Update: Chewie has great coverage of this sad event that, even more sadly, our mayor chose to pimp.  My favorite of her links is this 360 degree view of what is now gone (courtesy to Tom Lassiter).

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10:00a - A rumbling just broke the morning silence here on Cypress Street.  I'm sure it was the implosion of the "new" Burlington Headquarters, which was taken down to make room for a new shopping center on Friendly Avenue several miles distant from where I sit.

The removal of that structure comes close on the heels of the demolition of the "old" Burlington Headquarters last year that was in the way of the new baseball stadium on Eugene Street.

With those two acts of "out with the old..." the erasing of some of Greensboro's most important architectural, social and corporate heritage is now complete.

The folks who are responsible for these two demolitions are lauded as forward thinking captains of economic/community development in many circles, but I have a different view.  I contend that people who justify such unimaginative and "we just can't save it" destruction of our irreplacable places are a short-sighted bunch.  To me, anyone who says that such important buildings can't be rehabbed and re-used for future generations might as well go on and admit they don't have a creative bone in their body.

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I am dissappointed that the Hoggard family wasn't in the N&R's sports section today.  That would have made this morning's paper an "all Hoggard, all the time" issue.  I guess Jesse's AAU Baseball team's losses to three different teams this weekend wasn't deemed newsworthy.

On the top of the front page was a tickler pointing folks to the latest installment (no link yet) of Jinni's Journal which has been chronicling my family's battle with breast cancer (my blog posts about the ordeal are here).  The article can be found on the front page of the Life section.  And in the Greensboro section, the weekly Inside Scoop print feature ran with my decision to not run again for Greensboro City Council in the upcoming election.

Such is life in a fishbowl.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that the editors split Jinni's original submission into two sections.  One article is about her most recent experiences with cancer treatments and the other all about this Sunday's HoggFest fundraiser.

With this added publicity, I am confident we are going to need to plan for more food.  We'll be needing a whole bunch of pork shoulders (aka Boston Butts)- my cooker can hold 24 but we only have one donated so far.  Also, I have received some background emails wondering if HoggFest is going to be "kid friendly".  The answer is yes, we wouldn't have it any other way.  The planning crew has secured a "Moonwalk" and other children's activities for the day including face painting, cotton candy, and I believe a popcorn machine.

If you want to help or make a donation of time, food or raffle/auction items... go here and hit "edit" next to the category you are interested in helping with.

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