prison Farm is gave away thousands of muscadine grapes for free on Sunday. Guilford County Sheriff Barnes took over the farm in 1997 as a way to provide work programs and classes for inmates. Now, according to Eddie Bridges, founder and director of the North Carolina Wildlife Association, the…
