2023 Annual Comprehensive Report

The City of Greensboro’s total budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year has been approved for $751.3 million. The budget included a property tax rate of 67.25 cents per $100 property value. Water and sewer fees will increase 8.5 percent, while still maintaining one of the lowest water rates compared to other North Carolina cities.

C. Additional Awards and Special Recognition In October 2023, The City was named a Family Forward NC Certified Employer by the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation’s Family Forward NC initiative. Greensboro is the first metro city in the state to become certified. A Family Forward NC Employer Certification designates employers that offer policies and practices that support the health and well-being of working families and children. In September 2023, the City’s J. Spencer Love Tennis Center received the Outstanding Facility Award presented by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The complex is one of 29 national winners for excellence in the construction and renovation of tennis facilities. The facility recently added six clay courts and new lighting among other facility improvements. With 19 courts, Spencer Love is the state’s largest public clay court complex. In June 2023, the Greensboro History Museum received the prestigious Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for its “NC Democracy: Eleven Elections” exhibit which explores choices and changes across 11 state elections between 1776 and 2010 highlighting the factors that influenced voting decisions and how they continue to shape democracy today. The Award of Excellence is part of the AASLH Leadership in History Awards, the national organization’s most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation of state and local history. The City has received the 2022 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the American Planning Association (APA) in recognition of its focused, multi-year community engagement lead by Greensboro’s Planning Department. The Comprehensive Plan, titled GSO2040 , was recognized as the innovative leader in comprehensive plans and as a national example of how planning and planners work to make our communities better, stronger and more resilient. GSO2040 , which outlines how Greensboro should develop in the next 20 years, was created with input from many public events and work sessions, public talks with nationally known development and planning experts, and input and assistance from most of the City’s departments and offices. This is the second award GSO2040 has received; the first was the 2021 Marvin Collins Planning Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the NC chapter of APA in recognition of the science and art of planning. In 2022, the Greensboro Fire Department (GFD) received Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) and the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. (CPSE) for meeting the criteria established through the voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program. Accreditation is valid for five years and this is the sixth consecutive occasion the GFD has received this honor dating back to 1997. Greensboro is one of only three fire departments in the nation to receive the CPSE status six consecutive times. The Greensboro Television Network (GTN), the City’s government cable channel, received a national Telly Awards in 2022, a national television competition recognizing excellence in broadcast production. The GTN Station Manager won a silver Telly Award for work on the Greensboro Police Department (GPD) Case Profile Series. GTN has won 27 Telly Awards since 2000. The City of Greensboro’s Budget and Evaluation Department received the national Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget from the Government Finance Officers Association. This is the sixth consecutive year the City has received this honor. The award reflects the commitment to meet the highest principles of governmental budgeting. In order to receive the budget award, Greensboro had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well the City’s budget serves as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications device.

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