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Regency Inn, an old motel property located at 2701 N. O. Henry Boulevard in Greensboro, has been sitting vacant for roughly a year and a half, by Greensboro city manager

One city councilmember said he'd "never seen anything as poorly facilitated as this project" in the wake of repeated missed deadlines. Yet, the city's partners on the project pitched an expansion at Tuesday's meeting.

Greensboro officials have publicly expressed support for Step Up on Second, the city’s partner on a permanent supportive housing project, even after the group became embroiled in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. But public records reviewed by WFDD paint a more complex picture of the city’s response and relationship with the organization. 

Greensboro officials are standing by their partnership with Step Up on Second, a nonprofit organization recently named in a $100 million lawsuit filed by the state of California. The company is involved in a project to convert a Greensboro motel into permanent supportive housing for people struggling with chronic homelessness.

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"I am further concerned with the direction of the city and Step Up," Councilman Zack Matheny wrote in an email sent to other council members and City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba.

The weather service urges residents to use caution while traveling outside in the frigid temperatures.

It’s a forgotten chapter in civil rights history: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stayed at Yankee Clipper Inn while organizing Cleveland drive.

Those in the houseless and homeless community looking for refuge from cold weather will soon have a solution.

The Knoxville Fire Department said the fire was out by 10:40 p.m. on Wednesday.