Maggie Marshall

Greensboro

Writer at Yes! Weekly

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Articles

Reconsidered Goods Unionizes

2 months ago | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

Reconsidered Goods is nestled on the corner of the Food Lion on Spring Garden Street, across the street from Pho Hien Vuong. Unlike its surrounding businesses, Reconsidered Goods is a 501c nonprofit organization that takes donated materials and helps divert them from landfills, putting them into the hands of artists, makers, teachers, children, and other reuse advocates to create something new.
It Takes a Village: How D-UP Is Transforming Generations

2 months ago | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

It’s been said before, that “it takes a village to raise a child” and D-UP, a nonprofit program whose core mission is to develop essential life skills, instill nutrition knowledge, and empower individuals to excel in life, takes that saying to heart. What began as a Basketball Fundamentals and Skills Program in High Point in 2007 to help kids with character development and provide them with healthy life skills, quickly developed into something greater than life.
The Library of Tomorrow: UNCG Library gets an update

2 months ago | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

The Jackson Library on the University of North Carolina - Greensboro’s campus is getting a new look. Starting in mid-December the renowned Jackson Library has started the beginning of phase 1 of its reconstruction process — courtesy of funding from the N.C. Legislature and signed by the governor. A lot will change within the library, but the beautiful marble entrance will remain the same.
Finding Hope and Church Under the Bridge

Jan 8, 2025 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

We’ve known since childhood that trolls live under bridges and eat whoever tries to cross. But in Greensboro, one particular bridge provides sanctuary for worship and an opportunity for generosity. 16 Cents Ministry is a church dedicated to feeding the unhoused. The church meets every Saturday at 6 p.m. under the bridge at 300 Spring Garden St. Hot meals are provided to those who need them, alongside clothes, hygiene products, and other necessities.
Sunset Hills Turns 100

Nov 27, 2024 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

“Great neighbors make great neighborhoods” is the mantra of Sunset Hills Neighborhood. On Thursday, Nov. 21, the neighborhood celebrated its 100th anniversary. Fittingly, the ceremony commenced at sunset. Dozens bundled up and met at the Sunset Hills Park on the corner of Madison Avenue and West Greenway Drive. Against pink skies, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new sculpture commissioned by Lawrence Feir and celebration of the neighborhood’s centennial year took place.
Local venue gets new life

Nov 13, 2024 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

The welcoming energy is felt in the open rooms that are flooded with colorful, ambient light from chandeliers overhead. There’s scattered chaos from construction projects, evidence of the months of hard work. Nearly complete, Back Table is projected to be the next big thing. The future cafe/music venue is located at 816 S. Elm St. in downtown Greensboro in the old North State Milling Company building next to The Continental Club. It’s a jack-of-all-trades, working as a three-for-one property.
Safety In Numbers: Cyclists of Greensboro Ride As One

Nov 6, 2024 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

As the saying goes, “there is safety in numbers.” The Critical Mass of Greensboro would agree with that statement. The group bands together on the last Friday of every month to bike through the streets of downtown in hopes of bringing awareness to the lack of infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists around town. The movement peaked in the United States in the 1990s but has since fizzled out.
Tate Street Markets brings community together

Oct 30, 2024 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

The smell of coffee circulates through the air as people walk around checking out handcrafted goods by vendors tabled up and down Tate Street. All along the street, their eyes lit up with interest at the various vendors’ works of art. There are black and white prints of dogs on skateboards, purple crocheted dinosaurs, ceramic bowls, and Y2K-inspired beaded bracelets.
Sustainability Through Art: Triad Mother turns Hobby into Nonprofit

Oct 23, 2024 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

“No one draws a better hotdog than me. Connor. 10yrs. GSO” was written on the back of a pencil-drawn hotdog. Beautiful, retro-looking wallpaper scraps were stacked on top of a packet of Buttercrunch Lettuce seeds, a recipe for “Pigs In A Pretzel” was tucked somewhere in the heart of the bundle and a vintage birthday card featuring a cheesy cat pun was the pot of gold at the end of the pile.
Vote for Vlad: Triad Filmmakers debut spooky take on politics

Oct 16, 2024 | yesweekly.com | Maggie Marshall

How do you tell a fun-loving story that expresses your frustrations with the current political state of the country? With a vampire of course! Kemari Bryant, a Greensboro-based filmmaker, has taken it upon himself to write a story that captures not only his frustrations but the country’s, with the present-day political processes.