In this episode, Greensboro Mayor Marikay Abuzuaiter locks in for a candid governing conversation about the real issues shaping downtown Greensboro: public safety, parking, homelessness, DGI.
For over a year, I’ve written and spoken about the troubling pace of local restaurant closures. But, there’s a perfect storm at play—higher operating costs, relentless competition, and exhausted operators who’ve been running uphill since 2020.
Downtown Greensboro is facing a wave of restaurant and small business closures, rising public frustration, and questions about leadership, safety, and revitalization.
The conversation addresses the loss of legacy restaurants, the limits of local leadership, the role of downtown organizations, and why revitalization now requires real capital investment.
Recorded around MLK Day, the discussion examines the role of the National Guard in American cities, politicization of the military, fears surrounding national curfews, and immigration enforcement.
We examine the administration’s approach, the U.S. intervention in Venezuela and its broader economic and geopolitical repercussions, and what history suggests as the midterm elections arise.