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When you keep sweeping it under the rug, all you get is a BIG pile of DIRT
Read more: When you keep sweeping it under the rug, all you get is a BIG pile of DIRTToday was not a good day. This morning I received some information about the 17-acre contaminated site at Mackay Road and Gate City Blvd. – a site that got approved for redevelopment by the NC Brownfields Division of DEQ: a concrete/cement plant with a railroad/trucking distribution facility and storage silos on 18 acres at Mackay…
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Concrete/cement company buys 17-acre site at McKay & Gate City Blvd near Adams Farm
Read more: Concrete/cement company buys 17-acre site at McKay & Gate City Blvd near Adams FarmOn January 9, 2026, a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Silvi Concrete purchased Lester Properties’ contaminated 17.62-acre Brownfield site at MacKay Road and Gate City Blvd. The site is addressed in Greensboro, but located in the Jamestown ETJ between Fox Hollow/Adams Farm and the commercial strips along Gate City Blvd and Mackay Road (behind the Walgreens corner).…
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Part 2: Illegal burning & land-clearing ends development plans for 1202 Guilford College Rd
Read more: Part 2: Illegal burning & land-clearing ends development plans for 1202 Guilford College RdFEBRUARY 8, 2026: Violations for illegal burning, land clearing and failure to conduct a required environmental assessment have resulted in a termination of the owner’s Brownfield application for redevelopment of the property at 1202 Guilford College Road in Jamestown. Correspondence from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is below (click to enlarge image): [Link…
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5009 MACKAY RD is on GSO zoning agenda for multi-family residential
Read more: 5009 MACKAY RD is on GSO zoning agenda for multi-family residential[NOTE: This is adjacent to the 17+ acre contaminated Brownfield site purchased by a Pennsylvania Concrete company that plans to build a concrete plant and trucking/train transport facility on the site]. TONIGHT, MONDAY, August 18, 2025, the Greensboro Zoning Commission will hear a request to rezone 5009 Mackay Road – which sits in the middle…
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Alberdingk Boley spills, air complaint (May 2025)
Read more: Alberdingk Boley spills, air complaint (May 2025)UPDATE JULY 20 2025: The 20-month-old Freedom of Information Act request to the NC DEQ is still unanswered – this is the request for details about a wastewater spill into Bull Run by polyurethane and acrylics manufacturer Alberdingk Boley on Nov 8, 2023 near the Fox Hollow/Adams Farm community. Several air emission complaints have…
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ALBERDINGK BOLEY’s Oct 2022 spill to Bull Run was 5 days, 16,000 gallons
Read more: ALBERDINGK BOLEY’s Oct 2022 spill to Bull Run was 5 days, 16,000 gallonsAlberdingk Boley discharges hazardous wastewater into Bull Run Creek, a drinking water source for Jamestown. A 16,000-gallon spill in Oct 2022 went unreported to residents. Despite legal requirements for public notification, town management failed to inform the community. Jamestown residents are demanding accountability.
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Part 3: Chloromethane in multiple locations on Brownfield at Guilford College & Wendover; land cleared before assessments done
Read more: Part 3: Chloromethane in multiple locations on Brownfield at Guilford College & Wendover; land cleared before assessments done[Link to files, NCDEQ records for “TRANSOU, RedRock, GC ROAD” are here. If you missed it, read PART 1 HERE, and PART 2 HERE.] This one landed on our radar in January 2023, when we found that the state of North Carolina had approved a Brownfield application for a 28-acre wooded site at the corner…
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